A group of inmates at Kandakadu Rehabilitation Center at Welikande area in Polonnaruwa District had escaped from the Center last night (24).and the Police have arrested 17 of them near the Sungavila bridge it has been reported.
The group of Prison
Eight Cattle and a female passanger were killed and eight were seriously injured when a Sri Lanka Transport Board(SLTB) passanger Bus collided with a Passanger van after knocking down a herd of Cattle lying down on the road at Umayalpuram in Kilinochchi District on the Kandy -Jaffna A09 highway yesterday morning(24).
The Bus driver lost the control of the high speed bus and as a result the bus knocked down a herd of Cattle lying on the road and Then collided with a van on its,way from Katunayake International Airport .The injured were adnitted to the Intensive Care Unit of the Kilinochchi General Hospital.
Kilinochchi Police had arrested the Bus driver regarding the incident and investigating further on the incident.
The controversial Online safety bill which proposed to regulate Social Media networks and to ensure the safety of online activities had been passed in Parliament with majority of 46 votes yesterday (24).
At the vote 108 voted in favor of the bill and 46 voted against it .MP's representing Samagi Janabalawegaya ,Jathika Janabalawegaya ,Tamil Natonal Alliance (TNA) and Nidahas Janatha sabawa were voted against the Bill.Government MP and former Sports Minister Roshan Ranasinghe had voted against the.bill.
Puttalam District MP and State Minister Sanath Nishantha and his security officer were killed due to Motor car accident occurred at Katunayake -Colombo Express Highway in wee hours of this Morning (25).
State Minister Nishantha who was 48 years old at the time of his death along with his security officer and the driver had been admitted to the Ragama Teaching hospital in serious condition ,But the Minister and his security officer haf succumbed to their injuries on admission it has been reported.
The incident occurred when te luxary vehicle of the Srate Minister Nishantha had attempted to over take a container truck travelling in the same direction and as a result the vehicle had collided with the rear part of the truck and with the security fence of the Express highway acccording to reports.
MP S.Sridharan has been elected as the new leader of the Main Tamil Political Party the Ilankai Thamil Arasu Kachchi(ITAK) through a secret ballot held at the Trincomalee Municipal Council hall yesterday (22)
Members of Parliament President's counsal M.ASumanthiran ,S. Yogeswaran And S.Sridharan had contested for the Party leadership .
The 22 member Cabinet of the new government which was appointed yesterday (18) had assumed duties in the respective Ministries today (19) i...
