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Girl dies from food allergy at wedding

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4 weeks ago

August 28, 2023

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A 25-year-old woman died after falling ill at a wedding, the Moragahahena Police said.

The deceased was identified as Manjari Adithya Fernando, who was working as a sales executive in a private company in Horana. She was a resident of Meegoda.

The young woman had attended the wedding of one of her colleagues, at a hotel in Gonapola, Horana.

She had suddenly fallen ill after dancing and had been rushed to a private hospital in Horana.

The doctors at the private hospital had instructed to transfer her to the Horana Base Hospital where she was pronounced dead.

According to the post-mortem examination, the death had occurred due to food getting stuck in the respiratory tract, as a result of a heart failure.

Paneetha Seneviratne, Judicial Medical Officer at the Horana Base Hospital conducted the post-mortem examination.

The mother of the deceased said her daughter had asthma and that she used an inhaler as well.

“She did not continue taking the medications. Inhalers were used when necessary. My daughter was allergic to lentils. In that case her asthma would aggravate. She would go to the doctor when that happens. She was doing well. The daughter left for the wedding ceremony around 9 am. At around 3.45 in the evening, Mr. Dinindu, a senior official at my daughter’s place of work, made a phone call and told my other daughter that the eldest has died. I went to the hospital and identified the body. I have no suspicions about the death,” she said.

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Fmr. SDIG gets 5-yr. jail term

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2 hours ago

September 25, 2023

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The Ratnapura High Court has sentenced former Senior DIG Lalith Jayasinghe for five-year imprisonment for intimidating Kahawatte OIC not to arrest MP Premalal Jayasekera over a shooting incident.

Ratnapura High Court also ordered the convict to pay a fine of Rs. 20,000.

The shooting incident took place during the 2015 Presidential election campaign.

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Notice on issuing revenue licenses in WP

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5 hours ago

September 25, 2023

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The Department of Motor Traffic has decided to temporarily suspend the issuing of revenue licenses in the Western Province due to a system update.

According to the department, the services will be unavailable from this Wednesday (September 27) to next Monday (October 02).

The Motor Traffic Department said in a statement that vehicles of which revenue licenses are expiring from Tuesday, September 26 can be renewed until October 10, without fines.

Meanwhile, the online service for revenue licenses was temporarily suspended from midnight yesterday (September 24) and will remain so until Friday, October 06.

The department added that the temporary service suspension was due to an update on the system maintained by the Information and Communication Technology Agency of Sri Lanka.

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CID ordered to hand over Schaffter’s remains to family

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5 hours ago

September 25, 2023

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The Colombo Additional Magistrate has ordered the Criminal Investigation Department (CID) to hand over the remains of late businessman Dinesh Schaffter to his family as postmortem examinations have been concluded.

The specialist doctors’ committee appointed to compile a report on Schaffter’s death had informed the courts that the relevant investigation activities have been concluded, and that the remains of the late businessman can be released.

Furthermore, Additional Magistrate Rajindra Jayasuriya, also pointed out that the five-member expert committee headed by Prof. Asela Mendis, which was appointed by the court to compile a report on Schaffter’s death has informed the court that their judicial investigations have been completed.

Accordingly, the Additional Magistrate, who stated that the expert committee has requested the court to issue an order for the release of Schaffter’s remains, ordered the CID to hand over the body to his family under the supervision of Prof. Clifford Perera and Judicial Medical Officer P.R. Ruwanpura.

Later, the case was also ordered to be recalled on October 09, 2023.

(Source : adaderana.lk)