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THREE MOTOR TRAFFIC OFFICERS REMANDED AGAIN OVER BRIBERY CHARGES

Sri Lanka, June 6 -- Three officials, including a Deputy Commissioner of the Motor Traffic Department, have been further remanded until the 20th of this month. They were arrested on suspicion of acce... Read More


K.G.P. PUSHPAKUMARA APPOINTED AS WESTERN PROVINCE CHIEF SECRETARY

Sri Lanka, June 6 -- President Anura Kumara Dissanayake has appointed K.G.P. Pushpakumara as the Chief Secretary for the Western Province. The official letter of appointment was handed over to Pushp... Read More


SRI LANKA'S GROSS OFFICIAL RESERVES AT US$ 6.28 BILLION BY END OF MAY

Sri Lanka, June 6 -- Sri Lanka's Gross Official Reserves stood at US$ 6,284 million by the end of May 2025. Total foreign remittances for the first five months of the year reached US$ 3.1 billion. ... Read More


SUSPECT GIVES CONFIDENTIAL STATEMENT IN SHOOTING INCIDENT INVOLVING FORMER NATIONAL LOTTERY BOARD DIRECTOR

Sri Lanka, June 6 -- Another suspect, previously remanded over the shooting incident involving the vehicle of former National Lottery Board Director, Thusitha Halloluwa, provided a confidential statem... Read More


SUPREME COURT TO HEAR PETITIONS CHALLENGING ELECTRICITY BILL

Sri Lanka, June 6 -- Seven petitions have been filed in the Supreme Court challenging the government's proposed Electricity Bill, arguing that certain clauses are unconstitutional. The petitioners in... Read More


OVER 4,600 DANSAL REGISTERED FOR POSON

Sri Lanka, June 6 -- A total of 4,622 Dansal have registered so far in conjunction with Poson Poya, according to Chamil Muthukuda, Secretary of the Public Health Inspectors' (PHI) Association. He con... Read More


FOUR UNIVERSITY STUDENTS REMANDED OVER COLLEGE-MATE'S SUICIDE ATTEMPT

Sri Lanka, June 5 -- Four students from the Kuliyapitiya Technical College have been remanded until June 16, over a first-year female student's attempt to take her own life by jumping into a lake. Th... Read More


MOTHER OF THREE JAILED FOR SEVEN YEARS FOR ATTEMPTING TO SELL NEWBORN

Sri Lanka, June 5 -- A 46-year-old mother of three was today (5), sentenced to seven years in prison with hard labour by the Colombo High Court for attempting to sell a two-day-old baby for Rs. 75,000... Read More


THREE REMANDED OVER ILLEGAL PASSPORTS FOR 'KEHELBADHDHARA PADME'

Sri Lanka, June 5 -- Three, including an Assistant Controller of Immigration and Emigration, who were remanded in connection with the issuance of passports to alleged underworld leader and drug traffi... Read More


TRAVEL BAN IMPOSED ON UDAYA GAMMANPILA REMOVED

Sri Lanka, June 5 -- The Colombo High Court has today (5), ordered the Controller of Immigration and Emigration to lift the travel ban imposed on former Minister Udaya Gammanpila. Gammanpila was prev... Read More