Four Killed And Thirteen Injured Due To A Van They Were Traveled In Fell Down A Precipice

Four Persons were killed and 13 others were injured as the Van they were traveled in veered off the Road and fell down a Precipice at Semuwatte Area In Matale District(Hill Country)this afternoon according to the Police.Two Women and Two men were killed due to this accident.

The injured were admitted to the Kandy Teaching  Hospital for the treatment.

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Nutritional Problems Increased The Overweight,Obesity And Thinness Among Sri Lankans Males And Females

Due to the Nutritional Problems ,Overweight,Obesity and Thinness  among st the Sri Lankan males and females  belonging to the age group 18-59 are on increase according to the latest nutrition survey.

The latest survey results have shown that the overweight among st Sri Lankan Males and Females of the 18-59 age group is 22% and 24.6% receptively and obesity is 4.2% and 6.9% among st males and females of the said age group.The Thinness among st males belonging to  the said age group in Sri Lanka  is 16.2% the survey has revealed.

Only 81 MP'S Have Signed The No Confidence Motion Against Premier- Finance Minister Karunanayake

Sri Lankan Parliament

Although some opposition MP'S who were handed over the no confidence motion to the speaker  against prime minister Ranil Wikramasinha have stated that around 112 MP'S have signed the motion only 81 MP'S have put their signatures on that motion according to Finance Minister Ravi Karunanayake.

The finance minister has said at a function held in the official residence of Prime Minister ,The Temple Trees today(06) that according to the reliable sources majority of MP'S in the parliament have not signed the motion.The Minister has challenged the opposition to present the no confidence motion to the parliament soon.

Meanwhile an opposition MP ,Bandula Gunawardene has said today during a press briefing held in Colombo that around 120 MP'S have agreed to signed the no confidence motion.

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Four Persons Were Killed Due To A Passenger Bus -Three Wheeler Collision At Eheliyagoda

Around four persons were killed due to a  Passenger Bus - Three Wheeler Collision at Ehaliyagoda in Ratnapura-Colombo Main Road this morning according to the Police.The Passenger Bus was collided with the Three Wheeler during a traffic at the road it has been reported.

Three Passengers who were inside the Three Wheeler and the Driver were killed due to this accident.

A Sri Lankan Who Tried To Smuggle Rs.7.8 Million Worth Gold Was Arrested At The Air Port

A Sri Lankan National who tried to smuggle Gold worth Rs.7.8 million to the country by concealed in his trousers  was arrested yesterday(05) at Katunayake,Bandaranaike International Air Port according to Sri Lanka Customs.

The 49 year old smuggler who is a resident in Colombo Suburbs had arrived from Sarjah with a stock of gold weighing 1 Kilo Grammes and 562 grammes concealed in his trousers and strapped to legs the custom officers have said.