Six Died -Fifty Two Injured Due To A Bus Collision At Waskaduwa

Six (06)persons including three(03)

males and three(03) females have died and fifty two (52) persons have been injured few of them critically and admitted to Kalutara -Nagoda and Panadura Base Hospitals this morning (04)due to a head on collision between   Private Bus  and Ceylon Transport Board(CTB) Bus at NagahahanDiya in Waskaduwa ,Kalutara .

Few of the critically injured persons had been Transferred to Colombo National Hospital for further treatment.

Among those  injured there are 43 males 08 Females and a child it has been reported .

The incident occurred when a Private Bus travelling from Mulathivu to Tangalle collided with a CTB Bus travelling from Elpitiya to Colombo.
According to the Police .

The CTB Bus driver was responsible for the incident Police have stated .

Soon after the incident Kalutara North Police had closed down the Galle Road for more than two hours and advised motorists to use an alternative routes .

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Tusker NADUNGAMUWE RAJA Is Not Participate In The Esala Procession Due To Health Reasons -Diyawadana Nilame

Due to Health reasons The popular Tusker "NADUNGAMUWE RAJA " will not carrying the  sacred Tooth relics of Lord Buddha during the Historical  Esala Procession (Perahara )this year according to Diyawadana Nilame Pradeep Nilanga Dala Bandara.

Addressing a Press briefing held in Kandy he has stated that this year Tusker "IndiRaja "will carry the Sacred relics in the procession. Around 70 Elephants are due to participate this year's Procession which begins this Monday Diyawadana Nilame has said .

An Iranian Female Was Arrested With Fake German Passport And Deported

Immigration and Emigration

Department Officials have yesterday (02) arrested an Iranian Female who had attempted to flying to New Zealand via Katunayake,Bandananaike  International Airport  by using fraudulent German passport at Katunayake Airport.

The suspected female had arrived at Katunayake Airport  from Istanbul ,Turkey through a Turkish Airways flight .After the arrival she has obtained visas and planned to depart to New zealand .

However when The immigration and Emigration officials checked her passport through International police data system  it has been revealed that it is a misplaced passport belonging to a German female. The real owner of the Passport had visited Sri Lanka in 2016 according to reports .The Iranian Female had fraudulently used her photograph in the passport according to officials .

Afterwards Immigration and Emigration officials had recovered details of a large scale Human smuggling business transporting  Iranian Nationals to New Zealand via Katunayake Airport and as a result expelled the suspected female to Istanbul Turkey via a Turkish Airlines Flight.

Thousands of Iranian Nationals Had migrated to New Zealand via Katunayake Airport as refugees and got the citizenship of that country too it has been revealed through the investigations.