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POLICE CAPTURE HANDCUFFED THIEF WHO JUMPED INTO CROCODILE-INFESTED RIVER

Sri Lanka, Aug. 28 -- A man has been arrested after a dramatic escape attempt that ended with him jumping into a crocodile-infested river while still in handcuffs. The incident began last night when ... Read More


ELEPHANT CALF KILLED IN ROAD INCIDENT

Sri Lanka, Aug. 28 -- A young elephant calf has died after being struck by a large lorry on the Dambulla-Habarana road this morning. The ten-year-old elephant was part of a herd crossing the road to ... Read More


CHEMMANI BECOMES SECOND LARGEST MASS GRAVE IN SRI LANKA

Sri Lanka, Aug. 28 -- The mass grave at Chemmani has become the second largest mass grave site discovered in Sri Lanka, as more remains were unearthed in ongoing excavations. On Tuesday, the bones o... Read More


2025 NATIONAL IMMUNISATION SUMMIT REPORT PRESENTED TO HEALTH MINISTER

Sri Lanka, Aug. 28 -- Sri Lanka's Minister of Health, Nalinda Jayatissa, has received the technical report from the 2025 National Immunisation Summit, which took place in March this year. The report w... Read More


PRESIDENT DISSANAYAKE URGES EXPORTERS TO PAY FAIR TAXES

Sri Lanka, Aug. 28 -- During a pre-budget meeting for 2026, Sri Lanka's President Anura Kumara Dissanayake told private sector exporters that while the government is ready to provide them with support... Read More


GAZETTE TO BE AMENDED TO ALLOW WOMEN TO APPLY FOR RAILWAY STATION MASTER POST

Sri Lanka, Aug. 27 -- The Attorney General's Department has informed the Supreme Court that the gazette notice for the recruitment of station masters for Sri Lanka Railways has been submitted to the C... Read More


MEDIATION BILL FOR CIVIL, COMMERCIAL DISPUTES APPROVED BY PARLIAMENTARY COMMITTEE

Sri Lanka, Aug. 27 -- The Mediation (Civil and Commercial Disputes) Bill has been approved by the Sectoral Oversight Committee on Public Administration, Justice, and Civil Security, the Sri Lankan Par... Read More


SCHOOL TEACHER REMANDED ON CHILD ABUSE CHARGES

Sri Lanka, Aug. 27 -- A teacher from a leading school in Anuradhapura has been remanded until the 8th of next month for allegedly abusing a 12-year-old male student in the school's mathematics lab. T... Read More


MAN WHO TORE, CHEWED POLICE LOGBOOK PAGES RELEASED ON BAIL

Sri Lanka, Aug. 27 -- A man who allegedly tore out and chewed two pages from a police logbook at the Mahawa Police Station has been released on bail by the Mahawa Magistrate's Court today (27). The 3... Read More


TRAFFIC ADVISORY: SECTION OF BASELINE ROAD CLOSED FOR REPAIRS

Sri Lanka, Aug. 27 -- Due to ongoing repairs, two lanes of the inbound road from the Borella Devi Balika Vidyalaya Roundabout to the D. S. Senanayake Junction have been closed. Police are advising dr... Read More