The Russian cargo flight which would be used to transport ailing tusker Suck Surin (Muthu Raja) to Thailand arrived in Sri Lanka on Friday night.
The duty officer of the Bandaranaike International Airport said the flight model IL-76. Arrived around 11.30 pm
At the zoo the final preparations are put in place as well as safety checks are being made to securely transport the animal to the airport. The flight is at the airport until the crate holding the tusker would be securely hoisted and placed in the flight’s cargo area,
(Follow Sunday times print edition to see a detailed story on the repatriation of Muthu Raja.)
Several shops were damaged in a major fire that broke out in a shop on the third floor of a building at First Cross Street in Pettah, Colombo, today evening.
President Anura Kumara Dissanayake today warned that Ceylon Electricity Board Employees would have to make a choice in the next two months.
The number of Buddhist monks who were killed following the accident at the Na Uyana Theravada Buddhist Monastery (Na Uyana Aranya Senansenaya) in Pansiyagama, Melsiripura, Kurunegala currently stands at nine , with four injured, Minister of Buddhasasana, Religious and Cultural Affairs Prof. Hiniduma Sunil Senevi told Parliament this morning. He revealed that two of the injured Buddhist monks are being treated at the Intensive Care Unit (ICU
President Anura Kumara Dissanayake, addressing the 80th session of the United Nations General Assembly, said that both inequality and poverty ought to be regarded as a worldwide catastrophe that requires urgent attention.
The opposition has renewed its demand for a long delayed forensic audit into the controversial e-visa deal, following the sentencing of former Controller General of Immigration, Harsha Ilukpitiya, for contempt of court.
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