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Ten die in road accident Ten passengers including a two-year-old child and a five-year-old boy were killed when a van crashed into a bus in Bogaha Pallasa in Tissamaharama yesterday, the Tissamaharama Police said. Eight others who were in critical condition were transferred from the Debarawewa Hospital, to the Hambantota hospital, sources at the Debarawewa hospital said. Bodies of those killed remain at the Debarawewa hospital morgue and most of the bodies were severely disfigured, hospital sources said. According to Police investigations the cause of the accident was a technical fault and the van which was proceeding from Tissa to Kataragama had crashed onto the bus in the opposite direction. (RS) Smuggled cigarettes bulldozed The Sri Lanka Customs yesterday destroyed Rs. 170 million worth of twenty million foreign cigarettes, smuggled by Lankan and foreign nationals into the country during the past few months. The illegal consignment was bulldozed at the Ceylon Shipping Lines yard at Orugodawatta by Custom officials, using a huge container carrier, in the presence of a large crowd. Assistant Director of Customs K. A. Dharmasena, who was in charge said that atleast Rs. 270,000 would have been fined for those who smuggled those cigarettes from countries such as Dubai and Pakistan. Museum for A'pura One fully equipped museum instead of three separate museums for historical Anuradhapura city was pledged by the Cultural Affairs and National Heritage Ministry last week. Minister Vijitha Herath has already advised Central Cultural Fund officials to get ready with the necessary pre-arrangements for the project. Presently, there are three museums in Anuradhapura at the sites of the Jetavana, Abhayagiri and Mahavihara temples. Minister Herath has briefed CCF officials on planning out the project, depicting the glory of ancient Anuradhapura, using modern technology utilised by museums in developed countries. A bus service will also be inaugurated to provide easy access to the `Atamastana' (eight places as worship) in Anuradhapura. |
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