A 16-year-old school student was killed and five others seriously injured after a tractor trailer overturn at Puthukuduirippu yesterday.
Police Media Unit said a tractor carrying 14 passengers met with the accident last evening near Mungilaru on the Mullaitivu-Paranthan road. The tractor's driver had lost control of the vehicle, causing it to veer off the road and the trailer to overturn.
Six of those in the tractor suffered serious injuries and were admitted to the Mungilaru Hospital but the 16-year-old boy, a resident of Dharmapuram, succumbed to his injuries.
The passengers had been on their way to participate in a religious festival at a Kovil in Mulliyawalai at the time of the incident. Puthukuduirippu Police are investigating.
Public Security Minister Ananda Wijepala told Parliament today that the suspect in the rape of a lady doctor at the Anuradhapura teaching hospital has been identified as an army deserter and he will be apprehended shortly.
Police have arrested the suspect connected to the sexual assault on a female doctor at the Anuradhapura Teaching Hospital today morning in Galnewa.
The Dutch Public Prosecutor suspects two companies of paying bribes in the construction of hospitals in Sri Lanka, according to an investigation by FD, the Dutch financial newspaper.
The Government today tabled in the House the Report of the Commission to Inquiry into the Establishment and Maintenance of Unlawful Places of Detention and Torture Chambers in the Batalanda Housing Scheme.
The Minister of Power, Kumara Jayakody, stated that in the future, internationally funded projects, such as power projects, will only be carried out through government-to-government (G2G) agreements and competitive procurement.
Former President Ranil Wickremesinghe said today he wholly rejects the Batalanda Commission report and that it was appointed wholly with the intention slinging political mud at him.
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