Navy Has Arrested Another Passenger Boat Illegaly Sailing Towards Australia

Sri Lankan Navy today(19) has arrested another boat carrying around 80 persons who are heading towards Australia in the eastern seas of Batticloe.due to increasing  the number of  passenger boats trying to sail illegally to Australia the Navy has increased the intelligence services  as well as the number of routine patrols  by several folds.

Four Passengers Died As Their Bus Fallen Into A Precipice

Four Passengers including a School Student have died and 70  injured when the bus they traveled in had fallen  to precipice in Seeta Eliya,area in Nuwara Eliya this evening .the injured have been admitted to Nuwara Eliya General Hospital and several of them are in serious condition according to hospital sources.the bus driver was amongst the deceased.

The bus was on an educational tour and had arrived from passara-namunukula region.