Sri Lanka, Jan. 19 -- Former Speaker Asoka Ranwala seems to be dogged by misfortune with him being involved in a road accident injuring four persons last month and his wife meeting with another accident last Friday injuring herself.

In December 2025, Ashoka Ranwala was involved in a multi-vehicle accident in Sapugaskanda near the Denimulla Junction. While driving a jeep, Ranwala reportedly collided with a motorcycle and subsequently struck an oncoming car. Ranwala himself was injured along with a 25-year-old woman, her six-month-old infant, and her 55-year-old mother, who were travelling in the car, sustained injuries.

The second accident occurred around 6:30 a.m. on January 16 in the Biyagama area. The doctor, wife of Asoka Ranwala, wa...