20 including foreigners hospitalized in wasp attack

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Twenty persons including foreign nationals have sustained injuries in a wasp attack near the Nine Arch Bridge in the proximity of Ella railway station. The...

Tense situation between Navy and residents of Kinniya

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A tense situation has arisen between the resident of Kinniya and Sri Lanka Navy personnel who had been on a raid to apprehend a...

Circular against schools collecting funds cancelled

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The circular issued against schools collecting funds for development has been canceled, according to the Ministry of Education. According to the Ministry, this decision has...

12 line houses gutted in fire at Bogawantalawa

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Twelve houses belonging to the workers of Robgill Estate in Bogawantalawa police division have been gutted in a fire at around 11.45 a.m. this...

Five linked to SL’s largest heroin haul held in Bangladesh

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Rapid Action Battalion (RAB) has arrested five suspected members of an international drug peddling gang in Dhaka’s Kawla area. Fatema Imam Tania, 26; Afsana Mimi,...

SL fails to show progress on 2018 CPI

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Sri Lanka has failed to show progress on the 2018 Corruption Perceptions Index (CPI), compiled by Transparency International (TI), the global coalition against corruption,...

Death ruled natural causes revealed to be a murder

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A post-mortem examination of a dead body, which was already ruled out as a death by natural causes and handed over for funeral arrangements,...

Government will never let Elections Commission be independent

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No matter who resigns from their posts, the government will not take measure to create the legal background necessary to hold elections, stated UPFA...

SL adoption scheme: questionable but not illegal

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The Swiss authorities have published a report aimed at shedding light on a long-running, partly illegal adoption programme involving hundreds of children from Sri...

Johnston cleared of one non-declaration of assets case

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Colombo Chief Magistrate’s Court has acquitted MP Johnston Fernando from the case against non-declarations of assets for the year 2010.