Speaker signs 19-A document

Six killed in Train – 3 wheel accident

Six people were killed when a train collided with a three-wheeler in Ambanpola this morning, the police media unit said. police media spokesman SSP Priyashantha Jayakody said that the accident took place at the Kirimetiyawa railway crossing. He said that the Yaldevi train which was heading to Vavuniya from olombo, collided with the three wheeler killing six people who were in the vehicle. Among the victims were women and a child and two men, the police spokesman said. Another woman who was in

28 Nov, 2012

Private bus strike in some areas over route permits

A private bus strike was launched in parts of the Western Province today over a route permit issue. President of the Lanka Private Bus Owners Association (LPBOA) Gemunu Wijeyratne said that that the strike will affect the southern part of the Western Province. ?This is not related to an earlier decision to strike in the entire Western Province. That has been called off. This is a new strike over a route permit issue in the southern part of the province,? Wijeyratne told the Colombo Gazette. A

28 Nov, 2012

Jaffna TNA MP’s vehicle attacked

The vehicle of Jaffna TNA MP E. Saravanabavan was attacked by a group when the MP was at the entrance of the Jaffna university today to inquire into a tense situation involving the students and the army. Speaking to reporters in Jaffna this afternoon, the MP said that a group had attacked his vehicle while he was having a heated?argument?with the army and police who had refused to allow him to enter the university premises. A tense situation?developed?at the university last evening when the st

28 Nov, 2012