Railway operations on the main railway track have been restored. A train transporting fuel had collided with a train stationed adjacent to the Weyangoda-Kinnawala Railway station at 7.50 last night. Two carriages of the train transporting fuel had subsequently derailed and only one of the tracks had been active thus far. Director of Railway …
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United National Party MP Akila Viraj Kariyawasam accuses the government of issuing circulars with regard to education that cannot be implemented realistically. The parliamentarian made this statement at a media breifing held today regarding a circular issued by the government on students transferring from one National school to another …
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A Sri Lankan PhD scholar pursuing her research at National Dairy Research Institute in India has been seriously injured after she was attacked by a gang of unidentified youths last evening. Indian Media report the 42 year old victim who had sustained serious head injuries was rushed to Trauma Center. Eyewitnesses told the police that a group of …
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Former army Commander Sarath Fonseka was granted conditional bail by the Colombo High Court a short while ago. A bail application was filed on behalf of former Army Commander Sarath Fonseka in a case in which he is accused of harbouring 10 army deserters and conspiring against the State. Colombo chief High Court Judge Sunil Rajapakse issued the …
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A man who impersonated a journalist has been remanded till the 21st of May by the Morawaka Magistrates Court. The suspect had allegedly collected information about corrupt activities and extorted money by threatening to publish the misdeeds in the media. The suspect, who is a resident of Buthpiotiya, was arrested yesterday and the Deniyaya police …
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