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Two airport employees caught smuggling foreign cigarettes

Sri Lanka, Oct. 27 -- Two employees of a catering company were arrested this morning (27) by officers of the Airport Police Narcotics Bureau for attempting to smuggle out a consignment of foreign-manu... Read More


Suspected gunman in Weligama PS Chairman murder arrested

Sri Lanka, Oct. 26 -- A person suspected of being the shooter in the murder of the Weligama Pradeshiya Sabha Chairman has been arrested by the Special Task Force (STF) in Nawinna, Maharagama. Further... Read More


MP Radhakrishnan warns of security risks for opposition

Sri Lanka, Oct. 26 -- Deputy Leader of the Tamil Progressive Alliance, Leader of the Up-Country People's Front, and Nuwara Eliya District Member of Parliament V. Radhakrishnan stated that no oppositio... Read More


Suspect remanded over alleged assault attempt at Maskeliya hospital

Sri Lanka, Oct. 26 -- A suspect who allegedly attempted to assault a member of the junior staff at the Maskeliya Divisional Hospital has been placed in remand custody. He was arrested yesterday (25) ... Read More


Navy rescues crew of distressed MV INTEGRITY STAR

Sri Lanka, Oct. 26 -- The Sri Lanka Navy reports that it has successfully and safely rescued the crew of the Merchant Vessel (MV) INTEGRITY STAR, which was in distress and facing a life-threatening si... Read More


Thai Ambassador dismisses rumours of repatriating 'Thai Raja' and 'Kandula'

Sri Lanka, Oct. 26 -- The Thai Ambassador to Sri Lanka has informed the Chief Prelate of the Malwatta Chapter, Most Venerable Thibbatuwawe Sri Siddhartha Sumangala Thera that no official state attenti... Read More


Saudi national arrested for allegedly assaulting two flight attendants

Sri Lanka, Oct. 26 -- Katunayake Airport Police report that a Saudi Arabian national who was a passenger on a SriLankan Airlines flight from Riyadh, Saudi Arabia, to Katunayake Airport, was arrested t... Read More


Date set for verdict on MP Amarakeerthi Athukorala murder case

Sri Lanka, Oct. 26 -- The Gampaha High Court's trial-at-bar decided to deliver the verdict on the case involving the murder of Polonnaruwa District Member of Parliament Amarakeerthi Athukorala and his... Read More


Ella Odyssey train derailed

Sri Lanka, Oct. 26 -- The Nawalapitiya Railway Control Room reports that the Ella Odyssey tourist train (No. 1041), which was travelling from Colombo Fort to Badulla, derailed near the Watagoda railwa... Read More


Another suspect arrested in Weligama PS Chairman murder case

Sri Lanka, Oct. 26 -- Another suspect has been arrested over his alleged connection to the murder of Weligama Pradeshiya Sabha Chairman, Lasantha Wickremasekara. The arrest was made for allegedly aid... Read More