The seven acre land allocated to China’s CATIC Company at the Army Headquarters land in Galle Face had been taken back by the government in order to give it to a foreign company with links to the President’s eldest son and parliamentarian Namal Rajapaksa, sources from the Economic Development Ministry said.

Opposition Leader Ranil Wickremesinghe’s eldest brother Shan Wickremesinghe today visited the Colombo Crimes Division (CCD) and lodged a complaint with the head of the CCD SP D.R.L. Ranaweera to immediately inquire as to how Dilith Jayaweera who could not afford a meal for Rs. 5 when he was a Law student in the Colombo University, has now purchased stocks of the Rs. 2 billion George Stuart Company.

One of Defence Secretary Gotabhaya Rajapaksa’s racketeer friends, the head of Triad Advertising and Derana Network, Dilith Jayaweera also known as “Money Laundering” Jayaweera has threatened the Opposition Leader’s brother and the head of TNL TV, Shan Wickremesinghe with death.

The Economic Development Ministry has cut trees in the Moradawilluva and Thavussamadam areas in the Wilpattu national park. The destruction is to be carried out in 245 acres of land claiming the clearing of land is for an agriculture project.

Civilians in the North are facing difficulties in reclaiming motor bikes, cars, vans and agriculture machinery that were taken by the military when they fled to no fire zones during the war. The government initially stated that all such vehicles and machinery would be returned to the civilians once the war ended.

Dr. Ajith Ranawaka, who acts as the President’s personal physician, has received permission to construct a hotel in the Ahungalle beach in Galle in violation of coast conservation laws.

The international football governing body, Fifa, is not aware that the cash strapped Federation of Football of Sri Lanka (FFSL) premises is rented out to private enterprises.

“Stop land grabbing and we need not this development, We want our Land Back” The people who gathered at Colombo yesterday very strongly demanded from the government that they want a development which protect their life and livelihoods and not displace them.

The Sri Lanka Ports Authority (SLPA) has reportedly spent over Rs. 20 million to construct a hall to hold election meetings of the UPFA at Temple Trees. The Presidential Secretariat is yet to reimburse monies spent by the SLPA to build the hall.