Colombo District Court Has Issued An Interim Injunction Against Abayaramaya Temple Prohibiting From Being Used For Political Work

Colombo District Court has today(14) issued an interim injunction order prohibiting Narahenpita ,Abayaramaya from being used for political,commercial or any other professional work.

The Court has issued an Interim Order after taken into consideration a petition filed by chief incumbent of Purvaramaya in Kirulapona Pathberiye Wimalagnana Thero .

The lawyers  appeared behalf of the Petitioner Wimalagnana Thero has stated in the court that using Abayaramaya for political,commercial and professional work strictly against the teachings of Buddhism.

The petition was filed in February 2016 seeking an injunction order to prevent using Abayaramaya Temple for political activities.

The hearing of the petition postponed until 20th of November. 

The Chief Incumbent of the Abayaramaya ,Venerable Muruththettuwe Ananda Thero once considered as the president of Sri Lanka's  largest health trade union Public Services Nurses Union .The Temple was recently used for political activities including holding press briefings of former President Mahinda Rajapakshe and his allies.

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A 26 Year Old Female Committed Suicide In Kaththankudy

A 26 year old female had committed suicide by hanged

herself in Arayampadi area,Kaththankudy according to the Kaththankudy police.

Police have recovered the body on Thursday (13)morning as per an infotmation received from a person.

The cause of the suicide not yet been revealed.

Police Have Arrested 41 Students In Madirigiriya Over Cutting Their Hands And Bodies

Madirigiriya police have arrested 41 grade 10 and 11

students (Both male and female)attached to a school in Madirigiriya ,Polonnaruwa on wednesday (12) over cutting their hands and bodies severely  through blades and school instruments in their class  after consuming a narcotic.

After strictly warned, the students were handed over to their parents by the police.

After seeing an unusual behaviour of these students the deputy principal of the school had checked the students and found that they cut their hands and bodies .Police have arrested the students as per the information received through the deputy principal.

A special police team in Polonnaruwa had begun an investigation on the incident.

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Three Carraiges Of A Night Mail Train Derailed In Upcountry Railway Track-Three Persons Were Injured Due To A Stampade

Three persons including two females were received

minor injuries and hospitalized due to a stampade occurred after the derailment of a sleeping berth and  two carriages attached to a night mail train between Hatton and Kotagala on Thursday(13) morning.

Three careaiges were  toppled over due to the derailment and injured have been admitted to kotagala hospital for treatment.

The derailment was occurred near the 60 foot bridge between Hatton and Kotagala and due to this two night mail trains scheduled to run tonight on upcountry railway track had been cancelled and all other trains have been restricted in the upcountry railway track from Colombo to Hatton and Badulle to Kotagala it has been announced.

It will take two weeks to fix the derailed carraiges according to maintenance engineers.

After the derailment the remained carriages had run to it's destination through an extra engine it has been reported.

A crane is being used to fix the derailed carraiges .

Meanwhile due to the derailment the bridge near the area too got damaged it has bedn revealed.

A Private Bus Was Set On Fire After Five Persons Injured Due To A Vehicle Collision

A private bus was set on fire by a group of angry

residents after five persons were injured and hospitalized due to a private bus-Three Wheeler-Motorcycle collision in Weliyaya,Monaragala early this morning (13).

Five persons travelling in a Three Wheeler and a Motorcycle were injured and admitted to the Monaragala District Hospital after the vehicles colliding with a private bus travelling from Ampara to Colombo.

The injured are residents of Siyambalanduwa and Wellawaya areas.

As the private bus was set on fire by thr angry residents in the area after the accident ,the bus was severely damaged and the driver and conductor of the bus escaped after fled away from the area it has been revealed.

However later M8naragala police have arrested the bus driver regarding the accident .Two police teams are investigating on the accident and the damaging of the bus according to police.