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Saturday, March 23, 2019

ADDRESSING THE MOON

A Person Was Killed And Twenty Persons Injured Due To Toppling Of A Luxary Bus

A 41 year old passanger had been

killed and 25 others had been injured and hospitalized after the Luxary bus they were travelling in toppled over to a house after colliding with a high voltage lamp post near the welipanna entry of the Southern Expressway on Mathugama-Aluthgama road last evening (23).

The injured had been admitted to Nagoda Hospital.

The incident occurred when the high speed Negambo-Galle Luxary Bus Travelling to Matara carried pasangers went to a picinic crashed in to the lamp post.Welipanna Police have arrested the driver of the Bus who was under the influence of liquor at the time of the incident .

A mother and daughter walking in the road at the time of the accident were among those injured .The deceased was identified as a resident of Ahungalla

A SPECIAL QUOTE

President Has Assured Not A Single Plot Of Land In Vipattu Had Been Sold Since 2015

President Maithripala Sirisena has yesterday (23)assured that not a single plot of land had been handed over to a person or an institution since January 2015 by responding to accusations made by social media that the Vilpattu Wild life reserve is being destroyed by a politician.

Addressing an All Religious event held in Kandy yesterday (23)President has stressed that no one destroyed the Wild life reserve since 2015.

Meanwhile Ministry Of Defemse has announced that Durinh the observations done by Sri Lanka Air Force since 2015 it has found that no harm done to the reserve during last four years.

However Social media sites as well as Enviornmemtal Organizations are accused that a Politician is responsible for destroying Vilpattu Wild reserve.

Leader of the House Lakshman Kiriella has yesterday (23)announced in Parliament that he is ready to give a debate on the Vilpattu crisis as requested by some UNP Backbenchers .

Two Petsons Arrested With 1.8 Kilo Grammes Of Heroin

Police officers attached to Negambo

Crimes Investigations Unit have arrested two persons with 1.8 Kilo Grammes of Heroin in their possesion at Kawulupitiya area in Negambo last evening (23).

The estimated value of the haul of Heroin taken in to custody is more than Rs.one million.

The two suspects who are of the ages 37 and 48 years and residents of Kolaniya,Wella and Chilaw areas are due to be produced before Negambo Magistrate Court today (24).