Two youths who went to bathe in the Velioya between the two Kalupahana bridges in Haldummulla have been swept away by the floods and have gone missing, Haldummulla Police said.
The two missing youths are members of the Maharagama Pamunugama Tourist Group, police said.
Police say that the two youths had been swept away in a flash flood due to heavy rains upstream.
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.
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Cabinet has approved the appointment of Commodore (retired) M.B.N.A. Premaratne of the Sri Lanka Navy, as the new Commissioner General of Excise.
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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