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Sri Lanka's First Lunar Eclipse To Be Occurred Tomorrow(23)

Sri Lanka's first Lunar Eclipse for this year is due to occur tomorrow(23) according to Professor Chandana Jayaratne of  University Of Colombo.

The Lunar Eclipse is due to begin  at 3.09 P.M tomorrow(23) and will be ended  at 7.24 P.M same day Professor Jayararne has stated.

In a penumbral Lunar Eclipse like this the Moon will enter the  lighter shadow to the Earth instead of it's Dark Shadow he has stressed.

Due to this people in Sri Lanka will be able to see a reduction of the brightness of Moon during the Lunar Eclipse and not able to view the Dark Shadow of it Professor Jayaratne has revealed.

United Kingdom To Continue Their Assistance For The Development Of Sri Lankan Police

The United Kingdom will continue to support development of Sri Lankan Police according to Deputy British High Commissioner in Sri Lanka Laura Davies.

The British High Commission in Sri Lanka has been a long term supporter of developing process of the Sri Lankan Police and it has worked with Police and the Government supporting their vision for a transformed Police Service the Deputy High Commissioner has stated.

Community Police and Training Development are two of the central themes of British High Commission's engagement in this process Deputy British High Commissioner has said while addressing at the launching of "Professional Development Framework" for the Sri Lankan Police.

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Three Persons Including An Eight Year Old Boy Killed After They Were Run Over By A Lorry At Anuradhapura

Three Persons including an Eight Year Old boy were killed this morning after they were run over by a Lorry at Saliyawewa Police Area on Anuradhapura-Puttalam Main Road .

Two Females and Eight Year old Boy who were residents Anuradhapura had been killed due to the accident and  Lorry Driver had fled from the scene after the incident it has been reported.

The Anuradhapura Police are conducting a search operation to arrest the missing Lorry Driver.

Police Have Arrested Eight Persons Including A Female With More Than 2 Grammes Of Heroin

The Police have arrested Eight Persons during  two separate raids carried out today(22) in Welikada (In Colombo) and Balangoda(In Sabaragamuwa) including a female with 2 Grammes and 170 Mili Grammes of Heroin in their possession .

Accordingly a female was arrested in Welikada with 2 Grammes and 100 Mili Grammes Of Heroin in her  possession and Seven Persons were arrested at Balangoda with 70 Mili Grammes Of Heroin in their possession.

The suspects are due to be produced before courts.