A Motorcyclist Was Killed Due To A Motorcycle-Bus Collision

A 42 year old Motorcyclist was killed after the

Motorcycle he was riding colliding
 with a Private Bus near the Ninth Kilo Meter post on Badulla-Mahiyanganaya main road this morning (07).

The critically injured Motorcyclist had succumbed to his injuries after admission to Badulla General Hospital it has been reported.

Badulla Police have arrested the Bus driver and taken into custody the Bus regarding the incident.

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A Female Activist On Prisoners Rights Got Married To A Prisoner At Magazine Prison

A different kind of wedding has taken place inside the

Magazine prison in Borella today (07)as a 41 year old female activist of prisoners rights got married to a 39 year old prisoner who was sentenced to 30 year imprisonment .

According to the newly wedded bride sweety chamila buck , officials did not allow her to getting married the prison inmate Bandula senerath Liyanaarachchi over the last three years and she was finally  able to get married to him as a result of going after the officials.

The bridegroom is a government 's  eye witness of the great Welikada massacare and he is currently facing lot of harrassment due to this the bride has stressed.

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Three Prisoners Escaped From Siyamabalanduwa And Moratuwa Court Premises

Three prisoners including two prisoners at

Siyambalanduwa Court premises and One prisoner in Moratuwa Court prison had been escaped today (07).


The prisoner who had escaped from the Prison cell at Moratuwa court had been remanded over smuggling narcotics it has been revealed.

Two investigations have been launched by respective police stations in Siyambalanduwa and Moratuwa  to capture the escaped prisoners.

Airport Customs Had Arrested Two Sri Lankans With 53.5 Kilos Of Wallapatta

Airport Customs had today (07)arrested two Sri

Lankans attempting to smuggle 53.5 Kilo Grammes of expensive Wallapatta illegally to Muscat,Oman at the Katunayake ,Bandaranaike International Airport.

The estimated value of the Wallapatta taken into custody in possession of the suspects is around Rs.2.8 million according to customs.

The stock of Wallapatta known as Gyrinops Walla which used to manufacture an expensive perfumes concealed in the luggages of the suspects and one luggage contains 30 Kilo Grammes and 200 grammes of Wallapatta and other luggage contains 23 Kilo Grammes and 300 grammes of Wallapatta it has been revealed.

Train Drivers To Continue Their Strike- Station Masters And Train Guards To Join The Strike From Tonight

The Train drivers who have launched a continuous

Island Wide strike since midnight yesterday (06)have decided  to continue their strike due to the failure of talks held with Transport Ministry authorities regarding their demand this noon (07).

Due to the strike more than 100 long distance and office train services as well as all night mail trains scheduled for today had been cancelled and as a result thousands of commuters including school children and Office workers had faced enormous difficulties according to the Railways Department.

The locomotive Automobile Engineering Drivers Union has organized the strike .

Meanwhile Station Masters and Train Guards are due to join the continuous strike launched by the Train drivers from midnight tonight according to the Station Masters Union.These two catagories have decided to strike to oppose the delaying  of approving a Cabinet paper regarding increasing their salaries submitted by the Transport Minister Nimal Siripala De Silva and Prime Minister Ranil Wikramasinghe jointly.

Train Drivers had launched their strike against the mechanism adapted by authorities when recruiting Assistant Train drivers.