A total of 309 inmates are due to be released tomorrow (25 Dec.)  in view of Christmas, Prisons Commissioner General and Spokesman Chandana Ekanayake said.

Accordingly, 306 males and three femals will be released tomorrow.

An incident of attempted kidnapping was reported recently from Thalapathpitiya.

 
Accordingly, a group of persons had reportedly broken into a house in the area last Sunday night (18 Dec.) and attempted to kidnap a girl after physically assaultin

A 12-year-old child has died of strangulation inside a house in Pitarathmalewatta, Haputale.

The child is believed to have strangled herself on a saree that was hung from a beam which was used as a cradle for her younger sister.