Former LTTE Rebel "Ram"Has Been Detained For Questioning

The Terrorist Investigations Division (TID) had yesterday (24)detained the former LTTE Rebel "Ram" at Thambuluvil Area in Ampara(Eastern Province) for questioning according to the Police.

Ram was rehabilitated after end of the armed conflict in north and east in 2009 under the government's rehabilitation programme and released four years ago.

Airport Customs Officers Have Arrested A Pakistani National With 8.7 Kilo Grammes Of Heroin At Katunayake International Air Port

Sri Lanka Air Port Customs Officers have today(25) arrested a Pakistani National with 8.7 Kilo Grammes of Heroin on his arrival at Katunayake Bandaranaike International Airport .

The haul of Heroin in possession of the Pakistani National worth around Rs.87 Million according to the Airport Customs Officers.

The suspect has arrived in Katunayake Airport from Doha,Qatar through a Qatar Airways Flight it has been reported.

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Eight Female Tea Pluckers Were Hospitalized Following A Wasp Attack In Hatton

Eight Female Tea Pluckers attached to Shannon Tea Estate in Hatton(In Up Country) were injured and admitted to Watawala Hospital following  a Wasp Attack according to the sources.

These female workers have faced the wasp attack while they were plucking tea at the estate the sources have revealed.Their condition is not serious it has been reported.

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Education Minister Has Instructed The Authorities To Investigate On An Incident Damaging A Part Of A Sigiriya Fresco

The Minister of Education Akila Viraj Kariyawasam has instructed the officials of Central Cultural Fund Archaeology Department to investigate on an incident that damaging a part of a Sigiriya Fresco at Frescoes  Cave (Bithusithuwam Guhava) in Sigiriya during conservation activities.

The damage has  occurred to a fresco when the officials paste a cello tape on a wall contains frescoes in view of conserving them and remove it according to reports.

The Central Cultural Fund and Archaeology Department have launched two separate internal investigations on the incident.