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Friday, March 17, 2017

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The Sri Lankan Crew Members Who Were Released By Somalian Pirates Due To To Arrive In Sri Lanka Tomorrow(19)

The eight member Sri Lankan crew

belonging to the Aris-13
oil tanker who were released after captivating them by the Somalian sea pirates are due to arrive in Sri Lanka tomorrow (19) according to sources .

The Sri Lankan crew members who were captivated for four days by the Somalian sea pirates had been released after the intervention of Sri Lankan government the sources stated.

The release of Sri Lankan crew members believed to be the fastest as Somalian pirates still held eight Iranian sship crew members hijacked few years ago.

After the oil tanker which the Sri Lankan crew members on board hijacked by the pirates early this week ,Somalian authorities attempted to fire at the pirates in the tanker to rescue the crew members.However Sri Lankan government has intervened and requested the authorities not to fire at them as it will be harmful for the crew members .

Later pirates have released the Sri Lankan crew and they were taken to Somalia afterwards .

A Person Was Killed After Colliding With A Train In Chilaw

A person was killed after colliding with a train near the Chilaw train station

last night(17).

The body of the deceased has been sent to Chilaw Hospital for a post mortem.

'HAYSTACKS" (SUNSET), (1890-1891) A POPULAR YESTERYEAR ARTWORK OF FRENCH ARTIST CLAUDE MONET(1840-1926)

Two Persons Were Arrested With Illicit Liqour In Kelaniya

Police have arrested two persons including a female

with 111,000 liters of illicit liqour in their possession today (17).

The two suspects were arrested in kelaniya area.

A Container Truck Driver Was Injured After A Truck Veered Off The Road And Toppled Over

A container truck driver has been injured and

hospitalized after the truck he was driving in veered off the road and toppled over on Hatton-Colombo main road near the entry road to watawala (upcountry)railway station today (17).

The container truck transported soft drinks from agarapathana in hatton to Colombo at the time of the accident.

As the container truck toppled over to the entry road to the railway station , transport activities of that road blocked for hours according to the sources.