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Ampara tractor incident- four including Madrasa principal and teacher arrested
29 Nov 2024 (12:04 AM) Tusker Deegadanthu 1 dies from electrocution
28 Nov 2024 (3:44 PM) Death toll due to adverse weather climbs to 12
28 Nov 2024 (3:42 PM) Ampara tractor incident- Driver s assistant surrenders, driver s body recovered
28 Nov 2024 (3:55 PM) Tusker Deegadanthu 1 dies from electrocution
28 Nov 2024 (3:44 PM) Ten new envoys present credentials to President Dissanayake
28 Nov 2024 (10:49 PM) |
The principal and a teacher from the Madrasa in Ninthavur, as well as two who had served as assistants to the tractor driver have been arrested in connection with the investigation into the incident where a tractor transporting a group of school children was swept away by floodwaters in Karaitivu, Ampara. 
The infamous tusker known as Deegadanthu 1 , one of the elephants with the longest tusks in the country, often spotted roaming the Kala Wewa National Park, has been electrocuted to death after coming into contact with an electric fence set up in front of a house in Andiyagala, Hinguruwewa. 
According to Sri Lanka s Disaster Management Center (DMC), a total of 12 deaths have been reported due to the prevailing adverse weather conditions in the country. 
The assistant of the tractor driver involved in the tragic tractor accident at Karaitivu in Ampara, who was previously reported missing, has surrendered to the Karaitivu Police Station. 
Nine newly appointed ambassadors and one high commissioner to Sri Lanka have officially presented their credentials to President Anura Kumara Dissanayake this morning (28) at the Presidential Secretariat in Colombo. Copyright © 2007 - 2024 Col3neg. All Rights Reserved.
