A 25-year-old wildlife officer was shot and killed by poachers during a raid conducted inside the Galoya National Park last night (22).
Police said the incident occurred when a team of officers from the Department of Wildlife Conservation's Inginiyagala office were conducting a raid inside the park. They had been fired upon by a group of poachers, resulting in the death of the officer.
Four poachers have been taken into custody along with a 12-bore shotgun suspected to have been used in the shooting. Dambagalla police are investigating.
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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