Unidentified persons broke into a birthday party in a house in Vavuniya and attacked the inmates and invitees killing a 21 year old girl and injuring nine others before setting the house on fire on Saturday night, Police said.
Among the injured were a two year old boy and two girls below 18 years
The house was severely damaged in the fire though it was later controlled by Urban Council fire fighters from Vavuniya.
The UK government has unveiled a package of reforms to simplify imports from developing countries which allows for more garments manufactured in Sri Lanka to enter the UK tariff-free.
Read these and more on tomorrow’s edition of the Sunday Times
Cabinet has approved the appointment of Commodore (retired) M.B.N.A. Premaratne of the Sri Lanka Navy, as the new Commissioner General of Excise.
Villagers in Nirmalapura, Daluwa, Norochcholai today staged a protest over an incident where a group of Navy officials and sailors had assaulted a resident in the area over night, Police said.
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