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The Yala National Park has been ranked number six among the worldbest national parks by the acclaimed National Geographic in its recently-published book, 100 Parks, 5000 Ideas by Joe Yogerst, Wildlife Conservation Department Deputy Director (Planning and ICT) Ranjan Marasinghe said.National Geographic‘100 Parks, 5,000 Ideas& was published in February and its author Joe Yogerst has lived and worked in Asia, Africa, Europe, and North America. Wrangell-St Elias National Park in Alaska, Torres del Paine National Park in Chile, Theodore Roosevelt National Park in North Dakota, Kakadu National Park in Australia and Jasper National Park in Canada are the top five national parks as ranked by Yogerst in this book.

The Supreme Court today (05) set a date for the attorney-at-law representing Inspector General of Police (IGP) to inform the court on his clientdecision on submitting a revised affidavit, instead of the one that was criticized by the Attorney General for making false allegations.Accordingly, the IGP is required to inform the Supreme Court on submitting a revised affidavit on the 25th of August.

The Supreme Court today (05) set a date for the attorney-at-law representing Inspector General of Police (IGP) to inform the court on his clientdecision on submitting a revised affidavit, instead of the one that was criticized by the Attorney General for making false allegations.Accordingly, the IGP is required to inform the Supreme Court on submitting a revised affidavit on the 25th of August.

When the 12 Fundamental Rights petitions filed against the IGP and former Defence Secretary were taken up yesterday (04) before the Supreme Courtseven-judge bench chaired by the Chief Justice, the Attorney General raised an objection and made a special request from the court to deliver an order calling for the IGP to withdraw his affidavit as it contains baseless allegations.

The police chief, in his affidavit, has alleged that the Attorney General and the President are in an attempt to scheme a lawsuit against him.The Chief Justice has inquired Attorney-at-Law Viran Corea, who represents the IGP, whether his client is willing to submit a revised affidavit.