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Two suspects arrested for aiding and abetting homicide in Galle

Sri Lanka, May 24 -- Two suspects who allegedly spied, provided lodging, and aided and abetted the organised homicide that occurred on the morning of the 12th in the Dangedara area of Galle arrested b... Read More


US Embassy denies reports of FBI team arriving in Sri Lanka

Sri Lanka, May 24 -- Media reports claiming that a team from the Federal Bureau of Investigation arrived in the country to assist with investigations into the transfer of two and a half million US dol... Read More


Minor flood warning issued for Kelani River basin

Sri Lanka, May 24 -- A minor flood situation could occur within the next 48 hours in several low-lying areas below Hanwella due to heavy rainfall of nearly 300 millimetres in the upper catchment areas... Read More


Illnesses across island identified as meningitis

Sri Lanka, May 24 -- Meningitis is the cause of the illnesses, including fever, reported from several parts of the island, according to the Ministry of Health. Laboratory tests conducted on cerebrosp... Read More


Minor flood warnings issued for low-lying areas near Kalu Ganga

Sri Lanka, May 24 -- A minor flood situation may develop within the next 24 hours in the low-lying areas of the Ingiriya, Horana, Dodangoda, Millaniya, Kalutara, Bulathsinhala, Madurawela, and Palinda... Read More


Showers in several provinces today

Sri Lanka, May 24 -- Showers or thundershowers will occur at times today (24) in the Western, Sabaragamuwa, and North-Western provinces and in the Galle, Matara, Kandy, and Nuwara Eliya districts, the... Read More


Mulleriyawa man arrested for setting fire to wife

Sri Lanka, May 24 -- A legal husband who fled after pouring petrol on a woman and setting her on fire in the Angoda area in Mulleriyawa last May 18 afternoon was arrested by the Mulleriyawa police on ... Read More


Suspect remanded for Dikoya double murder

Sri Lanka, May 24 -- Hatton District Judge and Magistrate Peter Paul ordered today (24) to remand a suspect until June 03, who is accused of brutally murdering an elderly couple in Hatton, Dikoya, and... Read More


Central Bank unofficially caps dollar rate to curb rupee depreciation, says Rajith Keerthi Thennakoon

Sri Lanka, May 24 -- Sri Lanka Human Rights Centre Executive Director Rajith Keerthi Thennakoon states that the Central Bank of Sri Lanka has intervened to control the rapid rise in the value of the U... Read More


Woman dies after being hit by motorcycle

Sri Lanka, May 24 -- A pedestrian died following a severe crash where a moving motorcycle hit her on the Kuruvikulam, Tharalawatta side road within the Rasnayakapura police division. Police say the i... Read More