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Sri Lanka to install 16 new heart cath labs

Sri Lanka, May 14 -- The Health and Mass Media Ministry will install 16 new cardiac catheterisation laboratories in government hospitals this year at a cost of 3.1 billion rupees to significantly bols... Read More


Tax filing failures could become criminal offences

Sri Lanka, May 14 -- Sri Lanka prepares to introduce strict criminal penalties for taxpayers who fail to meet procedural requirements under proposed amendments to the Inland Revenue Act. Suresh Perera... Read More


Police granted a 72-hour detention order for Gampaha Osman

Sri Lanka, May 14 -- Osman Gunasekera, also known as Gampaha Osman, 69, will be detained and questioned for seventy-two hours after the Colombo District Crime Division received permission for the requ... Read More


Welipenna interchange reopened

Sri Lanka, May 14 -- The Welipenna interchange on the Southern Expressway, which was temporarily closed, is now reopened, according to the police. This interchange was previously shut down due to floo... Read More


Sri Lanka to gazette first geothermal wetland in Kapurella

Sri Lanka, May 14 -- The government decided to conserve and officially gazette the Kapurella hot water wetland in Maha Oya, Ampara, which is recognised as the first and only geothermal wetland identif... Read More


Red alert issued for heavy rain in several provinces

Sri Lanka, May 14 -- A "red" (risk) warning was issued by the Department of Meteorology due to heavy rainfall affecting several areas of the island. According to the notice, heavy showers exceeding 1... Read More


Former Director of NIE sentenced to 6 years of rigorous imprisonment

Sri Lanka, May 14 -- The Supreme Court sentenced I.G.S. Prematilake, the former director of the National Institute of Education, to six years of rigorous imprisonment today (14) for contempt of court.... Read More


Millaniya woman's death confirmed as murder after autopsy

Sri Lanka, May 14 -- Post-mortem results revealed that the death of a 58-year-old mother of two, who was found dead while bedridden at her home in Millaniya, resulted from a murder involving external ... Read More


Maha Sangha plays key role in building better society, says Sajith Premadasa

Sri Lanka, May 14 -- A country can only develop if its society is civilised, disciplined, virtuous, and prosperous, and the Maha Sangha performs a unique task in building such an excellent society. O... Read More


Kothmale - Gampola temporarily closed

Sri Lanka, May 14 -- The Kothmale Gampola B 431 main road is temporarily closed following heavy rainfall in the Kothmale area. Kothmale Police state that the road at Paragammana, which had previously... Read More