SRI LANKA NEWS (OCTOBER 2019) – Compiled by Victor Melder The Government announced harsher penalties in a bid to protect wild elephants on Tuesday, as investigators probed whether seven jumbos found poisoned over the weekend were killed by villagers. Wildlife and Tourism Minister John Amaratunga said he will impose tougher sanctions on offenders to boost laws enacted three years ago but not yet implemented due to administrative delays. Elephants are a protected animal in the South Asian island nation and the new rules will increase the length of jail time and amount of fines for those found to have been cruel to the beasts. Authorities will also be given wider powers to investigate offenders, Amaratunga said, though no further details were released. Investigations into the deaths of seven elephants at a forest reserve in central Sri Lanka showed the animals had ingested poison, but it was not yet clear if ...
Nov 2, 2019
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Tagged ) Anura Kumara Dissanayake (National People’s Power) ex-Army Commander, A.S.P. Liyanage (Sri Lanka Labour Party), Ahmed Hassan Mohamed Alavi (Independent) and Subramanium Gunaratnam (Our National Front) handed in their nominations yesterday. Although Basheer Segu Dawood, Ajantha de Zoysa (Ruhunu Janatha Peramuna), Ariyawansha Dissanayake (Democratic United National Front), Aruna de Soysa (Democratic National Movement), Ashoka Wadigamangawa (Independent), Badde Gamage Nandimithra (Nava Sama Samaja Party), Chamal Rajapaksa, Chandrasekara Herath Hitihamy Koralalage Samansiri Herath (Independent), Dr. Ajantha Wijesinghe Perera (Socialist Party of Sri Lanka), Duminda Nagamuwa (Frontline Socialist Party), former Governor Mahamood Lebbe Alim Mohamed Hizbullah (Independent), General Mahesh Senanayake (National People’s Party), Gotabaya Rajapaksa (Sri Lanka Podujana Peramuna), Gunapala Tissakuttiarachchi and Maheepala Herath, Illiyas Idroos Mohamed (Independent), Jayantha Liyanage, Ketagoda Gamage Jayantha Perera (Independent), Kumara Welgama, M.K. Sivajalingam (Independent), Namal Rajapaksa (Nationalities Unity Organization), Nambunama Nanayakkara Akmeemana Palliyaguruge Vajirapani Wijesiriwardena (Socialist Equality Party), Pallewatte Gamaralalage Rohan Pallewatte (National Development Front), Polgampala Ralalage Chaminda Anurudda (Independent), Priyantha Munihath Edirisinghe (Okkoma Wasiyo Okkoma Rajawaru Sanvidanaya), Professor Rajiva Wijesinghe (Independent), Sajith Premadasa (New Democratic Front, Samaraweera Weerawanni (Independent), Sarath Manamendra (Nava Sihala Urumaya), Siripala Amarasinghe (Independent), Sirithunga Jayasuriya (United Socialist Party), Ven. Aparekke Punnananda Thera (Independent), Ven. Battaramulle Seelarathne Thera (Jana Setha Peramuna), Warnakulasuriya Milroy Surgeus Fernando (Independent), Welera Keerthiratne Mudiyanselage Sarath Vijithakumara Keerthiratne (Independent), Welisarage Saman Prasanna Perera (Ape Jana Bala Party), Wijenayake Kankanamge Piyasiri Wijenayake (Independent)
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