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Two dead, two injured after being hit by a train in Ragama
27Sep By Faraz ShauketalyNo Comments
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Two dead, two injured after being hit by a train in Ragama

Two persons have died while two others sustained injuries this morning (27) after being knocked down by the ‘Siyane Kumari’ express train en route to Matara from Kandy, the police said. It was reported that the train has been stopped past Ragama railway station following the accident. The trains that were scheduled to commute from the Ragama railway station have been delayed owing to the accident. The injured persons are in a critical condition, according to the sources.
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Over 100 towns in Sri Lanka stop cigarette sales
23Aug By Faraz ShauketalyNo Comments
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Over 100 towns in Sri Lanka stop cigarette sales

Over 100 towns across Sri Lanka have boycotted the sale of cigarettes with the aim of making the country tobacco-free, the Health Ministry said. According to the ministry, the Public Health Inspectors Union launched several programmes across the country to educate locals on the ill effects of smoking and as a result, shop owners and businessmen in many towns stopped selling cigarettes. Twenty-two towns in Jaffna, 17 towns in Matara and 16 towns in Kurunegala joined others in boycotting the sale of cigarettes. Currently, 107 towns are part of the drive, Xinhua news agency reported. Health Minister Rajitha Senaratne, while expressing satisfaction over the numbers, said they hope to increase these figures to 200 in 2019. The Sri Lankan government in recent years has taken several ...
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Five monks further remanded over ragging incident
21Aug By Faraz ShauketalyNo Comments
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Five monks further remanded over ragging incident

Five Buddhist monks, who were second year students at the Faculty of Humanities in University of Ruhuna, have been further remanded over a case of ragging at the Bhikkhu Hostel in Eliya-Kanda area in Matara. The monks, charged under the Ragging Act, were produced before the Matara Chief Magistrate Pavithra Sanjeewani Pathirana yesterday (20) and ordered to be further remanded until November 3. The incident had taken place on July 18 and the student monk, who had fell victim to the ragging by the senior monks, has halted his higher education as of now, said Matara police.
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Strong wind and rain to subside from tonight
20Aug By Faraz ShauketalyNo Comments
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Strong wind and rain to subside from tonight

Windy and showery condition is expected to reduce gradually over the island from tonight, according to the Meteorological Department. Several spells of showers will occur in Central and Sabaragamuwa provinces. Light showers will occur in Western province and in Galle and Matara districts. Strong gusty winds of speed up to 50-60 kmph can be expected over the island particularly in Central, North-western, North-central, Southern, Sabaragamuwa and Western provinces and in Badulla and Batticaloa districts. SEA AREAS Wind speed is still high over the sea areas around the island and is expected to reduce to some extent from tonight. Light showers will occur in the sea areas extending from Colombo to Matara via Galle. Winds will be westerly to south-westerly in direction. ...
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Construction work on Extension of Southern Expressway exceeding target – RDA
3Jul By Faraz ShauketalyNo Comments
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Construction work on Extension of Southern Expressway exceeding target – RDA

Construction work on the first phase of the Extension of Southern Expressway (ESEP) from Matara to Hambantota including Expressway link to Mattala has exceeded its target, the Road Development Authority (RDA) says. Construction of 96 km long four lane Expressway is split into four sections namely Matara - Beliatta (30km), Beliatta - Wetiya (26km), Wetiya - Andarawewa (15km) and Mattala - Hambantota via Andarawewa (25km). The expressway is being constructed as an extension of the Southern Expressway which ends in Godagama, Matara. In the first section interchanges will be constructed in Aparekka and Beliatta areas. About 72 percent of the work in the 30-km first segment of the expressway from Matara to Beliatta has been completed, according to the RDA. The target date for the first...
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Vehicle used in Matara jewellery store robbery and owner taken into police custody
2Jul By Faraz ShauketalyNo Comments
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Vehicle used in Matara jewellery store robbery and owner taken into police custody

The vehicle used in the Matara jewelry shop robbery along with its owner has been taken into the police custody at Thalagala, Horana. The registered owner of the Alto vehicle is a woman and the person arrested with the vehicle in connection with the heist is her husband. The 43 year old suspect has been identified as Madapathage Kapila Kumara, a resident of Meegoda. Police investigations have revealed that the suspects arrested previously in connection with the robbery Kosgoda Tharaka, deceased Chamara and Kosgoda Dilshan have rented a house belonged to Kapila Kumara in Moragahahena for four months before the robbery. The officers of the Kalutara District Crimes Unit have been surveilling the suspect's house for several days before taking the vehicle and the owner into custody whe...
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Sri Lanka Army ready to deploy 1000 troops for disaster relief
23May By Faraz ShauketalyNo Comments
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Sri Lanka Army ready to deploy 1000 troops for disaster relief

Sri Lanka Army said currently 300 members of the Army, together with Navy and Air Force personnel are currently engaged in flood relief emergencies in worst-affected Districts of Galle, Kalutara, Matara, Ratnapura and Puttalam as of Tuesday (22) noon. The Army Media Unit said another contingent of about 1000 Army personnel, if needed are on standby in flood-hit areas in close contact with the Disaster Management Centre (DMC) and respective District and Divisional Secretariats to face any emergencies. The Army has already sent 25 boats to most affected locations in Hiniduma, Palindanuwara, Kamburupitiya, Ratnapura and Puttalam where some of the public roads remain inundated. Army troops have also assisted the evacuation of flood-hit civilians in some areas at the request of DMC aut...
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Sri Lanka OMP to set up 12 regional offices to inquire into missing persons
21May By Faraz ShauketalyNo Comments
LOCAL

Sri Lanka OMP to set up 12 regional offices to inquire into missing persons

The Office of Missing Persons (OMP) in Sri Lanka will set up 12 regional offices covering the entire country to receive information and complaints from families and other individuals of the missing persons, the OMP Chairman President's Counsel Saliya Peiris told media after the OMP held its second meeting in Matara. The newly-created OMP which began public consultations on the 12th May in Mannar held its second public meeting at Matara District Secretariat on Saturday (19). Relatives of the missing persons in Matara, Hambantota and Galle Districts were present at yesterday's meeting. Family members of missing persons in the South during the second uprising of the Janatha Vimukthi Peramuna (JVP) in the late 1980s attended the public meeting at the Matara District. Information on th...
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Shouldn’t forget Maithri’s commitment – Mangala
16May By Faraz ShauketalyNo Comments
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Shouldn’t forget Maithri’s commitment – Mangala

Finance Minister Mangala Samaraweera says that no one should forget the commitments made by President Maithripala Sirisena risking his life by becoming the common presidential candidate during the last presidential election. Samaraweera has made this observation at a meeting of UNP local government representatives in Matara. The Minister has said that had Sirisena lost, he would have had to face the wrath of his opponents and it would have been worse than what befell Sarath Fonseka. He has added that the President has not forgotten the fact that he won the election with the votes of the UNP. Samaraweera has urged that the President not be criticized to create unnecessary trouble.
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