No major damage was caused by the fire which broke at the National Library and Documentation Services Board of Sri Lanka in Colombo 7.
The fire had broken out near the assembly hall on the ground floor of the National Library and was likely due to an electrical fault, its Director General Mr. W.Sunil said.
Several firefighting trucks were sent in to put out the fire, according to the Fire Service Department.
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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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