The oldest elephant at the National Zoological Gardens at Dehiwala has died today at the age of 79.
The Director of the National Zoological gardens, Thilak Premakantha said that the elephant showed change of behavior yesterday and refused to get into the bathing pond.
He said that afterwards the elephant lay down and peacefully passed away during early hours around 2.30 am.
Mr Premakantha recalled that the elephant which was found from Anuradahapura when it was around 3 years age had been at the zoo ever since.
A Thai woman walking topless in Arugam Bay town has been arrested by the Police.
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.
The Cabinet has approved a proposal for Sri Lankans overseas to apply for their passports through an online system via the Lankan diplomatic missions.
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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