A fire broke out along the Old Kandy Road in Nuwara Eliya last afternoon, Police said.
Swift measures were taken by the police and the Nuwara Eliya urban council to dispatch fire trucks to contol the fire along with the assistance of area residents.
Police noted that 03 shops in the area were completely destroyed due to the fire although no casualties have been reported so far.
Nuwara Eliya Police are conducting further investigations to determine the cause of the fire.
All Ceylon Makkal Congress MP Ali Sabri Raheem had been arrested by Kalpitiya police after he surrendered to the police today morning.
Senior DIG Nilantha Jayawardena has been sent on compulsory leave pending disciplinary investigation over his failure to prevent the Easter Sunday bombings.
An interim order prohibiting Deshabandu Tennakoon from carrying out his duties as Inspector General of Police (IGP) has been issued by the Supreme Court.
The 22nd amendment to the constitution dealing with the term of the President has been gazetted by order of President Ranil Wickremesinghe.
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