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Special transport services for New Year

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Special train services have been launched for the convenience of people visiting their homes outside of urban areas for the Sinhala and Tamil New Year, Railways Deputy General Manager M. J. Idipolage said.

Mr. Idipolage said that a train from Colombo to Badulla at 7.30 pm and a train from Badulla to Colombo at 5.20 pm have been added as special trains this month.

Meanwhile, the daily train from Colombo Fort to Badulla at 6.30 am and the daily train from Badulla to Colombo Fort at 7.00 am which were added from April 5 will continue until April 17.

In addition, a special train would be operated from Colombo Fort to Galle on both April 15 and 16.

Mr.Idipolage said that a special train will be operated from Galle to Colombo Fort on April 16 and 17.

Meanwhile, special bus services would also be operated during the New Year season.

Sri Lanka Transport Board Deputy General Manager A. H. Panduka Swaranhamsa said that these bus services are being operated from selected major cities including Colombo until April 18.

Meanwhile, Lanka Private Bus Owners’ Association President Gemunu Wijeratne said that private buses will also be added to the service as per the requirement.

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Assets of 02 police officers to be probed

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Assets of two prominent police officers are to be probed after authorities received a number of complaints, highly placed sources in the government say.

One officer in question is a DIG while the other is a SSP, reports add.

The Police Illegal Assets And Property Investigation Division are conducting further investigations.

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AG seeks CID probe into social media smear campaign against his staff

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The Criminal Investigation Department (CID) has opened a probe following a complaint by Attorney General Parinda Ranasinghe that his staff have been unduly targeted by false allegations on social media.

The AG’s instruction to the CID came after several of his staff complained to him over the allegation on social media.

Particularly targeted are senior AG’s Department officials awaiting promotions, sources said.

In one of the posts, a senior officer was accused of being supportive of granting bail to Thamil Makkal Viduthal Puligal (TMVP) leader Sivanesathurai Chandrakanthan, alias Pillaiyan, when his fundamental rights application over his arrest was taken up. During the hearing of the FR case, the matter of bail was not even considered, the sources said.

Another allegation was that in a case related to the suspended Police Chief Deshabandu Tennakoon, the AG prevented a senior officer from representing the department and instead sent a junior officer. However, on the particular day, the senior officer was indisposed, the sources said.

These allegations surface as the AG’s Department has filed more than 600 new indictments in High Courts so far this year, while the Bribery Commission has also referred several bribery and corruption cases to the AG for prosecution.

(sundaytimes.lk)
(This story, originally published by sundaytimes.lk has not been edited by SLM staff)

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19-yr. old dies after falling from elevator

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A 19-year-old youth has died after falling from a service elevator at a hotel in the Pannai area, in the Jaffna Police Division.

According to the police, the incident had occurred last night (June 21) and the deceased has been identified as a resident of Nirveli, Jaffna.

According to investigations, the youth was employed at the hotel and had been using the service elevator -intended for transporting goods.

Further investigations are underway.

This incident follows a similar case recently reported from a hotel in Moratuwa last week.

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