The Government wants to introduce new measures to ensure that a better service is provided by three-wheeler scooter taxis and vans in transporting schoolchildren.
The move follows a recommendation made to the Cabinet of Ministers by Transport Minister Nimal Siripala de Silva.
The ministers have decided that the Transport Ministry Secretary should head a committee to study the matter. The Committee is to be called upon to submit its report within two months, so that immediate measures could be adopted.
Ajith Gallage, the owner of a Bird Park in Nagarawawa, Hambantota, has been remanded over allegations of concealing illegally imported motorcycles, in a warehouse owned by him.
The final rites of veteran broadcaster, writer, and lyricist Nirmala de Alwis will be held today at Peradeniya.
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