Saturday, January 14, 2017

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Foreign-France Warned For More Wild Weather

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Police Have Arrested A Videographer After His Drone Camera Crashing Into The Sacred Stupa In Anuradhapura

Police have yesterday (14) arrested a videographer
believed to be attached to a local private television station following  his drone camera used to video the 'Kapruka puja "festival held at sacred Ruwanweli Mahasaya in Anurdhapura ,had fell and crashed in to the base of Ruwanweli Mahasaya "Stupa" .

The videographer who failed to prove he is atrached to a T.v station by producing the Media Acreditation card issued for the Media personal by the Government Information Department had not obtained prior approval to use Drone Camera to cover the Kapruka Puja festival according to Police.

Police Department has last week announced that anyone using a Drone Camera to cover an event should get a prior approval from the Police.

The suspect has been identified  as a resident in Nugegoda (Colombo).


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Dry Weather Affects Wild Elephants Too

Due to the dry weather condition prevailing in the
country at present ,Wild Elephants who are entering villages searching food and water are on the increase it has been revealed.

Due to this situation  villagers in remote areas including in Northern Province are being faced enormous difficulties to save their crops from the Wild Elephants according to sources.

In Northern Province transport activities have been paralyzed during nights on the  road from Puliyankulama in Vavuniya to Nadunkeni area as the Wild Elephants walking through the road to enter villages searching food and water sources revealed.

A Heroin Businessman Was Arrested In Grandpass


Colombo Crimes Division officers have arrested a 34 year old Heroin Businessman with106 grammes of Heroin and around RS.41,000 earned through selling Heroin in his possession near Labor Flats in Grandpass area (Colombo).

The suspect has been identified as a resident of Kotikawatte(Colombo) area .He is due to be produced before Maligakande Magistrate Court today .

A 66 Year Old Person Died After Falling To A Vienna Canal

A 66 year old person has  died after  falling to Vienna
Canal in Mahiyanganaya (Uva Province) last Friday (13)according to repotts.

The deceased succumbed to his injuries after being rescued by a team of Police Cadet officers and admitted  to the Mahiyanganaya Hospital.

The deceased has been identified as a resident of Mahiyanganaya.

Paliyagoda Police And Navy Officers Jointly Arrested Six Persons With Kerala Cannabis

Paliyagoda Police officers and Naval Officers have
today (14) arrested six persons who were transporting three and half  kilo grammes of  Kerala Cannabis at paliyagoda area(Colombo).

Accordingly four persons who were transporting Kerala Cannabis in a three wheeler and two persons transporting in a Motor Cycle got arrested.

The arrested suspects along with the stock of Kerala Cannabis were taken to the Paliyagoda Police station for further investigations.


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Water Board Only Able To Supply Drinking Water For Two Month Period?

The national water supplies and drainage board has today (14) stated that the board only able to supply drinking water to the country for two month period as the water reserves in the country are drying up as a result of the dry weather prevailing in the country at present.

If a drinking water supply problem occur in the country in future ,Water board will impose water cuts in selected areas throughout the island the Board  has stressed.

A Pakistani National Who Caught With The Sea Waves While Bathing, Died At A Hospital

A pskistani national who caught with the sea waves
while bathing in Hikkaduwa seas(Southern Province) on last Thursday (12) has died today(14)while receiving treatment at Karapitiya Teaching Hospital.

The deceased caught the sea waves while bathing with few other Pakistani Nationals in Hikkaduwa seas.


A 41 Year Old Motor Cyclist Was Killed Due To An Accident In Badulla

A 41 year old Motor Cyclist was killed when the Motor
Cycle he was riding  in veered off the road and fallen to a roof of a house situated down a precipice today (14) at imbulgoda in Badulla distrct.

The critically injured Motor Cyclist succumbed to his injuries after admission to Badulla General Hospital.

The deceased has been identified as a resident in Rock hills,Badulla.


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Four Police Officers Were Injured Due To An Assault In Thanamalwila Assault

 A Drunken driver and another group had assaulted four officers of the Thanamalwila  Police  who were on  traffic duty yesterday(18).The inj...