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IRELAND FINES TIKTOK 530 MILLION EUROS FOR SENDING EU USER DATA TO CHINA

Sri Lanka, May 2 -- TikTok has been fined 530 million euros ($601.3 million) by Ireland's privacy regulator for sending user data to China. The Irish Data Protection Commission (DPC) - which leads on... Read More


MIXED SENTIMENT FROM COLOMBO STOCKS: RS.5.9 BILLION TURNOVER

Sri Lanka, May 2 -- Colombo Stocks were mixed today with the All Share Price Index rising by 51.8 to close at 15,851.74. However, the S&P SL20 index saw a slight decrease of 5.37 units, closing at 4,... Read More


PROBE LAUNCHED INTO DEATH THREATS AGAINST SUSPENDED POLICE CHIEF

Sri Lanka, May 2 -- Public Security Minister Anandha Wijepala has announced that an investigation has commenced into death threats received by Inspector General of Police (IGP) Deshabandu Tennakoon, o... Read More


ARREST MADE IN CONNECTION WITH MOUNT LAVINIA MURDER

Sri Lanka, May 2 -- Police have arrested a 52-year-old man from Mount Lavinia in the early hours of today (2) in connection with the murder of a 23-year-old individual, whose burned remains were found... Read More


SHOWERS ON THE CARDS TOMORROW TOO

Sri Lanka, May 2 -- Showers or thundershowers will occur at several places in Western, Sabaragamuwa, Central, Southern and Uva provinces and in Kurunegala and Polonnaruwa districts after 1.00 p.m. tom... Read More


INDIAN HOME VOWS RETRIBUTION FOR PAHALGAM TERROR ATTACK VICTIMS

Sri Lanka, May 2 -- Indian Home Minister Amit Shah has vowed to hunt down and hold accountable the perpetrators of the Pahalgam terror attack, which resulted in the loss of 26 lives. Speaking at an e... Read More


COOLING PERIOD FOR LOCAL GOVERNMENT ELECTIONS TO BEGIN TOMORROW

Sri Lanka, May 2 -- The cooling period for the mini-polls scheduled for May 6, will begin at midnight tomorrow. Election Commission Chairman R.M.A.L. Rathnayake stated during a press conference in Co... Read More


7 of 11,842 POLICE SEIZE STOCKPILE OF MATS AND BED SHEETS ALLEGEDLY INTENDED FOR VOTER DISTRIBUTION IN MANNAR

Sri Lanka, May 2 -- The Adampan Police have reported the discovery of a stockpile of mats and bed sheets in a house in the Adampan area of Mannar, allegedly intended for distribution to voters for the... Read More


FORMER NATIONAL LOTTERY BOARD DIRECTOR RELEASED ON BAIL IN MISUSE CASE

Sri Lanka, May 2 -- The Colombo Fort Magistrate's Court today (2) ordered the release on bail of Thusitha Halloluwa, who was presented to court on suspicion of misusing a computer and a mobile phone w... Read More


POLICE QUESTION FIVE UNIVERSITY STUDENTS OVER SABARAGAMUWA STUDENT SUICIDE

Sri Lanka, May 2 -- Police have recorded statements from five university students in connection with the alleged suicide of a second-year student from the Faculty of Technology at Sabaragamuwa Univers... Read More