Seven Grade 7 students from a school in Dambulla have been admitted to the hospital after coming into contact with a chemical substance.

Among the affected students are five male students and two female students.

It is reported that during the recent school holidays, monkeys had entered the school’s science lab. 

When classes resumed today, students visited the lab and noticed damage to some of the items and a red-colored substance scattered on the floor.

The students had mistaken the scattered iron-identifying chemical substance for chilli powder and attempted to examine it by tasting it.

Following this exposure, they were admitted to the Dambulla Hospital. (Newswire)

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Sri Lanka Police have commenced investigations into CCTV footage on the deaths of two teenagers at a luxury apartment complex in Slave Island reported yesterday.

A boy and girl aged 15 years were reported to have died after falling off the 67th floor of the apartment complex last evening. The Police suspect the two teenagers may have died by suicide. 

Preliminary investigations have found that the two were Grade 10 students of an international school in Colombo and were from the Wellawatte and Kelaniya areas.

The two school students are found to have gone to the Gym on the 5th floor of the apartment complex after school, where they had changed their clothes and left their belongings.

Police investigations reveal that they had reached the 67th floor of the building via the staircase outside the Gym. 

The Police suspect that the duo may have died by suicide and that their bodies had been recovered on the 03rd floor of the 70-storey apartment complex. (Newswire)

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The Sri Lanka Navy arranged a training and awareness program to enhance the leadership abilities of 158 school children, with the aim of encouraging future leaders to realize their responsible role in building a prosperous nation. 

The initial phase of the programme involved arranging a leadership training and awareness event for 158 school children. These students were selected from 16 different schools in the Colombo area and are about to finish their school education. 

According to the Sri Lanka Navy, the segments of the programme were held at the Navy Headquarters, Colombo Harbour and Welisara Naval Complex yesterday (July 21).

The initiative was set in motion following the directives of Commander of the Navy, Vice Admiral Priyantha Perera and under the supervision of the Director General Personnel, Rear Admiral Damian Fernando. 

The event saw the participation of children from the Royal College Colombo, Ananda College, Nalanda College, DS Senanayake College, Isipathana College, Mahanama College, Thurstan College, St. Joseph’s College, St. Peter’s College, St. Benedict’s College, Lumbini College, Visakha Vidyalaya, Devi Balika Vidyalaya, Sirimavo Bandaranaike Vidyalaya, Hindu College and Zahira College.

At the Admiral Somathilake Dissanayake Auditorium in the Navy Headquarters, the school children caught a glimpse of the Sri Lanka Navy, through a short documentary video and listened to a speech of the Director General Personnel as well. Subsequently, they visited the Colombo harbour where the children were briefed about the functions of the ships and craft of the Sri Lanka Navy. In addition, the children had the rare opportunity of watching a Visit, Board, Search, and Seizure demonstration of the Special Boat Squadron.

The children and teachers of the schools were also provided with lunch at the Western Naval Command Wardroom, before leaving for Welisara. In Welisara, the students visited the Air Rifle Shooting Range and had the opportunity to do some hands-on shooting. In addition, the Special Boat Squadron introduced some theories of leadership and conducted practical leadership exercises. The Navy Band and Cultural Troupe also provided entertaining elements to the children.

The Sri Lanka Navy stated that it was determined to conduct similar programmes in the future as well. (NewsWire)

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