Two Persons With A One Million US Dollar Note Arrested

The Sri Lankan Nay has today(10) arrested two persons reside in Jaffna with a One Million US Dollar note .The suspects were handed over to the Jaffna Police for further investigations.

The Navy has  arrested the suspects on an information received by them.

Forest Fire Destroyed Around 200 Acres Of Land In Knuckles Reserve

Around  200 acres of  land have been destroyed in Knuckles Reserve at  Central Province  due to the forest fire that has been spreading there since yesterday (09) according to the Disaster Management Center(DMC) .The dousing of fire proves to be difficult due to the dry weather conditions prevails in the area the Center has said.

Meanwhile the Sri Lanka Air Force has been deployed a M-17 helicopter from today  to assist the dousing of Fire in Knuckles .The Helicopter that equipped with 2600 liter Bambi Bucket had left from Ratmalana Air Port this afternoon to the area where fire is in.