Three shops in Kotagala gutted in fire!

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2 years ago

March 6, 2023

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Three shops located in a building that housed a furniture showroom were completely destroyed in a fire that broke out last night (5) at Kotagala in Hatton.

The owner of the shop had been staying with his wife on the upper floor of the shop when the fire had broken out from the ground floor. Police said the couple had managed to escape the fire.

The fire was brought under control by other vendors, the Dimbula Pathana police officers, troops of Kotagala Army Camp and plantation workers.

Meanwhile, a tense situation was reported when the personnel of Nuwara Eliya Municipality’s Fire Department arrived late at the location, once the fire had been brought under control.

The damage caused by the fire has not been assessed yet, and the Dimbula Pathana Police said that the cause of the fire was a faulty electrical outlet.

Arsenic contaminated tinned fish stock to be re-exported

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4 hours ago

October 12, 2024

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A consignment of canned fish, containing the toxic heavy metal ‘Arsenic’, has been found from the Customs storage complex in Orugodawatte.

In a statement, the Department of Government Information says that the consignment in five containers amounts to USD 215,000.

The toxic canned fish was inspected by the Secretary to the Ministries of Environment, Wildlife, Forest Resources, Water Supply, and Irrigation Prabath Chandrakeerthi yesterday (Oct. 11)

Mr. Chandrakeerthi has said that measures will be taken to re-export the stock instead of being destroyed in Sri Lanka.

“These canned fish were imported in May 2022. This contains toxic heavy metal ‘Arsenic’ beyond the stipulated weight level. Therefore, it is unfit for human consumption. It has been notified as usable as animal feed. As it is unfit for human consumption it clearly cannot be used as animal feed as well,” he said.

Further investigations are underway.

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Luxury vehicle confiscated after CIABOC probe

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4 hours ago

October 12, 2024

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The Colombo Magistrate’s Court has ordered the confiscation of a luxury vehicle seized by the Commission to Investigate Allegations of Bribery or Corruption (CIABOC).

Colombo Chief Magistrate Thilina Gamage issued the order following a request made by CIABOC.

It is revealed that the vehicle, a Mitsubishi Montero jeep, belongs to a businessman from the Badulla area.

Investigations had uncovered that the vehicle was imported using falsified information provided to the Customs, resulting in the government being defrauded of more than Rs. 55 million in taxes.