Two Persons Were Killed And Five Injured Due To A Three Wheeler-Motor Car Collision

Two persons were killed and five persons including a

Buddhist monk were injured and hospitalized due to a Three wheeler-Motor Car collision in Bulankulama area on Anuradhapura-Puttalam road in the wee hours of this morning (12).

A grand mother and her six year old grand daughter travelling in the Three Wheeler arrived in from Puttalam were killed due to the vehicle collision and five persons including a Buddhist monk in the Motor car arrived in from Anuradhapura were injured due to the imcident.

Police have arrrsted the driver of the motor car regardimg the accident and investigations under way to confirm whether the driver was under the influence of liqor at the time of the accident.

Two Armed Men Have Been Injured After A Gun Shooting Between Armed Gang And ST.F Personal

Two persons belonging to an Armed gang were injured

and hospitalized after a gun shooting incident occurred between the Armed gang and Special Police Task Force (STF)personal in kurana,Negambo this evening (12).

The two injured Armed gang members one of them critically  had been admitted to the seeduwa hospital for treatment and later they were transfered to the Ragama Teaching Hospital it has been reported.

After the shooting STF personal Had arrested two Armed gang members.

The Armed gang arrived in from two vans have opened fire at a Jeep belonging to the Special Police Task Force (STF)Personal ,however none of the STF Personal in the Jeep  have been  injured in the shooting .

Special Police Task Force Personal have later recovered two T-56 riffles and a revolver inside the two vans the Armed gang arrived in and taken into custody the two vans for an investigation.

HEALTH TIP

Health-Contaminated Eggs Found In 15 European Countries And Hong Kong

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Foreign-GM Pigs Take Step To Being Organ Donors

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GOLDEN MELODIES

Lawyers Of Former Sri Lankan Ambassador To Russia Wants The Court To Recall The Arrest Warrent And Travel Ban Imposed On Their Client

The lawyers of the former Sri Lankan Ambassador to

Russia Udayanga Weerathunge had yesterday (11)requested the Colombo Fort Magistrate Court to recall the arrest warrant issued and foreign travel ban imposed on their client over involving in a controversial purchasing of MIG Aircrafts  to Sri Lanka during previous government.

The Lawyers of the former Sri Lankan Ambassador to Russia have stated before the Fort Magistrate that the court imposed a foreign travel ban on  their client without examining facts produced before the court properly.

However Fort Magistrate had informed the lawyers that a decision regarding their request will be announced on 21st of August after examining the facts further .