Two female students from the Southern Campus of the General Sir John Kotalawala Defence University were killed and 41 others were injured when their bus toppled in Ambagahaoya, Dunhinda, Badulla today morning, Police said.
The students from the Southern Campus, located in Sooriyawewa were on a field trip to Badulla at the time of the accident. They were students following th Quantity Survey degree.
The injured consist of 36 students, three lecturers, the drriver and a soldier.
According to the Director of the Badulla hospital, Dr Hemantha de Silva, 10 of the injured are citical and six of them are in the ICU.
Deputy Minister of Finance and Economic Stabilization and NPP National List MP Harshana Suriyapperuma who is tipped to be named the next Finance Ministry Secretary resigned from Parliament today.
Former Chairman of SriLankan Airlines, Nishantha Wickramasinghe, arrested on allegation of corruption by the Commission to Investigate Allegations of Bribery or Corruption (CIABOC) has been remanded until July 1 by the Colombo Magistrate court.
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