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Sri Lankan Armed Forces [198] Batticaloa police rampage: 24 December 1987: Batticaloa: 25: Police [199] Valvettiturai massacre: 2–3 August 1989: Valvettiturai, Jaffna: 64: IPKF: Eppawala massacre: 20 March 1989: Eppawala: 14: Black Cat group [200] 1989 Kandy massacre: 16 September 1989: Several places in Kandy District: 100-150: Eagles of the ...
On 30 April 1867, the first train, a goods service, completed the journey from Colombo to Kandy, with the first passenger service commencing on 1 August 1867. [3] [4] [5] Initially, there were two train passenger/mail services, leaving at the respective ends of the service at 7:00am, with the overall journey taking 4.5 hours. [3] [5]
12 March 1928 – A passenger train and a mixed train collided near Kalutara killing 28 people. 23 May 1958 – A night mail train derailed at Batticaloa, killing three and injuring several others. 18 March 1964 – Sixty people died in a derailment at Mirigama. [2] 19 January 1985 – Eleven passengers were killed by an LTTE bomb on a Yal Devi ...
In early 1998, Sri Lanka was ready to celebrate its 50th independence anniversary from Great Britain. [12] The Prince of Wales (now Charles III) and a number of foreign dignitaries were scheduled to arrive in the following days. [3] Kandy city, in the Central Highlands of Sri Lanka, was selected as the host for independence day activity on 4 ...
STORY: Police fired tear gas and water cannon at the demonstrators who were protesting for a sixth consecutive day. Some holding signs and chanting “Gota, go home”. The protesters are calling ...
The Polgahawela level crossing accident was a collision between a bus travelling from Galkiriyagama to Colombo and a train at a level crossing in Yangalmodara, near Polgahawela in Kurunegala district on 27 April 2005 at 8:30 local time, which resulted in the death of 41 people. [1] The bus was struck by an intercity express train from Colombo ...
NewsFirst or News 1st is a Sri Lankan news organization owned by the Capital Maharaja Organization Ltd. [1] News 1st primarily broadcasts news, live on three TV channels (Sirasa TV, Shakthi TV, TV 1, five radio channels (Sirasa FM, Yes FM, Shakthi FM, Y FM and Legends FM), three websites in Sinhala, English & Tamil languages, and social media platforms (YouTube, Facebook, Twitter).
In the late 1980s, the country was under a tense situation with two insurgencies ravaging both the northern and southern parts of Sri Lanka. [7] The first insurgency was the Sri Lankan Civil War initiated by the Liberation Tigers of Tamil Eelam (LTTE) and several other Tamil militant groups in 1983, who sought to create an independent Tamil state in northern and eastern parts of the country. [8]