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Record amount from liquor fines

Mahanama Vithanage, Malwana group correspondent

Weliveriya police has collected Rs. 9,011,750 as fines from illicit liquor cases filed at the Gampaha Magistrate’s Courts last year.

German septuagenarian drowns

Richmond Wijesekera, Bentota Group Correspondent

A 75 year old German national who was holidaying at a Tourist Hotel in Induruwa died while swimming in the shallow seas of Yalegama, Induruwa, Kosgoda Police said.

Police have sent the body to the Karapitiya Teaching Hospital, Galle for the post-mortem.

An inquest into the death was conducted by the Inquirer into Suden Deaths, Induruwa, Parakrama Akuretiyagama and said death was due to drowning.

Kosgoda Police OIC, Inspector Chandra Padmalal led evidence.

No teachers’ quarters

G.A. Gunasena - Ginigathena special corr.

There is no teachers quarters at the Madeniya Maha Vidyalya, Hitigegama in the Hatton Educational Zone in the Nuwara Eliya district. Although the rural school had a well equipped teachers’ quarters constructed by the Education Department the building was destroyed by a landslide several years ago back.

Ven. Dhammavihari passes away

Ven. Prof. Dhammavihari Thera has passed away on Saturday. His remains are laying at the Narada Centre and his cremation will be held at the Kanatta today at 5 p.m. There will be a Sermon in memory of him on Friday evening at 7.30 p.m. followed an alms giving on Saturday at noon.

May he attain Nibbana!

Van-bus collision kills woman, injures eight

Rasika Somarathna

A 53 year old woman passenger was killed and eight others were injured in a Van – Bus collision, which occurred at Galigamuwa near the 71 km post in the Kandy-Colombo main road yesterday.

The bus which was proceeding towards Kegalle had collided with the van resulting in the death of the woman who was traveling in the van, Police Spokesman SP Preshantha Jayakody said. In addition eight other injured passengers had been admitted to both Kegalle and Kandy hospitals with one of them in a critical condition. Kegalle Police is investigating, SP Jayakody said.

No restrictions on news web sites

The Director General of the Telecommunication Regulatory Commission of Sri Lanka, Anusha Pelpita yesterday denied reports that the TRC was to introduce necessary legislation to impose restrictions on news websites.

Answering a query related to a recent news report Pelpita said, according to his knowledge there were no moves to devise such laws to control Internet news websites.

He also denied knowledge of reports that Chinese expertise had been sought to find ways to control news websites.