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Special operations room set up for festive season security

Sri Lanka, Dec. 22 -- The Secretary to the Ministry of Defence has directed the activation of a special Operations Room at the Army Headquarters to ensure public safety and security during the festive... Read More


Sri Lanka weighs Indian company's request for global testing of its drug

Sri Lanka, Dec. 22 -- Amid the ongoing probe into the withdrawn batches of the Ondansetron and request of the relevant Indian company to send samples for global testing, fresh concerns have been raise... Read More


Ondansetron tested before importation :Doctors' Trade Union Alliance

Sri Lanka, Dec. 22 -- The controversial Ondansetron Injection, which was later identified as containing a bacterial toxin, had undergone laboratory testing before being imported to Sri Lanka and was c... Read More


New Education Reforms bound to create conflicts between parents and children: Cardinal

Sri Lanka, Dec. 22 -- The Archbishop of Colombo Cardinal Malcolm Ranjith has warned that the new education reforms proposed by the government could create conflict between parents and children and wea... Read More


Ditwah disaster exposes plantation communities' vulnerability, says TPA

Sri Lanka, Dec. 22 -- The recent floods and landslides caused by the Ditwah disaster have once again underscored Sri Lanka's vulnerability to recurring climate-related emergencies, with plantation com... Read More


Police constable arrested over assault involving NPP MP

Sri Lanka, Dec. 22 -- A police constable implicated in an assault involving Ratnapura District National People's Power (NPP) Member of Parliament Shantha Pathma Kumara Subasingha has been arrested, po... Read More


2,300 health inspectors step up festive season food checks

Sri Lanka, Dec. 22 -- With the approach of the festive season, nearly 2,300 Public Health Inspectors (PHIs) and Administrative Public Health Inspectors have launched islandwide raids and inspections t... Read More


16 dead, 18 injured in bus accident in Indonesia

Sri Lanka, Dec. 22 -- A passenger bus crash killed at least 16 people on Indonesia's main island of Java just after midnight Monday, officials said. The bus carrying 34 people lost control on a toll ... Read More


Northern Railway line fully reopened for train services

Sri Lanka, Dec. 22 -- The Northern Railway Line has been fully reopened for train operations, Sri Lanka Railways announced. According to the Railways Department, the popular Yal Devi train service is... Read More


Lyon injury slows Australia's bid for Ashes-clinching win

Sri Lanka, Dec. 21 -- Nathan Lyon left the field on Sunday with a leg injury as the Aussies chased victory in the third Ashes Test. Australia have suffered a potentially serious blow with veteran spi... Read More