More than 20 acres of forest land have been destroyed due to a fire which had erupted in Wellawaya over the weekend.
It is reported that several endemic species of plants had been destoryed due to the fire which is believed to have erupted due to the dry weather.
The assistance of the army had been obtained to douse the fire, Disaster Management Centre Additional Director (Monaragala) Ravindra Kumara said.
Tamar Amitai, a 25-year-old Israeli tourist who went missing in Uppuveli, Trincomalee, was found safe after a three-day joint search operation today.
The Colombo High Court today (28) sentenced former parliamentarian Hirunika Premachandra to three years of Rigorous Imprisonment over charges of the involvement of an abduction.
President Ranil Wickremesinghe is firm about the President’s five-year tenure, the President’s Media Division (PMD) said.
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