A Fire Is Spreading In A Reserve In Attampitiya

Around 50 acres of land had been

destroyed as a result of a sudden fire erupted at a forest cultivation in Panan gala, Attampitiya ,Bandarawela this morning (05)according to the Disaster Management Center .

The fire is still spreading and Airforce /Army personal.along with Disaster relief groups are being involved in dousing the fire. 

Heavy Traffic Gongestion Occured In Colombo Yesterday (04)due To Protest Marches

Heavy Traffic had prevailed in many

areas in Colombo last   noon (04) as a result of four protest Marches held in Colombo demanding solutions for their service demands.

Accordingly roads from Baseline towards Borella cemetery junction and Narahenpita had been blocked due to a protest march conducted by the Government Development Officers Union.

Later they have discussed with officials of Ministry of Home Affairs regarding their demands.

A heavy traffic prevailed in and around Independence Square yesterday  noon as the officers attached  to  Government Executive Officers Union had protested in front of Ministey of public  Administration .

Lotus roundabout was closed down from Galle Face entry road as a result of the Joint protest march conducted by Unemplayed Graduates Union and External Degree Protection Alliance.

Inter University Students Federation had conducted a protest march in Galle Road last noon and handed over a letter to Presidential Secretariet regarding several demands imcluding abolishing private University Act. 

A BEAR WAS CAUGHT WHILST TAKING A NAP IN A HOTEL BATHROOM

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GOLDEN MELODIES

A 25 Year Old Army Soldier Shot Himself With His Official Firearm.

A 25 year old Army Soldier attached to

an Army camp in Jaffna had been injured and hospitalized after shooting himself  with his official firearm  in wee hours of this morning  (04).

The injured soldier had been admitted to the Jaffna Teaching Hospital for the treatment according to Army .

The cause behind the shooting incident has not yet been revealed. 

Police Have Arrested A Lorry Driver And His Assistant Who Had Left A Stock Of Clinical Waste In Dompe

Dompe Police have arrested a Lorry

Driver and his assistant along with their  Lorry which transported and left a stock of Clinical waste at Hamilton Road in Nagahahandiya area in   Dompe  today  (04).

The stock of Clinical waste belonging to the National Kidney Hospital at Maligawatte  had  left at Hamilton Road whilst transporting them to Kegalle it has been reported .  As  a result  a  strong smell spreads in the area it has been revealed.

Dompe Police have arrested the Lorry driver and the Lorry after being informed regarding the clinical waste by the residents.

Police have removed the clinical waste through the two suspects and loaded it to the lorry.The suspects had told the police they had left the clinical waste at Dompe accordance to the order of the owner of a private company at Awissawella which in charge of recycling the clinical Waste  of the Kidney Hospital in Maligawatte .

The suspects are due to be produced before the court.

Two Persons Had Been Arrested With 10 Illegal.Foreign Cigarette Cartons In Kalmunai

Naval officers attached to  South

Eastern Naval Command and Kalmunai Police Superintendent's office had arrested two persons with 10 illegal  foreign Cigarette Cartons containing 200 Cigarette sticks during a joint search operation carried out at Seindumaridu in Kalmunai area today (04).

The foreign Cigarette Cartons have been prepared to be sold at the time of the arrest it has been revealed .

The two suspects had been identified as residents of Seindumaridu and malaikadu areas of the ages 30 and 31 years  .

Kalmunai Police Superintendent"s office are conducting further investigations over the incident.