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RUMOUR OF RS. 500,000 FINE FOR DRUNK DRIVING DENIED BY POLICE

Sri Lanka, June 21 -- Reports circulating on social media claiming that drunk drivers will face a Rs. 500,000 fine are completely false, according to Deputy Inspector General (DIG) of Police for Traff... Read More


OUTGOING U.S. DEFENCE ATTACHE BIDS FAREWELL TO DEFENCE SECRETARY

Sri Lanka, June 21 -- The outgoing Defence Attache (DA) of the United States (US) in Sri Lanka, Lieutenant Colonel Anthony C. Nelson, paid a farewell courtesy call on the Defence Secretary, Air Vice M... Read More


FISH PRICES REMAIN HIGH AMIDST ADVERSE WEATHER, POULTRY SUPPLY STABLE

Sri Lanka, June 21 -- Fish prices continue to remain high today (21), primarily due to the prevailing adverse weather conditions. Jayasiri Wickramarachchi, Chairman of the Peliyagoda Fish Market Trad... Read More


COMPLAINT FILED AGAINST FORMER PRESIDENT MAITHRIPALA SIRISENA OVER ALLEGED MISAPPROPRIATION OF FUNDS

Sri Lanka, June 21 -- A complaint has been lodged with the Financial Crimes Investigation Division (FCID) against former President Maithripala Sirisena regarding an alleged misappropriation of funds. ... Read More


WOMAN'S DECOMPOSED BODY FOUND IN 10-FOOT PIT IN INDIA, FAMILY ARRESTED

Sri Lanka, June 21 -- The decomposed body of a woman was discovered yesterday (20), in a 10-foot-deep pit on a street in Faridabad, Haryana, India, according to foreign media reports. The body, recov... Read More


TWO POLICE SERGEANTS ARRESTED ON BRIBERY CHARGES IN AMPARA

Sri Lanka, June 21 -- Two police sergeants were arrested by the Commission to Investigate Allegations of Bribery or Corruption (CIABOC) today, on charges of soliciting, accepting, and aiding in a brib... Read More


TRISHAW SET ON FIRE IN KATUWANA

Sri Lanka, June 21 -- A trishaw parked at a house in the Binthenna area of Katuwana was set on fire by an unknown individual last night (20). At the time of the incident, only a woman and her three c... Read More


PRESIDENT'S FUND TO HONOUR HIGH-ACHIEVING A/L STUDENTS IN KILINOCHCHI

Sri Lanka, June 21 -- An inaugural ceremony to recognise district-level high achievers from the 2023 and 2024 GCE Advanced Level examinations will be held in Kilinochchi tomorrow (22). The event will... Read More


DUNHINDA BUS CRASH INJURY TOLL RISES TO 34

Sri Lanka, June 21 -- The number of people injured in a bus crash that occurred in the Dunhinda, Badulla area has risen to 34, according to hospital sources. Three people have died. The bus had topp... Read More


THREE HOSPITALISED AFTER TRISHAW AND LORRY COLLIDE IN DAMBULLA

Sri Lanka, June 21 -- Three members of the same family were hospitalised today (21) after a trishaw and a lorry collided head-on near the 58th-mile post on the Dambulla-Kandy road this morning. Polic... Read More