Three designated access routes have been announced for devotees attending the Sri Dalada Vandana (sacred pilgrimage) starting on the 18th.

The three entry routes to the Temple of the Sacred Tooth Relic are as follows:

1. The queuing path set up from D.S. Senanayake Street (Trincomalee Street side) up to the entrance of the Sri Dalada Maligawa.
2. The queuing path starting from the Red Bridge area (Rathu Bokkuwa), passing along Sangharaja Mawatha (around the Kandy Lake), leading to the main entrance of the temple.
3. Another queuing path also starting from the Red Bridge area, going around the Maligawa premises by the Kandy Lake, and reaching the temple’s main entrance.

Devotees can use any of these designated paths to visit the temple for the upcoming Dalada Vandana.

(News1st)

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The suspect allegedly responsible for the recent shooting of the retired Superintendent of the Boossa Prison was arrested this morning (15) by officers of the Criminal Investigation Department (CID) while attempting to leave the country through the Bandaranaike International Airport (BIA), Katunayake.

The arrest was made at the departure terminal with the assistance of the “Face Recognition System” installed by the CID at the airport.

The suspect was reportedly apprehended while preparing to board SriLankan Airlines flight UL-404 to Bangkok, Thailand, using a forged passport.

The individual has been identified as Wijemuni Lalantha Prithiraj Kumara, 31, a resident of Kuleewatta, Ambalangoda.

He is reportedly the primary shooter and an associate of the organized criminal gang leader in the Southern Province known as “Karandeniya Sudda.”

The suspect was in possession of a fraudulent passport issued under the name Ekanayake Mudiyanselage Lakindu Sandeep Bandara.

He is also wanted by the police in connection with multiple murders and financial fraud cases in the Galle and Ambalangoda police divisions.

The arrest took place at approximately 7:50 a.m. today. He was later escorted out of the BIA premises by a team of officers, including the Officer-in-Charge of the Ambalangoda Police Headquarters, at around 10:00 a.m. today for further investigation.

(adaderana.lk)

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A total of 412 patients have been admitted to the Colombo National Hospital during the two-day New Year holiday period from April 13 and 14, due to accidents.

Speaking at a media briefing, Director of the Hospital’s Accident Ward – Dr. Indika Jagoda said that 06 of them were pronounced dead on admission.110 of them had sustained injuries in household accidents while 94 patients had faced road accidents.

Surgeries had to be performed on about 80 of the patients, he further added.

However, only 02 patients had been admitted due to firework-related accidents.