Central Provincial Council Chairman and Hewaheta SLFP Chief Organiser Mahinda Abeykoon was sentenced to two and a half years' rigorous imprisonment by Kandy High Court yesterday Judge Menaka Wijesundara. He was found guilty on three counts for forcibly entering a polling booth at Patha Hewaheta, Galaha during the 2001 General Election and trying to stuff ballot boxes through impersonation after threatening the election officers on duty, unlawful assembly and trying to insert forged ballot papers into the ballot boxes. The High Court Judge said she was sentencing Abeykoon for six months' RI on the first count and one year RI each on the second and third counts.
The Cyclonic Storm “Ditwah” moved further north from Trincomalee today evening leaving a trail of destruction including more than 90 deaths, over 100 missing and tens of thousands displaced, officials said.
A third rescue attempt to save 28 people trapped on the rooftop of a farm building in Vithikuliya, Nikaweratiya, has failed due to the dangerous water surge from the Deduru Oya.
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All passengers of a bus swept away by rising floodwaters on the Kalawewa Bridge along the Anuradhapura–Puttalam road have been rescued, Navy Commander Vice Admiral Kanchana Banagoda said.
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