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Husband braves wild elephant to rescue wife and children
A daring rescue of a young wife and their three children from falling victim to a wild elephant attack was recently reported from Nagarwewa, Hambantota.
The man succeeded in saving his family but ended up badly injured, the report said.
The wife, Niluka Damayanthi (25) describing the incident said, “We lived earlier in Gonnoruwa but with those lands earmarked for elephant conservation, we were relocated here.
On this fateful day, the elephant came and put its trunk into our house around 6:30 am. As we started shouting, it smashed a wall of the house to the ground trapping us right in front of the animal which was about to attack and kill us all.
“Then my husband, Anura, jumped on to a side of the elephant to distract the animal from me and our three children. It then turned on him and attacked. He was thrown some distance and fell on the ground.
The elephant came back and smashed the rest of the walls of the house to the ground. At that time neighbours managed to scare the elephant away.
“If my husband had not bravely taken that risk, all of us would have been killed. He is receiving treatment at Hambantota District Hospital.
“We are very poor people and appeal to some benefactor to help us build a small home. My children are aged four, seven and 10 years. We are daily wage earning labourers.
“One of our children has been handed over to a temple as we can’t raise him.” If we can can have a place to live and cook with a small space to sleep, that will be more than enough,” she said.
If anyone is interested in helping this family, they can be contacted on 0719020306.
Four persons died in a head-on collision involving a car and a bus at Murasumoddai on the Paranthan-Mullaitivu road yesterday. Police said at the time of the accident, five persons were travelling in the car, of whom four died.
In another accident, one person died and six others sustained injuries when a three-wheeler collided with a car at Oyamaduwa, Anuradhapura. Police identified the dead person as the driver of the three-wheeler.
Member of Parliament Rohini Kaviratne has been appointed the Chairperson of the Samagi Vanitha Balawegaya, the women’s wing of the Samagi Jana Balawegaya (SJB).
The official appointment letter to Ms Kaviratne was handed over by the Leader of the Opposition, Sajith Premadasa yesterday in his office.
The General Secretary of the SJB, Ranjith Madduma Bandara, was also present during the handover. MP Kaviratne, known for her vocal advocacy for women’s rights and education in Parliament, is expected to lead the party’s women’s front in its future political and social initiatives.
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Seventeen out of 18 court cases against SLFP concluded; Only Dayasiri’s case remains – Nimal Siripala de Silva
Sri Lanka Freedom Party (SLFP) Chairman Nimal Siripala de Silva announced that 17 out of the 18 court cases filed against the party have now been concluded, with only the case involving Dayasiri Jayasekara remaining.
The Chairman made these remarks in Kandy on Friday (09th) after paying homage to the Sacred Tooth Relic and calling on the Most Venerable Mahanayake and Anu Nayake Theros of the Malwathu and Asgiri Chapters.
“We are currently rebuilding the SLFP. Setting aside all differences, we are moving forward by uniting everyone. As part of this reorganisation, we have appointed MP Chamara Sampath Dassanayake, a skilled parliamentarian, as the National Organiser,” de Silva said. He expressed confidence that the remaining legal hurdle would soon be cleared, strengthening the party’s position for the upcoming Provincial Council election.
Addressing the media, the newly appointed National Organiser, MP Chamara Sampath Dasanayake, struck a defiant note. “It is difficult to rise once you have fallen, but we are back on our feet. Once we rise, it will be hard to knock us down again. In 1994, when we formed a government, this position was held by Anuruddha Ratwatte. Now that responsibility has been given to me. Wait and see what I achieve in the next six months,” he said.
The delegation included former ministers Wijeyadasa Rajapakshe, Mahinda Amaraweera, Duminda Dissanayake, Anuradha Jayaratne, Lasantha Alagiyawanna, and former Governor Tikiri Kobbekaduwa.
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