Deputy Minister of Local Government and Provincial Councils Karunarathna Paravithana has been appointed s the Acting Minister of Local Government and Provincial Councils. He was sowrn in before President Maithripala Sirisena yesterday. Paranavithana was appointed to oversee responsibilities at the Ministry of Local Government and Provincial Councils as the subject Minister Faizer Musthapa is out of the island.
A Sri Lanka Air Force Bell 212 helicopter belonging to the No. 72 squadron has crashed into the Madhuru Oya reservoir this morning, Air FOrce Media Spokesman Eranda Geeganage said.
Update: Five of the twelve passengers on board the bell 212 aircraft that crashed into the Maduru Oya today, have succumbed to their injuries, the SLAF said.
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