THOUGHT OF THE DAY

Police Had Recovered The Body Of The Bambalapitiya Businessman Who Went Missing From Mawanella

Mawanella Police have recovered the body of the millionaire businessman in Bambalapitiya (Colombo) who had been reported as missing since few days from rukulagama area in Mawanella last evening.

The body was reported as decomposed and the father of the businessman has identified his son's body through the cloths and jewelry wore by the businessman.

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Air Port Customs Officers Have Detained Three Suspects With 400 Cigarrette Cartons While Attempting To Smuggle Them To The Country

Three Persons including two females and a male were detained  by the Sri Lanka  Customs Officers early hours yesterday(24)at the Katunayake Bandaranaike International Air Port  while attempting to smuggle 400 Cigarette Cartons to the country valued around Rs
2.8 million.

During the inspection customs officers had recovered 400 cartons of cigarettes packed with  80,000 sticks in the bags of the suspects .

Customs Officers are conducting further Investigations on the incident.

No Sri Lankan Has Been Affected Due To The Earthquake Occurred In Italy

No Sri Lankan has been affected due to the strong earthquake meassuring as 6.2 in the Richter Scale occurred in Central Italy today (24)according to the Sri Lankan High Commission in Italy.

However the Sri Lankan High Commission officials are keep in touch with the  local authorities regarding the situation as there are a large number of Sri Lankans lives there Sri Lankan Ambassador To Italy Daya Palpola has stated..

Due to the earthquake occurred  in Norcia  area in Italy around 120 persons were killed and more than 1000 persons displaced it has been reported.

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