Two children drown in mother’s suicide attempt
A nine-year-old boy and his 12-year-old sister
drowned when their mother jumped off a cliff beside the sea in
Trincomalee with the children in an alleged suicide attempt
yesterday afternoon, the police said.
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Smuggling illicit fags on the rise
Customs detect cigarettes worth Rs.600 million in
2014:
Last week the media had the opportunity to
witness a major detection of illicit cigarettes made in the recent
past. It was conducted by the Revenue Task Force(RTF) of the Sri
Lanka Customs. RTF officials who seized a 40 foot container carrying
four million cigarettes, neatly packed in cartons and packets were
displayed to the media.
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Sri Lankan contingent in South Sudan awarded UN medals
The first-ever medal parade of the United
Nations Mission in South Sudan (UNMISS) at the new SRIMED Level 2
Hospital, managed by the Sri Lankan contingent in Bor, South Sudan,
was held recently during a colourful ceremony.
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