Two persons were killed after the Three Wheeler they were travelling in colliding with a Bus at Andiambalama area in Katunayake last night(22).
The Bus was travelling from Dehiwala to Batticaloa at the time of the incident according to th Katunayake police.
Public protests were held in several areas of the Island during last few days against the Electricity Board's decision to increase the Electricity bill by 18 percent .
Accordingly public protests organized by the National Peoples Poer were held in Embilipitiya ,Yakkala And Kelaniya areas over the Electricity bill hike.
Ceylon Electricity Board had increased the Electricity bill third time of the year with effect from last friday(20.
The Speaker Mahinda Yapa Abeywardana had appointed a five member committee headed by the Deputy Speaker Ajith Rajapakshe to probe on the clash occurred between the State Minister Diana Gamage and Samagi Janabalawegaya(SJB) MP Of Anuradhapura district Rohana Bandara outside the Parliament premises yesterday (20).
An Heated arguement occurred between State Minister Gamage and SJB MP was videoed by another SJB MP and released it to the media yesterday.However State Minister Gamage had complained over the incident to the speaker and later speaker had appointed the committee to probe on the incident and instructed the committee to handover the report.Later state minister gamage had been admitted to the Jayawardanapura hospital it has has been reported.However she was discharged from thr hospital three hours ,after admission .
The Veteran Popular traditional local dancer and Teacher of Dancing Kalasuri, Vishwakalakeerthi Rajini Selvanayagam passed away last morning (20) .
As the well renowned professional dancer and Dancing instructor Rajini Selvanayagam had formed her dance academy "Chamara kala niketanaya "in 1975 and dedicated her career to create a unique forms of Sri lankan dance art.The detals of her funeral to be notified later.
A group of students attached to the Students union of the Universtiy of Kelaniya had staged a a protest campaign yesterday(20) near the Colombo -Kandy main road demanding the abolition of terrorism prevention act and similar to that act.
The group of protesting students had begun the protest last night(20) and police had used barricades to block the road preventing their entry.
