Owing to the heavy rainfall within the past 24 hours, which exceeded 150 mm, the National Building Research Organization (NBRO) has issued landslide warnings for several Divisional Secretariat Divisions in Ratnapura and Badulla Districts.
Accordingly, these warnings have been issued for Kolonna Divisional Secretariat Division in Ratnapura District and Haldummulla and Bandarawela Divisional Secretariat Divisions in Badulla District and surrounding areas, the government news media reported.
The warning issued today (30th Nov.) at 05. 30 a.m. is effective for next 24 hours.
NBRO requests civilians in these areas to be on alert on the possibility of landslides, slope failures, rock falls, cut failures and ground subsidence and ready to evacuate to a safe location, if rains continue.
Public Security Minister Ananda Wijepala told Parliament today that the suspect in the rape of a lady doctor at the Anuradhapura teaching hospital has been identified as an army deserter and he will be apprehended shortly.
Police have arrested the suspect connected to the sexual assault on a female doctor at the Anuradhapura Teaching Hospital today morning in Galnewa.
The Dutch Public Prosecutor suspects two companies of paying bribes in the construction of hospitals in Sri Lanka, according to an investigation by FD, the Dutch financial newspaper.
The Government today tabled in the House the Report of the Commission to Inquiry into the Establishment and Maintenance of Unlawful Places of Detention and Torture Chambers in the Batalanda Housing Scheme.
The Minister of Power, Kumara Jayakody, stated that in the future, internationally funded projects, such as power projects, will only be carried out through government-to-government (G2G) agreements and competitive procurement.
Former President Ranil Wickremesinghe said today he wholly rejects the Batalanda Commission report and that it was appointed wholly with the intention slinging political mud at him.
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