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Sri Lanka, Indonesia to strengthen cooperation in Marine and Fisheries Sector

Sri Lanka, Aug. 9 -- Sri Lanka and Indonesia have agreed to further strengthen bilateral cooperation in the marine and fisheries sector, following discussions between Sri Lanka's Ambassador to Indones... Read More


World Indigenous Day today

Sri Lanka, Aug. 9 -- World Indigenous Day falls today. The first meeting of the United Nations Working Group on Indigenous Populations held in Geneva in 1982 designated August 9 annually as the Inter... Read More


Wind speed to exceed 60 kmph in sea areas from Matara to Potuvil

Sri Lanka, Aug. 9 -- The wind speed in the sea area extending from Matara via Hambantota to Potuvil can exceed 60 kilometres per hour, the Department of Meteorology forecast. The fishing and naval co... Read More


Report on prison unrest suspects expected tomorrow

Sri Lanka, Aug. 9 -- A report regarding the inmates who created clashes in the Kuruwita, Pallansena, and New Magazine prisons is expected tomorrow (10), the Police said. Police Media Spokesperson ASP... Read More


Rain or thundershowers expected in several areas today

Sri Lanka, Aug. 9 -- Rain or thundershowers will occur at times today(09), in the Sabaragamuwa and Western Provinces and in Kandy, Nuwara Eliya, Galle, and Matara Districts, the Department of Meteorol... Read More


Duo nabbed for possessing counterfeit notes

Sri Lanka, Aug. 9 -- Two suspects who carried counterfeit currency notes to deposit at a bank located in the Mulankavil Police Division were arrested, Mulankavil police said. The suspects were arrest... Read More


Communication centre owner nabbed with counterfeit notes and equipment

Sri Lanka, Aug. 9 -- An individual was arrested along with a stock of counterfeit currency notes and equipment, including printing machines, during a raid on a communication centre located in the Kott... Read More


How Lee Kuan Yew anticipated Southeast Asia's terror threat

Sri Lanka, Aug. 9 -- On Singapore's 61st National Day, Professor Rohan Gunaratna pays tribute to Lee Kuan Yew, Singapore's founding father, recalling his personal encounters with the statesman and his... Read More


Human head found dumped in thicket

Sri Lanka, Aug. 9 -- A human head without a torso was found in the Wellawaya, Thune Kanuwa area on the Ella-Wellawaya road, police said. Police mentioned that this human head was found in a thicket n... Read More


Opposition accuses Government of silencing critics and shifting blame

Sri Lanka, Aug. 9 -- The Government is attempting to suppress opposition political forces, civil organisations, voluntary groups and the Maha Sangha while moving the country towards an authoritarian s... Read More