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PRESIDENT TO USE ALL THE WEAPONS IN HIS ARSENAL TO BLOCK OPPOSITION'S LOCAL COUNCIL POWER GRAB...DESPITE THE GOVERNMENT FAILING TO GET A MAJORITY

Sri Lanka, May 15 -- President Anura Kumara Dissanayake stated that if fragmented opposition groups band together to seize control of local government bodies, he will use constitutional, legal, and po... Read More


RETIRED DIG RAVI SENEVIRATNE TO FACE ALL THREE DRUNKEN DRIVING CHARGES AGAIN

Sri Lanka, May 15 -- The Additional Magistrate of Mt Lavinia, Hemali Haputhanthri, ordered that the case against the Secretary to the Ministry of Public Security and retired Deputy Inspector General o... Read More


POLICE INVESTIGATE ATTACK AT FUEL STATION

Sri Lanka, May 15 -- Police have launched an investigation into a video circulating on social media depicting a young man and woman being assaulted and beaten with helmets in front of a fuel station. ... Read More


40 BULLETS DISCOVERED IN HOTEL ROOM IN SIGIRIYA

Sri Lanka, May 15 -- Police recovered 40 rounds of 9mm ammunition from a hotel in Sigiriya yesterday (14), following a complaint made by the hotel manager. The bullets were found neatly packed in a s... Read More


CYCLIST KILLED IN COLLISION WITH LORRY

Sri Lanka, May 15 -- A 58-year-old cyclist has died following a collision with a lorry on the Ampara-Mahanuwara road in the Mangalagama area yesterday (14). The lorry, travelling from Maha Oya toward... Read More


BURGLARY SUSPECT ARRESTED; STOLEN GOODS RECOVERED

Sri Lanka, May 15 -- A 27-year-old resident of Warapalana has been arrested by a team of officers from the Yakkala Police, acting on information received during crime prevention duties yesterday (14).... Read More


COPE REVEALS LACK OF FEASIBILITY STUDY FOR RS. 700 MILLION ORGANIC FERTILISER PROJECT

Sri Lanka, May 15 -- The Committee on Public Enterprises (COPE) has revealed that a Cabinet paper proposing an organic fertiliser project worth Rs. 700 million by the Land Reform Commission in 2021 wa... Read More


38 ARRESTED FOR ILLEGAL FISHING PRACTICES

Sri Lanka, May 15 -- Thirty-eight individuals have been apprehended for engaging in illegal fishing activities during search operations conducted between the 21st and 28th of April. The Sri Lanka Nav... Read More


OVER 100 VEHICLES TAKEN INTO POLICE CUSTODY WITHIN TWO DAYS

Sri Lanka, May 14 -- Over 100 vehicles, including motorcycles, have been taken into police custody in the past two days after their owners violated traffic laws. Four high-capacity motorcycles and fi... Read More


BODIES WHICH DISAPPEARED IN DROWNING INCIDENT OFF WENNAPPUWA COAST RECOVERED

Sri Lanka, May 14 -- The bodies of two people who went missing while swimming in the Wennappuwa sea area were recovered this morning. The deceased, two brothers aged 19 and 28, are residents of the B... Read More