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Monday, February 18, 2019

A 31 year old female was killed due to a

Wild Elephant attack at Sandiweli area in Eravur (Batticaloa District )yesterday (17).

The deceased had faced this incident whilst on the way her house from her mothers house it has been revealed .

She was a resident of Sandiweli area .

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State Minister Ranjan Ramanayake Handed Over Details Of 24 Politicians Who Are Taking Narcotics To Speaker And CID

State Minister Of Roads and Road

Development Ranjan Ramanayake has today (18)told he has handed over the details of 24 Politicians imcluding Parliamentarians ,Cabinet ,Deputy and State Ministers as well as provincial councillors who are taking narcotics imcluding Cocaine, to Speaker Karu Jayasuriya and Criminal Investigations Department (CID ) to do the needful.

Addressing a Press briefing held at his official Residence in Madiwela,Colombo this morning (19)State Minister Ramanayake who had earlier revealed there are Parliamentarians who are addicted to Cocaine and other narcotics, said aides of these politicians as well as higher officers of the government too taking narcotics.

Due to investigations carried out on them he cannot revealed their names at the moment state Minister has further said .

Police Arrested Two Persons With 20.35 Kilo Grammes Of Kerala Cannabis

Police Anti Narcotic Bureau officials

have arrested two persons who brought 20.35 Kilo Grammes of Kerala Cannabis to the Kandakuliya sea coastal area in Kalpitiya in wee hours of this morning (18).

Police officers have also taken in to custudy the stock of Kerala Cannabis brought by the suspects along with the Boat.

The suspects who are 49 and 53 years old persons residing in KandakuliyakUdawa area are due to be produced before the court tomorrow (19).

Four Persons Killed And Nineteen Critically injured Due To A Bus Crash At Marawila

Four Persons including three males and

a female had been killed and Nineteen persons had been critically injured and hospitalized after the Semi luxury bus they were travelling in crashed in to a huge electric transformer near Mahawewa junctoon on Chilaw -Colombo main road in wee hours of this morning (18 ) it has been reported.

The critically injured including sixteen males and three females had been admitted to Marawila Base Hospital for treatment. Among the injured are three Army personal and Police believes there were armed forces personal amongst the deceased as well.

The incident occurred due to the inability of the bus driver to control the high speed of the Bus it has been revealed. The Bus had veered off the road when the driver attempted to prevent colliding the bus with a Container Truck.

However the injured Driver was arreSted by the Marawila Police over the incident. He is now receiving treatment at Marawila Hospital under the police protection.

Marawhile Police personal along with villagers of the area had rescued the Passangers from the bus and transported them to hospital it has been revealed.