he CCTV footage of the accident involving a jeep driven by a 16-year-old boy and four other vehicles at the Mahabage Junction in Welisara, this morning. One person died and four others were critically injured in the accident when the jeep driven by the boy collided with the other vehicles. (
Samagi Jana Balawegaya (SJB), the main opposition, filed an application to the Attorney General Department under the Right to Information Act seeking information on the withdrawal of cases against certain politicians and individuals of the present government.
Prime Minister Mahinda Rajapaksa, in his address at the function to mark the fifth anniversary of Sri Lanka Podujana Peramuna (SLPP), said the party could not afford to alienate its minor allies which stood by it and worked for a common objective during trying times.
The railway authorities resumed interprovincial travel operations today after relaxation of Covid curbs. However, trains could not run on long distance lines due to sudden faults in the traffic signal system. Passengers were inconvenienced as a result.
Sri Lanka started the administration of booster shots for frontline workers today. The soldiers started getting their doses at the Army Hospital. Army Commander Gen. Shavendra Silva said frontline workers who completed six months after their second shots would be administered with booster doses.
The CCTV footage shows a woman on a motorbike being hit by a Tipper truck. The victim was on the pillion of the motorbike ridden by her husband. The accident took place at Godagama Junction on the High Level Road. She was rushed to the Homagama hospital. The truck driver was arrested.
Sri Lanka’s first sand dune All Terrain Vehicle (ATV) track at Port City in Colombo was ceremonially inaugurated by Youth and Sports Minister Namal Rajapaksa along with Tourism Minister Prasanna Ranatunga and Transport Minister Pavithra Wanniarachch
The Security Force Headquarters -East (SFHQ -E) has produced a stock of 86, 961 kilos of organic fertilizer required for this year’s Maha season. It was handed over to the Ceylon Fertilizer Company Limited (Lak Pohora) on Tuesday (26) at a simple ceremony
The first Poppy flower to commemorate the Remembrance Day was pinned on President Gotabaya Rajapaksa at the Presidential Secretariat today (26). Chairman of the Sri Lanka Ex-Servicemen’s Association Major General Upul Perera pinned the poppy flower on the president.
The training ships of the first Training Squadron of the Indian Navy arrived in Sri Lanka for a bilateral naval exercise today . Indian Naval Ship (INS) ‘Shardul’ and ‘Magar’ arrived at the Colombo harbour whereas INS ‘Sujata’, ‘Sudarshini’, ‘Tarangini’ and Indian Coast Guard Ship (ICGS) ‘Vikram’ called at the port of Trincomalee
Ahead of the reopening of Grade 1 -5 classes of all the schools tomorrow, the school authorities, with the help of parents, engaged in cleaning work. The video shows parents carrying out clean-up work at Navodya National School in Kottukachchiya, Anamaduwa.
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