At least six persons including a 5-year-old child drowned during three separate incidents yesterday in Polpitiya, Nawalapitiya and Hatton.
Police said woman (62) and a 5-year old child who were returning home from pre-school drowned and went missing in Hitinegama, Polpitiya yesterday.
The bodies of woman and the child – a grandmother and a granddaughter – were found during a search by police and local residents.
Meanwhile, two men and a woman who went to cross the Katambulawa Oya in Akkaravatta area of ​​Nawalapitiya were suspected to have drowned and gone missing since then.
The missing were aged 36, 46 and 47 are residents of Katabula area.
Meanwhile, the Hatton Police have launched investigation after a man accompanied by another three men, slipped and fell into the Panmoore Lake.
The missing person is a 24-year-old resident of Hatton.
The police arrested the other two who were accompanying the missing man at that time under suspicion.
President Anura Kumara Dissanayake stated that if the current government fails to meet the expectations…
There have been abuses in the issuance of permits for expatriate workers to import electric…
The International Monetary Fund (IMF) reached a staff level agreement with Sri Lankan authorities, paving…
Sri Lanka Embassy in Brussels participated at the European Parliament “Fair Trade Breakfast-2024”, on 13…
etstar Asia yesterday launched its Colombo-Singapore direct route positioning itself as the only low-cost carrier…
Solo travellers are getting older and are increasingly drawn to Asian destinations – with Sri…