A Chinese tourist has died due to drowning in Matara, police said.
The deceased, a female, had drowned after she had been washed away in the seas off Madiha, Matara.
She had been lodged at a tourist hotel in the area.
Police said the tourist had been pronounced dead upon admission to hospital after she had been rescued by individuals in the vicinity of the incident.
All Ceylon Makkal Congress MP Ali Sabri Raheem had been arrested by Kalpitiya police after he surrendered to the police today morning.
An interim order prohibiting Deshabandu Tennakoon from carrying out his duties as Inspector General of Police (IGP) has been issued by the Supreme Court.
The Presidential election will be held on September 21, the Commission of Elections has decided.
The former leader of the New Sama Samaja Party (NSSP) and the New Left Front and well-known figure in left-wing politics in Sri Lanka, Dr. Wickramabahu Karunaratne, passed away at the age of 81.
Leave Comments