Twelve persons have died from road traffic accidents during the past 24 hours, Police Spokesman DIG Ajith Rohana said.
A police jeep collided with a three wheeler in Katumuluwa area along the Rambawewa-Narammala road on Sunday killing two persons aged 40 and 65 and severely injuring three persons including a 10 and 15 year old.
Close to 300 persons have been killed from fatal road traffic accidents and over 500 accidents resulting in serious injuries have been reported this year, police said.
In the wake of the ‘outing’ of parliament Speaker Ashoka Ranwala with accusations that his PhD was fake, there has been a flurry of articles on fake degrees.
An eighteen member Presidential Task Force, including President’s secretary was appointed today to implement the ’Clean Sri Lanka’ initiative proposed by the government.
Under the government’s initiative of disposing of high end- luxury vehicles that impose a heavy burden of public funds, other state institutions are barred from purchasing them through state procurement procedure, according to a Treasury circular.
An investigation has been launched on the instructions of Acting Inspector General of Police (IGP) Priyantha Weerasuriya into an incident where popular author Kasun Mahendra Heenatigala was arrested and allegedly mistreated by the Athurugiriya Police.
Mr. Gihan de Silva has been appointed as the new Chairman of the Sri Lanka Rupavahini Corporation, the Government Information Department announced.
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