Two people have been killed following the collapse of an elevator at a building currently under construction at Dharmashoka Mawatha in Kandy this morning.
The victims were construction workers working on the building. The elevator had collapsed while the workmen were transporting bags of cement using it.
The victims, aged 54 and 57 years, are residents of Katugastota and Kandy. The bodies are currently lying at the Kandy hospital. Kandy police are investigating.
My memory takes me back to 1979, to a moment etched in time when a strikingly tall and impeccably dressed military officer, a Master in charge of Cadeting at Prince of Wales College commanding a guard of honour presented to President J.R. Jayawardene by the cadets of 3CCC, consisted of Ananda, Nalanda and Prince of Wales Cadet platoons at the Prince of Wales College grounds.
An American national, who had been staying in Sri Lanka for nearly ten months without a valid visa while using a Sinhala name under his American passport, was arrested by the Tourist Police of the Kandy.
Ten members have been appointed to the new Board of Directors of the Sri Lanka Computer Emergency Readiness Team (CERT) by the Secretary to the Treasury, following the recommendation of President Anura Kumara Dissanayake in his capacity as Minister of Digital Economy.
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