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FORMER LOCAL GOVERNMENT OFFICIALS RECEIVED 630 MILLION IN COMPENSATION FOR HOUSES TORCHED DURING ARAGALAYA

Sri Lanka, May 4 -- 92 former members of Municipal Councils and Pradeshiya Sabhas have allegedly received a total of 620 million rupees as compensation for houses that were set on fire during the Arag... Read More


AT LEAST 7 DEAD IN SOUTH SUDAN HOSPITAL AND MARKET BOMB ATTACK

Sri Lanka, May 4 -- At least seven people were killed and 20 others injured in attacks on a hospital and a market in South Sudan on Saturday, according to medical charity Doctors Without Borders (Mede... Read More


SRI LANKA AND PAKISTAN STRENGTHEN DEFENCE COOPERATION AT BILATERAL DIALOGUE

Sri Lanka, May 4 -- The 5th Sri Lanka-Pakistan Bilateral Defence Dialogue concluded on April 30 in Islamabad, Pakistan. A release by the Ministry of Defence said that high-level discussions, which co... Read More


PRESIDENT IN VIET NAM FOR STATE VISIT

Sri Lanka, May 4 -- President Anura Kumara Dissanayake landed in Viet Nam early today (4) for a state visit, until May 6. The visit, at the invitation of Vietnamese President Luong Cuong, marks 55 ye... Read More


GOLD PRICES DIP AGAIN

Sri Lanka, May 4 -- There has been a slight decrease in gold prices in the local market compared to last week. Today, the price of an ounce of gold is recorded at nine hundred and seventy-four thousa... Read More


OVER 3 BILLION RUPEES LOST OVER A DECADE OF STRIKE ACTION

Sri Lanka, May 4 -- Sri Lanka has lost over three billion rupees due to trade union strikes conducted over the past decade, according to the Director of the Postgraduate Institute of Humanities and So... Read More


MAGNITUDE 5.3 EARTHQUAKE HITS WEST TEXAS AMID EARTHQUAKE SWARM

Sri Lanka, May 4 -- A magnitude 5.3 earthquake struck West Texas, according to the U.S. Geological Survey (USGS). The tremor is part of a series of 46 mostly minor earthquakes that have shaken the ar... Read More


FATAL SHOOTING IN MEETIYAGODA

Sri Lanka, May 4 -- One person has died and another was injured during a shooting in Meetiyagoda late last night (3). Police say that two assailants on a motorcycle opened fire with a T-56 firearm ne... Read More


RAINS TO CONTINUE TODAY

Sri Lanka, May 4 -- Showers or thundershowers will occur at several places in Western, Sabaragamuwa, Central, Southern and Uva provinces after 1.00 p.m. today (4), according to the Department of Meteo... Read More


LOKU PATTIE BACK IN SRI LANKA

Sri Lanka, May 4 -- The main suspect in the killing of Club Wasantha has been brought back to Sri Lanka. Sujeewa Ruwankumara De Silva alias 'Loku Pattie' was taken into custody in Belarus and was bro... Read More