The Crimes Officer in Charge (OIC) of the Kollupitiya police has died of a sudden illness while exercising at Galle Face Green today (26), Police Spokesman DIG Ajith Rohana said.
“The 42-year-old OIC had collapsed while jogging and was rushed to the National Hospital, Colombo. He was pronounced dead on admission. An autopsy is to be conducted today to find the cause of the death,” Mr. Rohana said.
He said the deceased had been suffering from heart ailments.
I still remember the day of August 1947 floods, as it was the last school day at Kingswood College Kandy and the height the water soured. Water rose to the height of the Cross of the Chrurch at Getambe and the water was so high that it engulfed the Getambe Rajaponawarma Temple leaving only a few leaves of the Bo-tree visible.
The Colombo Additional Magistrate has ordered the Criminal Investigations Department (CID) to investigate and submit a report over a complaint about the alleged illegal assets gained by model Piumi Hansamali.
Heritage properties are major tourist attractions world over. Sri Lanka is no exception in this matter. From Colombo, Galle, most of the mountain cities including Nuwara Eliya, Bandarawela, Hatton and Kandy and in the North, hundreds of heritage properties are spread across.
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