A Blast Has Occured Near Kelaniya Kalupalama

An explosion has occurred near the Kelaniya railway bridge. According to the available information this explosion has occurred on a railway track. No one has injured from this incident and only one rail has slightly cracked from the blast.
A similar incident happened yesterday also at Mt. Lavinia on a rail track.

Outgoing Free Package For Government workers From Mobitel

New totally outgoing free package has been launched by Mobitel recently targeting all government workers and retired government servants. Under the theme "Me Upaharaya Rajjya Sewaya Pinisai "Mobitel is planning to make outgoing calls within the same package totally free and also offer commpetitive rates for other networks also. Customers will be required to adhere to the "Fair Usage Policy" (FUP) as a mesure to reduce the network overhead.
In a grand ceremony at Water's Edge - Battharamulla with the participation of prime-minister Mr. Rathnasiri Wickramanayake, mnister Karu Jayasooriya and Leisha De Silva from Mobitel, this new packeage has been officially launched and it will be available for all government servants very soon.

LTTE Light Aircrafts Launch An Air Raid On Trincomalee Navy Camp

LTTE light air crafts has dropped two bombs near Trincomalee navy camp this evening. According to the available information LTTE crafts have not succeeded this time also with their lightweight training air planes.
LTTE terrorists has acquired several light weight air crafts which are designed for mainly training purposes. They launched several air attackes on Katunayake, Colombo and Welioya areas but no attempt succeeded.
Await more details.

12 Injured In A Private Bus Accident In Pothupitiya - Wadduwa

A private passenger carrying bus which was plying from Matara to Colombo has been collided with a lorry at Pothupitiya - Wadduwa. According to the avaialble information the driver of the private bus has lost control due to the speed and colided with the lorry.
12 persons have injured including drivers of both vehicles.

First Sri Lankan built DoubleDecker Bus

Micro Cars ltd the automobile manufacturer in Sri Lanka with a vision to provide solution to the transport infrastructure needs of the country launched first ever Sri Lankan built Double Deck Bus branded as "DuoDeck".
The Micro Cars ltd manufactures the Micro Duo deck buses targeting both the local and international markets. The first bus of their production was donated by proprietor of Micro Car Ltd,Dr,Lawrence Perera to President Mahinda Rajapaksa at Temple Trees on August 12th.

It's Time To Verify Your Mobile Identity

Recently TRC implemented new set of rules to ensure the mobile Subscriber Identification Modules(SIM) is used only by the respective owner. TRC took this measure as a solution to the security loopholes which are there regarding mobile phones identities. At an stage where security personals are dealing with a most deadlyest sucide terrorist group it is vital for them to be able to track down the real owners of SIMs which are used for terroristactivities.
At present Tigo, Mobitel and Hutch have started issuing temporary mobile identification cards which carries all the etails of the mobile owner. Officials will now be able to check to compare the mobile identity card details with the actual registration details for the particular SIM.
You can also check the actual registration details of your SIM by typing and sending #132#.