A video capturing a tragic incident has gone viral, showing a mahout being fatally attacked by an elephant at an elephant safari center in Rambukkana. The incident occurred while the elephant, carrying two tourists, unexpectedly turned aggressive towards another mahout who was with another elephant. No harm was reported to the tourists involved in the incident.
Like last year, the New Year 2024 will be one with long holidays, since most Public holidays will fall either on Fridays or Mondays. There will be around 10 long weekends this year as well starting from January as Thai Pongal on January 15 falls on a Monday.
The government could have reduced the price of a 12.5 kg LITRO gas cylinder by Rs. 685 if not for the VAT increase, LITRO Lanka Chairman Muditha Peiris said. In the absence of VAT imposition, there was a possibility of retailing the 12.5kg gas cylinder at a price of Rs. 3,700.
The Chief of Excise yesterday announced 18 dry holidays including the Full Moon Poya days for the year 2024, where sales of all alcoholic beverages should be prohibited. The list starts from Duruthu Full Moon Poya Day, which falls on January 25, Independence Day on February 4, Nawam Fu
Three victims of Easter Sunday terrorist attacks have filed a Fundamental Rights petition in the Supreme Court seeking an order restraining Senior DIG Deshabandu Tennakoon from accepting any further appointments as acting Inspector General of Police. The petition
New Year will dawn today with fresh, anticipated challenges for the government and people alike on the economic front due to the increase of the Value Added Tax (VAT) . The VAT is increased from 15 percent to 18 percent effective from today. The VAT threshold will also be reduced to Rs. 60 million. The government also removed VAT exemptions from 97 items out of 138 goods. The government expects to collect revenue amounting to Rs.378 billion
An incident has raised alarming questions about potential medical negligence, as it is reported that a patient at the Colombo National Hospital has been mistakenly administered high levels of carbon dioxide instead of life-sustaining oxygen by a minor staff member leading to the death of the patient. According to sources, the alleged mix-up in administering gases has prompted heightened scrutiny, it is suggested that s
President Ranil Wickremeisnghe in his New Year message urged all citizens to be conscious of their duty of seeing the nation resurging from its crisis in the New Year. President said in his New Year message: “As we step into the ye
All spill gates of the Victoria Reservoir Dam have been automatically opened in response to torrential downpours that have lashed the country over the past few days, an engineer confirmed. The rising water levels triggered the safety measure, ensuring controlled release of excess water and preventing potential dam overflow. This comes as Ceylon Electricity Board data indicates that hy
A fatal accident at Katuwana early last morning had left two passengers killed and two others seriously injured and admitted to Matara General Hospital and Karapitiya Teaching Hospital, the Police said. The accident had occurred when a lorry veered off the road and crashed into a wayside tree at Hulankanda in Katuwana on Urubokka – Embilipitiya Road. The lo
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