A 65 year old mother of four was killed yesterday after coming into contact with an electric fence that was constructed to prevent wild animals trespassing into residences in Akkaraipathanai, police said.
The victim was identified as 65 year old Kali Kidnaambal, a resident in a tea estate in Akkaraipathanai. Family members said that incident occured when the victim went out to nearby estate land to cut some banana trees for religious purposes.
Akkaraipathani police are conducting further investigations. Pix by G.Kishanthan
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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