Kegalle-Bulathkohupitiya Road Has Been Closed Due To A Rock Fall

Kegalle-Bulathkohupitiya road has

been  temporarily closed this evening(14) due to a falling of a rock according to the Disaster Management Center.

Motorists have been advised to use an alternative routes to travel due to this situation.

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Two Females Have Been Appointed To The Head Posts Of The State Owned Rupavahini And ITN

Minister of Finance and Media Mangala

Samaraweera  has appointed three females for the top post of  Two National Electronic Media Institutions The National Rupavahini Corporation and Independent Television Network(ITN) and the SALACINE productions Limited with immediatte effect.

Accordingly Film and Tele Drama Director Inoka Sathyangani Has Been Appointed as the New Chairman of the Sri Lanka Rupavahini Corporation ,Thilaka Jayasundara as the Chairman of ITN and Uma Rajamanthri as the Chiairman Of SALACINE Limited.

• Earlier The Ministry Of Finance and Media had requested the Heads of the Government Media Institutions to step down from their posts in view of appointing  new heads for the Institutes.

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Kandapola Area Of The Nuwara-Eliya-Ragala Road Has Been Submerged By Flood Waters

Kandapola new road attached to the

Nuwara Eliya-Ragala road has been submerged today (14)by the flood waters due to the heavy showers prevailing in the area it has been reported.

Due to this situation transport activities of the road have been disrupted.Due to the non availability of a Proper drainage system ,even during  mild showers the road get submerged according to reports.

A Sri Lankan Was Arrested While Attempting To Smuggle Gold Weighing 400 Grammes At The Airport

Airport customs officers have today(14)

arrested a 56 year old Sri Lankan male who had returned from Chennai ,India and attempting to smuggle four Gold Chunks weighing 100 grammes each to Sri Lanka at the Katunayake, Bandara naike International Airport this afternoon(14).

The Suspect who is a resident of Colombo had concealed the Gold Chunks weighing 400 grammes inside his luggage and the Luggage Scan unit had detected it, it has been revealed.

The estimated value of the Gold Chunks taken in to custody in possession of the suspect is around Rs.2.4 million according to the Customs.

Airport Customs are conducting an investigations on the incident.