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Monday, September 24, 2018

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GOLDEN MELODIES

A Mother And Two Daughters Had Been Killed Due To A Road Accident

A 34 Year Old mother and her 12 and 6

year old daughters had been killed and 11 year old son had been injured and hospitalized after colliding with a Motor Car near kunnan ode bridge at Pothuwil-Akkareipattu road last evening (24).

The critically injured Mother and two daughters had succumbed to their injuries after admission to to Pothuwil Hospital.The injured son had been Transferred to Akkareipattu Hospital for further treatment.

They were waking along the road at the time of the incident.

The deceased were residents of Nayaru junction ,Pothuwil .

Pothiwil Police have arrested the driver of the Motor Car regarding the incident.

Seventy Five Persons Had Been Killed By Wild Elephants And 150 Wild Elephants Had Been Killed By Humans During Last Eight Months

Around 75 persons had been killed due to Wild Elephant attacks and 150 Wild Elephants had been killed due to various human activities during last eight months of this year (2018) according to Minister Of Sustainable Development and Wild Life Field Marshal Sarath Fonseka .

Around 25 percent of the crop cultivation in Sri Lanka had been destroyed annually by Wild Elephants he had stated during a function held at Nandimithra area in Vavuniya during the weekend .

"Will try to minimise the damages done to property and crops by Wild Elephants .To protect humans and their properties from Wild Elephants around 4500 Kilo meter long Elephant Fence had been built already and another 2500 Kilo meters remainEd to be built " Field Marshal Fonseka has stressed .

Around Rs.five billion had been spent to construction and maintainance work of Elephant Fence and 7000 Wild Life officers and Civil security Personal are due to be deployed to protect the fence he said .

A Set Of Photographs Taken By A Group Of Youth By Wearing Half Naked Dresses At Pidurangala Rock In Sigiriya Criticised By Many

A set of photographs taken by a group of local youth after climbing the historical Pidurangala rock at Sigiriya wearing half naked dresses and circulated via Social Media these days had been criticised by many in the society .

These Photographs had been taken and published in Social Media to clearly insulting the Pidurangala Rock,Historical Pidurangala Raja Maha Temple and Sigiriya according to the Chief incumbent of Pidurangala Raja Maha Temple Dr.Daniyagama Ananda Thero.

Angelo Matthews Had Resigned From Captaincy of One Day And T-20

Sri Lankan One day and T-20 captain Angelo Matthews had resigned from his captaincy yesterday (23)after chairman of National Cricket selection committee Graham LaBrooy and National Cricket Coach Chandika Hathurusinghe had requested him to do so.

Angelo Matthews had stated that he is ready to consider retirement of cricket if the authorities found he is unfit to play the game ,he has said through a letter sent to Chief Executive Officer of Sri Lanka Cricket Ashley De Silva .

Sri Lankan Team.made an early exit at the Asian Cup Cricket Tournament last week after lost hack to back games to Bangladesh and Afganistan.

Through the letter Angelo said Cricket Authorities attempting to put whole responsibility of the defeats on him.However he can only take a part of responsibility.