Wednesday, January 24, 2024
A Group Of Inmates Escaped From Kandakadu Center -17 Were Arrested
A group of inmates at Kandakadu Rehabilitation Center at Welikande area in Polonnaruwa District had escaped from the Center last night (24).and the Police have arrested 17 of them near the Sungavila bridge it has been reported.
The group of Prison
inmates wereescaped from the Kandakadu Center during a clash occurred between two groups of inmates attached to the Kandakadu Vocational Training Institute and Nawasenapura Vocational Training Institute .
Eight Cattle And Female Were Killed Due To A Bus Accident
Eight Cattle and a female passanger were killed and eight were seriously injured when a Sri Lanka Transport Board(SLTB) passanger Bus collided with a Passanger van after knocking down a herd of Cattle lying down on the road at Umayalpuram in Kilinochchi District on the Kandy -Jaffna A09 highway yesterday morning(24).
The Bus driver lost the control of the high speed bus and as a result the bus knocked down a herd of Cattle lying on the road and Then collided with a van on its,way from Katunayake International Airport .The injured were adnitted to the Intensive Care Unit of the Kilinochchi General Hospital.
Kilinochchi Police had arrested the Bus driver regarding the incident and investigating further on the incident.
Online Safety Bill Passed In Parliament
The controversial Online safety bill which proposed to regulate Social Media networks and to ensure the safety of online activities had been passed in Parliament with majority of 46 votes yesterday (24).
At the vote 108 voted in favor of the bill and 46 voted against it .MP's representing Samagi Janabalawegaya ,Jathika Janabalawegaya ,Tamil Natonal Alliance (TNA) and Nidahas Janatha sabawa were voted against the Bill.Government MP and former Sports Minister Roshan Ranasinghe had voted against the.bill.
State Minister Sanath Nishantha And His Security Officer Were Killed In a Motor Car Accident
Puttalam District MP and State Minister Sanath Nishantha and his security officer were killed due to Motor car accident occurred at Katunayake -Colombo Express Highway in wee hours of this Morning (25).
State Minister Nishantha who was 48 years old at the time of his death along with his security officer and the driver had been admitted to the Ragama Teaching hospital in serious condition ,But the Minister and his security officer haf succumbed to their injuries on admission it has been reported.
The incident occurred when te luxary vehicle of the Srate Minister Nishantha had attempted to over take a container truck travelling in the same direction and as a result the vehicle had collided with the rear part of the truck and with the security fence of the Express highway acccording to reports.
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