A Person Was Killed Due To A Wild Elephant Attack

A 35 year old person had been killed

due to a Wild Elephant attack at Koslanda Watta yesterday (17) it has been reported.

The deceased who was a resident of Koslanda watte had faced this incident whilst walking in a road near a Tea Factory  it has been revealed .

Sri LANKA CELEBRATES 10 TH ANNIVERSARY OF IT'S WAR VICTORY AGAINST LTTE WHICH FALLS TODAY (18)

GOLDEN MELODIES

Local Tourists Allowed To Visit Sigiriya Free of Charge For Three Days

To mark the  Vesak Festival and National Museum day local tourists will be allowed to visit Historical Sigiriya fortress Cultural site  and the Museum free of charge from today(18), tomorrow  (19) and on Monday  (20) according to Central Cultural fund.

An exhibition displaying the objects  with archelogical value discovered  from the Sigiriya cultural site through excavations and Educational workshops are also due to be held in these days .

VESAK FULL MOON POYA DAY FALLS TODAY (18)

Today (18)is the holiest day of the  Buddhist Callander the "Vesak" which marks the birth, enlightment and demise(Parnirvana ) of Lord Buddha the greatest philosopher who founded the Buddhism. In Sri Lanka today is Vesak full moon poya day and the national Vesak festival is currently being held at Hikkaduwa (Southern Province ).

Government has declared Monday the 20 th of May as a public holiday due to  Vesak falls on Saturday .
For more on Vesak visit - https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Vesak

Teachers And Parents Of A Popular Girls School In Kandy Staged A Protest Against Muslim Teachers Refused Wear A Saree

Teachers and parents of a popular girls

school in Kandy have yesterday  (17) staged a protest in front of the school against 05 female Muslim Teachers who had refused to wear a saree or an accepted cloth exposing the face  to work it has been reported .

05 out of the 15 female Muslim teachers of the school were not allowed to enter the school by protesting teachers and parents  due to their refusal to wear a saree or other accepted Cloth.

Meanwhile Central Province governor MaithrI Gunaratna has stated although government has banned the wearing of  face covering Cloths imcluding   burka wearing a saree is not made compulsory by the law.

Earlier similar incident occurred at Puwakpitya Tamil school when the parents have not allowed several Muslim female teachers to enter the school by wearing covered Cloths. 

Police Have Arrested Sex Workers During A Raid At SPA In Mount Lavinia

Mount Lavinia Police have arrested 08

sex workers during a raid carried out in a Brothel house maintained on the pretext of a massage center (SPA) at Mount Lavinia Police division today (17).

The sex workers arrested in the Brothel house are of the ages 38 to 58 residing in Padukka ,Moronthuduwa,Benthota, Nugegoda and Imbulgoda areas it has been revealed.