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PM on TV today Prime Minister Ranil Wickremesinghe will address the nation on television at 7.30 p.m., today. All TV stations will telecast the address, which will cover the current peace process and the future plans of the UNF Govt. ************* Kasippu haul in Peradeniya Peradeniya Police led by OIC Chief Inspector K. M. S. Bowela and Inspector Kamal Ariyawansa acting on a tip off in a raid detected 1,000 bottles of kasippu which were hidden in a house at Muruthalawa. According to investigations by the police this consignment of kasippu had been transported from the Wennappuwa area. Police produced the suspect Rohan Gunaratne before the Kandy Magistrate D. L. M. Senaviratne who found him guilty and imposed a heavy fine of Rs. 100,000 and the consignment of kasippu was destroyed. Police investigations also revealed that this consignment of kasippu had been brought on eve of the New Year, probably to pop up the spirits of the villagers. ************* Cold weather to last till Feb. A combination of North-East monsoon rains and dry spells is being attributed to the cold weather spell that has seen the temperature plummet to around 40 degree celsius in Nuwara Eliya. Ground frost has also been reported in several areas. According to the Met. Department, when the skies are cloudless the heat that is absorbed to the ground during the day gets radiated to the atmosphere at night, resulting in a prominent temperature drop. The low temperatures in Horton Plains and Nuwara Eliya is due to this reason. This climatological feature is expected to occur off-and-on until the North-East monsoon comes to an end in February. Temperatures recorded at such times are found to be lesser by about five degrees than the minimum recorded in that area according to Director Meteorology N. A. Amaradasa. |
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