Six persons, including an infant had a lucky escape after an earth mound collapsed on a house at Pinhena Colony in Beruwala during heavy rains on Sunday night (13).
Inmates of the house stated that they managed to get away from the house as the earth mound collapsed.
The earth was later removed from the home with the assistance of Western Provincial Councilor Prasanna Sanjeewa who lent his backhoe for the efforts.
Text and Pix by Thushitha Kumara De Silva in Aluthgama
Former Chairman of SriLankan Airlines, Nishantha Wickramasinghe, arrested on allegation of corruption by the Commission to Investigate Allegations of Bribery or Corruption (CIABOC) has been remanded until July 1 by the Colombo Magistrate court.
Deputy Minister of Finance and Economic Stabilization and NPP National List MP Harshana Suriyapperuma who is tipped to be named the next Finance Ministry Secretary resigned from Parliament today.
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