State Minister of Transport Lasantha Alagiyawanna said that a gazette with the necessary regulations on speed limits, aimed at reducing road accidents, will be issued within the next two weeks.
Addressing a media briefing held at Presidential Secretariat yesterday, State Minister Alagiyawanna said that National Council for Road Safety has allocated Rs 50 million to the Sri Lanka Police for the purchase of necessary speed control equipment.
Additionally, the Ministry of Transport will issue a gazette with new road speed limit regulations within the next two weeks, according to the State Minister.
My memory takes me back to 1979, to a moment etched in time when a strikingly tall and impeccably dressed military officer, a Master in charge of Cadeting at Prince of Wales College commanding a guard of honour presented to President J.R. Jayawardene by the cadets of 3CCC, consisted of Ananda, Nalanda and Prince of Wales Cadet platoons at the Prince of Wales College grounds.
An American national, who had been staying in Sri Lanka for nearly ten months without a valid visa while using a Sinhala name under his American passport, was arrested by the Tourist Police of the Kandy.
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The only orangutan held at the Dehiwala National Zoological gardens had passed away yesterday.
The Secretary of the Bodu Bala Sena Organisation Ven Galagodaatte Ganasara Thera was today imprisoned for the third time.
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