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Friday, July 27, 2018

SKYGAYZERS AWAIT THE CENTURY'S LONGEST BLOOD MOON (LUNAR ECLIPSE) TONIGHT(27)

The Lunar Eclipse of the century will be visible to Sri La nka tonight (27) on ESALA FULL MOON PAYA DAY here for one hour and fourty two minutes beginning from 10.45 p.m.

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Five Customs Officers Have Been Injured And Hospitalized After A Kuwaiti Couple Assaulted Them

Five Customs Officers including a Female Customs Officer have been injured and hospitalized due to an assault by a Kuwaiti Couple who arrived in Katunayake Bandaranaike International Airport this morning (27)

The injured Customs Officers were Admitted to the Negambo Base Hospital for treatment.They have faced this incident when taken into custody a pet dog accompanied by the Kuwaiti Couple to quarantine it has been revealed.

When the couple who had arrived in from Kuwait this morning attempted to leave the Airport with the pet dog without a permission ,Customs officers stopped them and kept the Dog with them.

The angry Kuwaiti Couple had assaulted the Customs officers as a result and Airport Customs had arrested the couple afterwards.

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All Faculties Of The Peradeniya University Had Been Closed Until Further Notice

All faculties of the University of Peradeniya had been closed until further notice by the University authorities with effect from today (27)due to the disruption of University Academic activities by a group of Engineering faculty students of the University .

The Hostal students of the University were requested to vacate from their premises by 6 p.m today by the authorities.

The University of Peradeniya was closed as a result of a group of Engineering faculty students are occupying the Main University building by demanding to allow four students who were banned to sit an Examination due to not fulfilling 80 percent attendance, to sit for the exam.

Earlier authorities have banned the 4 students from sitting the examination.

Students who want to enter the University premises for an urgent requirements during the closure of the University should have taken prior permission from either Chief Security Office or Disciplinary officer at the University it has been announced.

Two Persons Were Killed Due To A Road Accident

Two persons have been killed and one

person was critically injured and hospitalized after the Three Wheeler they were travelling in veering off the road and toppled over at Massanna area on Balangoda-Samanalawatte road last evening (26).

A 56 year old person who was a resident of Massanna area was killed on the spot due to the Accident and one other person.had been pronounced dead after being hospitalized.

Police have