At least six lion rooms in a tea plantation estate in Dayagama, Nuwara Eliya have been completely destroyed due to fire forcing some 37 occupants to displace.
The Fire service was called by the neighbours soon after the fire broke but it took two hours to douse the fire completely. Valuable resources, stationeries and school uniforms belong to school children were burned. Dayagama police are carrying out further investigations to determine the cause of the fire.
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Popular grade five tuition teacher, Hayeshika Fernando wanted over assaulting a 21 year old youth was granted bail today after she surrendered to courts.
First Bishop of the Batticaloa Diocese, Retired Bishop Joseph Ponnaiya, passed away today at the age of 74, following a brief illness.
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