Former President Mahinda Rajapaksa left for Japan yesterday on a ten-day-long visit for personal reasons.
Sources close to him said he would undergo minor surgery there. This is his second visit in one year. On the previous visit he is learnt to have consulted medical opinion with regard to a throat ailment.
These sources described the ailment as minor and said Rajapaksa wants to be in a strong physical condition for his party’s campaign during the upcoming local government elections.
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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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