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Wednesday, November 22, 2023

Two Mail Trains Of The Upcountry Railway line Cancelled Last Night (22)

Sri Lanka Railways Department has cancelled two mail trains scheduled to be travelled from Colombo fort to Badulla and Badulla to Colombo last night (22) as a result of the landslides occurred at Upcountry Railway line it has been revealed .

Due to the Heavy

pevailing at the Cntral hills these days Several railway tracks of the Upcountry Railway line were blocked during recent days.

Badulla-Colombo Main Road Is Being Blocked Due To A Soil Mound And A Rock.

The Badulla -Colombo main road is being Completely blocked for traffic due to the falling of a Soil mound and a large black rock into the section of the road at Balangoda seelogama area in the midnight last Tuesday(21) as the result of the heavy showers prevailing in the area it has been reported.

The Badulla -Colombo main road is being Completely blocked as a result of the falling of the soil mound and the rock Near the area between 155 and 156 Kilo meter posts in Belihuloya seelogama area last Tuesday night .The removal of the soil mound and the rock that had fallen into the road has been temporarily halted last evening due to.the heavy showers prevailed in thr area according to the Road Development Authority officials.However the Authorities had taken steps to open a lane of the Badulla-Coombo Main road last evening for traffic

CID Launched An Investigation On Threats Received By Sports Minister

The Criminal Investigations Department (CID) has launched an investigation over the threats made against Sports Minister Roshan Ranasinghe by the Chairman of Sri Lanka Cricket Shammi Silva and former Adviser to the Sports Minister Sudath Chandrasekare it informed to the Colombo Chief Magistrate Prasanna Alwis yesterday (22).

Sports Minister Roshan Ranasinghe had complained on these threats made by the Sri Lanka Cricket chairman and his Former Adviser to the CID .

Speaker imposed Two Week Long Suspension Of Attending Parliament For State Minister Sanath Nishantha

The Speaker Mahinda Yapa Abeywardana had suspended state Minister of Water Supplies Sanath Nishantha ftom attending Parliament for a two week period over grabbing a set of Docuements from opposition leader Sajith premadasa's during a debate held in Parliament on Monday(20).

State Minister Nishantha had grabbed a set of docuements from the Opposition leader when he was made a speech against former President Mahinda Rajapakshe.Speaker had condemned the indisciplinary act of the State Minister Nishantha.