One person was killed and 28 others injured after two buses transporting people to quarantine crashed into a lorry transporting vegetables at Warakapola this evening.
Police Media Unit stated that the accident had occurred at about 4.50pm near the Warakapola post office along the Colombo-Kandy Road. Two navy buses transporting people to a quarantine centre crashed into a lorry headed towards Colombo carrying vegetables.
A total of 29 persons who sustained injuries were admitted to the Warakapola hospital where the lorry driver succumbed to his injuries. Three navy personnel are also among the injured, police added.
Popular grade five tuition teacher, Hayeshika Fernando wanted over assaulting a 21 year old youth was granted bail today after she surrendered to courts.
A British national had been arrested over attempting to smuggle in the largest haul of kush( drugs) from Thailand, customs said.
The Government of Sri Lanka maintains that the allegation of genocide during the final phase of the conflict in Sri Lanka is unsubstantiated by any credible authority, either nationally or internationally, and is based on misleading information. Sri Lanka firmly rejects this false narrative and believes it has been propagated primarily for electoral gains within Canada.
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