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Thursday, June 29, 2023
CID Arrested A Criminal And Army Captain With Arms And Ammunutions
The Criminal Investigations Department (CID)Officers had arrested a most wanted notorious Criminal /underworld gang member along with an Army captain in possession of a haul of arms and ammunition whilst hiding at a Hotel near the Gregory's lake in Nuwara Eliya. .
With the
suspects the CID Officers had taken into custody a T-56 gun,108 live ammunution ,Two pistols and another haul of live ammunition in possession of them.CID is conducting an investigation on them.
A Luxary Bus Was Destroyed Due To A Fire
A Jaffna-Colombo Fort bound Luxary bus was completely destroyed after catching fire whilst travelling at Karikattiya area in Madurankuliya (North western province) yesterday(29).
No one was injured due to the incident and the reason behind the fire has not yet been revealed .
Former MP Vijayakala Maheswaren Was Hospitalized Due To An Accident
The former Parliamentarian Vijayakala Maheswaren and two others were injured and hospitalized after the Van they were travelling in from Jaffna to Colombo was colliding with a tree at Mangala eliya area in Chilaw yesterday (29).
The Former
MP Maheswaren had been admitted to the Intensive Care Unit of the Chilaw base Hospital with serious injuries it has been reported .
Chilaw police are conducting an investigation on the incident .
Wild Life Officers Arrested Four Persons Over Attempting To Rob Animals Snd Tree Parts In Sinharaja
The Wild Life officers of the Neluwa area (Southern Province ) had arrested three Iranian Nationals and a,Sri Lankan over atrempting to transport live /dead Animals and Tree parts belongs to Sinharaja Rainforest illegally at Neluwa,area last evening (28).
The Four suspects were remanded until 05 th of July after been produced before the Udugama Magistrate Court .These suspects had attempted to transport above items without obtaining a valid license according to officials.
Wild life officers had also taken into custody the Van used to transport the suspects .
Three Persons Arrested With 30 Fake Notes Of Rs..5000
Akuressa Police had yesterday (28) arrested three persons in posssesion of 30 fake notes of Rs.5000 according to the Deputy Inspecor General Office in Southern Province .
The suspects who are residents of Maramba and Ahangama,Goviyapana areas in Akuressa were caught when one of the suspects had attempted to purchase a good from a shop through Rs.5000 note it has been revealed.
Wednesday, June 28, 2023
A Sri Lankan Airlines Flight Left For Japan Returned To Katunayake Due To A Technical Fault
A Sri Lankan Airlines flight which left for Narita International Airport from Katunayake International Airport with 301 passangers and Flight crew on board had returned to the local Airport due to a Technical fault last night (28).
After flying 2 hours and 25 minutes the pilot of the plane had identified there's a fault on folding the wheels of the Plane and taken steps to return to Katunayake International Airport.
The Airplane is belonging to A-330-360 Catagory of Airbuses and it's one of the largest Airbuses belonging to Sri Lankan Airlines it has been reported.After returning to Katunayake Airport the Passangers were sent to Japan on a,different flights .
Monday, June 26, 2023
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සැබෑ ආදරයක් සෑමවිටම සත්ය හා නොවෙනස්වනසුලු සෙනෙහසක් /බැදීමක් විය යුතුය (උපුටා ගැනිමකි)
Prices Of Litro Gas To Be Reduced From 05Th Of July
The Prices of Litro Gas will be reduced again on 05 th of July according to the Chairman of Litro Gas Company Muditha Pieris.
This will be fourth time that the Litro Gas prices are going to be reduced this year.The Price of 12.5 KG Litro Gas Cylinder has been reduced by Rs .452 recently .
Twelve Persons Were Injured Due To Bus Accident
Twelve persons including a pregnent female were injured and hospitalized after a Private Bus travelling from Colombo to Rakwana area with high speed colliding with a Bus,Few Motorcycles and a Van parked on the roadside at Salgahayata Junction in Pussalla,Rakwana this noon(26).
The injured were admitted to the Ratnapura Teaching hospital for treatment and the condition of five of the injured including the pregnent female is serious the hospital sources stated .All the vehicles collided with the bus were serously damaged it has been reported.
Kuruwita Police had arrested the Bus driver over the incident.
Annual Credit Card Interest Rate To Be Slashed
The Annual Credit Card interest rate is scheduled to be reduced by 2 percent with effect from 01 st of July the Central Bank has announced.
Accordingly the current Annual Credit card interest rate of 36 percent will be reduced to 34 percent with effect from 01st of July .As the Deposit interest rates has been reduced consumers had recently complained that the Annual Credit card interest rates are very high.
Saturday, June 24, 2023
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සෑම අයෙකුටම බාහිර ලෝකයාට පෙනෙන්නට ආදරය කල හැකි වුවද සැබෑවටම නොවෙනස්වන ආදරයක් පිදිය හැක්කේ අතලොස්සකට පමණි මාතෘ ස්නේහයද එසේය.(උපුටා ගැනීමක්)
A Three Wheeler Driver Was Killed Due To A Gun Shooting
A 56 year old Three Wheeler driver was shot and killed by two unidentified gunmen at Ambalangoda Town ( Southern Provimce ) midnight yesterday (24).
The deceased who had died on the spot due to the incident was identified s a resident of Randombe area inAmbalangoda.The two gunmen who had fled away from the scene after the incident believed to be have used a pistol to fired the gunshots .
The cause behind the gun shooting incident has not yet been revealed . Ambalangoda Police are conducting an investigation on the incidnt.
Two Officials Attached To Awissawella UC Arrested Over Accepting A Bribe
Bribery Commission officials had yesterday (24)arrested the acting secretary and the Income officer of the Awissawella Urban council over accepting a bribe of Rs.400,000 from a female trader .
The two suspects were arrested whilst accepting a bribe of Rs.400,000 from a female to speed up the process of handing over the ownership of a trade stall at the new Trade stall scheme in Awissawella bus stop it has been revealed.
The suspects are due to be produced before Colombo Magistrate Court.
Police Had Arrested 12 Youth At A Facebook Party
Police had arrested 12 youth in possession of Nsrcotic drugs during a raid carried out at a facebook party held in a hotel at Gurugalla area,in Awissawella (Colombo District ) last friday (23).
The arrested
are of the ages 18-26 years residing at Balangoda,Awissawella and Gurugalla areas it has been revealed.During the raid the Police team attached to the Seethawaka police had taken into custody a haul of Cannabies in possession of the youth and 20 grammes of Hashish narcotic,12 liquor bottles and 22 beer bottles in possession of Hotel owner .
The suspects are due to be produced before Awissawella Magistrate court .
Friday, June 23, 2023
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සැබැ ආදරයක කොටස්කරුවන් වන දෙදෙනෙකුට, එක සමාන ගතිගුණ ඇති විට,,එක සමාන පෙනුමක් ඇති විට සමාජය විසින්ම එය අගයනු ඇත,(උපුටා ගැනීමකි).
New Chairman Has Been Appointed To The Public Utilities Commission
The Constitutional Council has appointed the Professor Manjula Fernando attached to the University Of Peradeniya as the New chairman of the Public Utilities Commission His name was,proposed to the Constitutional council by President Ranil Wikramasinghe.
The New Chairman of the Public Utilities Commission Professor Fernando has assumed his duties today(23).The previous chairman of the Public Utilities Commission waa ousted through parliament vote .
Next Friday Has Been Declared As A Special Bank Holiday
The Ministry Of Public Administration had announced this coming Friday (30) as a special Bank Holiday .
The Minister of Public Administration and Prime Minister Dinesh Gunawardane had issued a special Gazette notification in this regard.
A 16 Hour Long Water Cut To Be Implemented Tomorrow (24)
A 16 Hour Long Water Cut is scheduled to be implemented in 05 divisions at Colombo District tomorrow (24) from 8 a.m to 12 in the midnight due to an essential maintainance work according to the National Water Supplies And Drainage Board.
Accordingly this 16 hour long Water cut will be implemented in Colombo 11,12,13,14 and 15 due to an essential maintainance work at Ambathale water purification plant the Board has,stated.
A 68 Year Old Female Had Died After Colliding With A Motorcycle
A 68 year old female had died after colliding with a,Motorcycle at a level crossing in Hadapangoda area in Kalutara District (Western Province) today (23).
The deceased was crossing the road to reach the Samurdhi Bank at the time of the incident and succumbed to her injuries after been admitted to Horana Base Hospital for treatment.
The 19 year old Motorcyclist was also admitted to the Horana Base Hospital for treatment according to the Police.The deceased was a resident of Padukka area,and the Mototcyclist do not have a driving license it has been revealed.
Monday, June 19, 2023
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සැබෑ ආදරයක පදනම නොවෙනස්වන සුලු විශ්වාසයක් හා එකිනෙකා වෙනුවෙන් අසීමිත ලෙස කැපවීම හා ලෙන්ගතුකමයි.(උපුටා ගැනීමකි)
Cabinet Approved A Proposal To Introduce Electric Vehicles
Cabinet has approved a proposal to introduce Electric Buses,Three wheelers and Trains to existing passanger Transport service .
The Department Of Motor Traffic had begun registering Electric Three Wheelers according to the Cabinet Spokesman Minister Bandula Gunawardane .
Embilipitiya Police Arrested Three Persons With 1225 KG Of Cannabies
Police Officers attached to the Crimes division of the Embilipitiya Diciaional Police have arrested three persons in possession of 1225 Kilo Grammes of Cannabies during a,raid carried out at a newly built Two storied building at New town in Embilipitiya yesterday (19).
The Police Team had also taken in to custody two weighing scales during the raid .This stock of cannabies taken in to custody believed to be the largest single haul of Cannabies taken in to custody in Sri lanka so far it has been reported.
The three suspects arrested by the Police were prepared the stock of Cannabies for sale at the tine of the incident .They are due to be produced before Embilipitiya Magistrate Court .
Sunday, June 18, 2023
Government Made Three Sevices As An Essential Services
Government had yesterday(17) issued an Extra ordinary Gazette Notification making Power supply,Petroleum services and Hospital service as an essential services .
This ExtraOrdinary Gazette Notification has been issued by the President's secretary under the advise of President Ranil Wikramasinghe.These services were Gazetted as Essential services in order to maintain public life without any distruption .
Friday, June 16, 2023
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සැබෑ ආදරයක උරුමක්කාරයන්ට එකිනෙකා වෙනුවෙන් කැපවීම ගැන අමුතුවෙන් මතක් කර දිය යුතු නොවන්නේ ඔවුන්ට ස්වභාවයෙන්ම එය පිහිටා තිබීම නිසාය.(උපුටා ගැනීමකි)
President Ranil Wikramasinghe Left For An Official Visit To France And UK
President Ranil Wikramasinghe had left for an Official visit to France and United Kingdom in the wee hours of this morning (17).
During his official visit he is due to hold discussions with Paris creditors club in france on Sri Lanka"s debt crisis and address Global Economic summit scheduled to be held in Paris ,France on the invitation of French president Emmanuel Macron.
Two Masons Had Died After A 25 Feet Tall Wall Collapsing On Them
Two masons who were involved in construction work near the Nuwara-Eliya Town had died on the spot after a 25 feet tall wall under construction had collapsing on them last evening (16).
Accordingly two masons who were mixing a,concrete mixture nearby the wall of a house under construction at old kachcheri road had died due to this incident.The deceased were residents of Elpitiya area in Galle district it has been revealed.
President Ordered To Complete The Construction Work Of Low Level Road In Three Months
President Ranil Wikramasinghe had directed the relevent officials of the respective departments involving in expanding the stretch of Low level road between Orugodawatte and Ambathale(Colombo district) to complete the construction work of it within next three months period.
The construction work of the stretch which spans 7.7 Kilo meters had begun in 2016 and scheduled to be completed in 2020 .However due to the issues arisen during the construction work it got delayed to complete the project .
A progress review meeting regarding the project was held at the President"s secretariet under the patronage of President Wikramasinghe last morning (16).
Thursday, June 15, 2023
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රැක ගත යුත්තේ අවශ්ය මොහොතේ සමීපයේ සිටිමින් ඉදිරියට යාමට සවියක් වු හා වන ප්රබල ආදරයක් මිස සෑම මොහොතකම සමීපයේ සිටිනා බව පෙන්වමින් මානසිකව පහල දැමිමට තැත් දරන ව්යාජ ආදරයක් නොවේ.(උපුටා ගැනීමකි).
IGP Had Terminated The Service Of A Police Sargent Over 12 Charges
The Inspector General Of Police (IGP) had terminated the Service of a Police Sargent attached to the Intelligence Bureau of Katana Police over failing to Carryout his duties during the Easter sunday attacks in 2019.
The termination of the Service of the Police Sargent in question has been implemented with effect from 14th Of June it has been announced.The suspect was charged on 12 charges including breaching Of discipline and he had pleaded guilty for all of them it has been reported.
Lanka Sathosa Reduced The Prices Of Few Essentials
The Government owned Corporative Wholesale Establishment (Lanka SATHOSA) had reduced the Prices of ,Two varities of Dhal and Wheat Flour with effect from yesterday (15).
Accordingly a Kilo Gramme of Watana Dhal had been reduced to Rs.275,Mysore Dhal to Rs 295 and Wheat Flour to Rs.195
Six Persons Were Injured Due To A Bus Collision
Six Persons including five school children and the driver of a School Bus had been injured and hospitalized after the Bus had collided with a Private Bus at Kahagolla area on head to head at Diyathalawa-Bandarawela main road this morning (16).
The injured School children and the Bus driver had been admitted to the Diyathalawa Base Hospital and their condition is not serious according to the Hospital sources.
Due to this accident police had advised tge Motorists to use an alternative routes when travelling .
Wednesday, June 14, 2023
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Tuesday, June 13, 2023
A Person Was Injured Due To Gun Shooting In Dikwella
A Person was injured and hospitalized after two men arrived from a Motor car had fired gun shots at him and fled the scene yesterday (13) at Kumarathunga Road in Dematapitiya,Dikwella (Southern Province ).
The injured who was riding his Motorcycle at the time of the incident had been admitted to Matara Hospital with injuries.The reason behind the gun shooting incident has not yet been revealed and Police are investigating on the incident
Legal Proceedings Underway To Reduce Medicine Prices
The legal proceedings on reducing the prices of Medicine at the local market with effect from tomorrow(15) are currently underway according to the Minister of Health Keheliya Rambukwella.
Accordingly the
of Medicine are due to be reduced by 16 percent with effect from tomorrow.
In future the Medicine prices will be reduced after reviewing them from every three months the Minister has stated .
Navin Dissanayake Appointed As The Governor Of Sabaragamuwa
President Ranil Wikramasinghe had appointed the former Minister Navin Dassanayake as the new governor of Sabaragamuwa,Province yesteday (13).
He had replaced the
former Governor of the Sabaragamuwa Province Tikiri Kobbekaduwa who had resigned from the Governor post recently upon the request made by the president.
Sunday, June 11, 2023
51 Year Old Grass Cutter Remanded Over The Death Of A Child
The 51 year old Grass cutter who is responsible for the death of a five and half year old child in Mulleriyawa who died due to the wounds caused by the lawnmover use to cut grass had been remanded untill 15 th of June after been produced before the court .
The boy had died due to severe bleeding caused by the cuts of his abdomen received through the blades of the grass cuttinng mechine last Thursday (08).
The incident occurred whilst the Boy"s mother is at her workplace leaving the child at her Grand father's residence for safety.Police had arrested the Grand father too yesterday (10)over handing ocer the child to the grass cutrer to take care
Saturday, June 10, 2023
Six Students Swept Away Whilst Bathing In Talpe Sea Area
Six students who sat for the recently concluded G.C.E Ordinary Level Examination had swept away due to the strong sea currents whilst bathing at the sea area in Talpe ,Habaraduwa (Southern Province ) last evening (10).
Police officers along with the residents of the area had managed to save five out of the six students but one student was dissapeared due to the incident .
The missing student was 16 year old student and resident of Pothuhara area in Kurunagala district (North Western province ) it has been reported.Police had launched a special mission to find the missing student.
This incident occured when 41 students including above group of students went to a trip to the sea area after completing the examination with their tution teacher.
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