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Four persons killed in shooting at Beliatta
At least four persons have been killed in a shooting incident in the Beliatta area in Tangalle this morning (22).
Police said that the shooting had been carried out by a group of unidentified gunmen in a vehicle and that they had opened…
Passenger bus driver arrested with heroin worth over Rs. 3 mn
Police have arrested a private passenger bus driver in Ella area, while in possession of heroin worth over Rs. 3 million.
The Maho Police had inspected a private passenger bus travelling from Colombo to Anuradhapura on Thursday.…
Diana Gamage’s MP seat: SC grants leave to hear appeal against CA decision
An appeal filed challenging the decision of the Court of Appeal to dismiss the petition, filed seeking the disqualification of State Minister Diana Gamage’s parliamentary seat, has been allowed to be taken up for hearing.
The relevant…
SJB, NPP hold talks with IMF delegation; Sajith slams govt over tax burden
The Leader of the Opposition Sajith Premadasa has met with a group of representatives of the International Monetary Fund (IMF) who are on an official visit to Sri Lanka.
The IMF delegation was led by Senior Mission Chief for Sri Lanka…
15 CEB workers interdicted
A total of 15 employees of the Ceylon Electricity Board (CEB) have been interdicted for disrupting the services during their protest against the proposed restructuring of the state-owned electricity supplier.
CEB trade union members…
President Ranil to take centre stage at key global summits in Kampala
President Ranil Wickremesinghe is set to take centre stage at the upcoming 19th Summit of the Heads of State and Government of the Non-Aligned Movement (NAM) and the 3rd South Summit of the Group of 77 and China, scheduled from January…
WHO declares Sri Lanka has achieved Hepatitis B control
In a significant milestone, the World Health Organization (WHO) declared on Wednesday that both Sri Lanka and Maldives have successfully achieved control over the deadly hepatitis B disease.
This comes after an expert panel verified that…
University non-academic staff on token strike today
The non-academic staff members of state universities launched a one-day token strike this morning (Jan.18) in protest of the government’s decision to increase the allowances of lecturers.
Earlier this month, the Cabinet of Ministers…
JVP’s Wasantha Samarasinghe files FR petition against Anti-Terrorism Bill
President of the Inter-Company Employees’ Union Wasantha Samarasinghe has filed a Fundamental Rights (FR) petition before the Supreme Court, seeking a court order declaring that certain provisions of the Ant-Terrorism Bill are…
Human immunoglobulin scandal: Seven accused including ex-Health Secretary further remanded
Seven suspects including the former Secretary to the Ministry of Health, Janaka Chandragupta, were further remanded on Wednesday (Jan.17) over the controversial procurement of substandard human immunoglobulin vials.
As such, on the…