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NBRO reports air quality decline across northern and central districts
The NBRO blames weather and wind from southern India. Jaffna recorded an AQI of 142 on Friday morning — 'unhealthy for sensitive groups'.
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NBRO extends landslide warning for 13 divisions across four districts until Saturday afternoon
The Level 1 yellow 'be vigilant' alert covers parts of Ratnapura, Kegalle, Kandy and Nuwara Eliya and runs until 4:00 p.m. on 31 October.
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Three factory workers injured in Padukka explosion during work on a fuel tank
Two men and a woman were admitted to Homagama Base Hospital after a blast at a Meepe factory in Padukka. Police say a fuel tank was cut before being drained.
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Woman dies aboard Hambantota–Vavuniya bus on the A9
Woman, 42, fell ill in transit on A9 bus and was dead on arrival at Medawachchiya Hospital. Heart attack suspected but unconfirmed.
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Health officials flag African swine fever in pigs, without saying where or how much
Dr Sisira Piyasiri told a Health Promotion Bureau briefing that attention is being directed to African swine fever. The filing gives no other detail.
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Met Department flags a possible new disturbance near the southern Andaman Sea
Naval and fishing communities are advised to stay alert, a day after Cyclone Arnab crossed the Indian coast from the same basin.
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Women MPs to launch islandwide breast cancer detection drive on 2 November
The Women Parliamentarians' Caucus will run clinics and awareness programmes nationwide. Around 6,000 new cases and 1,000 deaths are recorded each year.
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Hemas Hospital Wattala holds breast care symposium and free screening day
The Breastober symposium brought specialists and survivors together, and the hospital offered free breast examinations to the public on 28 October.
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A herd of more than 100 elephants is raiding Mahiyangana villages, and a school has cancelled after-hours classes
NPP MP Sudath Balagalla told a district committee the herd is moving out of four forest reserves because electric fencing is inadequate.
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Dengue control drive pushed back a week to November 9 as rain leaves too many sites holding water
Around 130 MOH divisions show rising mosquito breeding indicators. The programme was to run November 2 to 7 but has been rescheduled to November 9 to 14.
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Cinema owners want hourly-rate 'movie rooms' investigated, saying they pay 35% tax and the rooms pay none
The Film Exhibitors Association says the venues rent rooms by the hour under the pretext of film screenings and face no regulatory oversight.
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Sirasa Dancing Star returns on 31 October with 36 hip hop crews and a league format
Season two runs seven episodes, drops straight knockouts for a points-based league round, and sends six teams to the final.
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Siri Heenpella, who wrote on world affairs for Lankadeepa from New York, dies at 77
The senior journalist, known to Sinhala readers for decades of despatches on international affairs, has died in New York after a brief illness.
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Ailing elephant calf 'Thal-etaya' to be moved to Udawalawe transit home for treatment
Wildlife officers from Manampitiya and veterinarians from Giritale are handling the transfer, under the Polonnaruwa Assistant Director of Wildlife.
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Young man drowns off Unakuruwa, second missing in sea search
Police recovered the body of a 22-year-old from the Unakuruwa area near Tangalle. A 19-year-old from Kirinda was still missing when the filing was published.
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60,000 stroke admissions a year, and about 4,000 deaths, specialists say on World Stroke Day
Dr Gamini Pathirana of the National Stroke Association said stroke remains one of Sri Lanka's most common and dangerous conditions.
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Girl, 15, dies after a fall at a Grandpass house; police to report facts to court
Two newsrooms place the fall on Tuesday evening at Layards Broadway. Her parents work abroad and she lived with her grandmother and uncle.
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Bus crew attacked at Nagas Junction after a passenger was refused boarding in Moratuwa
CCTV shows six men on motorcycles blocking the road at Kalutara. Crews have since halted all private buses on the Colombo road demanding arrests.
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Met Department warns of severe lightning in Monaragala, Ampara and Batticaloa
Thundershowers with severe lightning are likely in parts of three eastern and southeastern districts, with localised strong winds during the storms.
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Man of 70 killed and four hurt, including a child, in a head-on bus and three-wheeler crash near Monaragala
A passenger bus and a three-wheeler collided head-on at the 4km post on the Monaragala–Wedikumbura road on Wednesday morning.
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Online booking becomes mandatory for passports at regional offices from Thursday
Applicants using one-day and normal services at regional immigration offices must reserve a date and time online before turning up, from 29 October.
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Man dies after falling into a flooded canal at Ratnapura, fall caught on a neighbour's CCTV
Chaturanga Kasun Wanniarachchi, of Mihindugama, died at about 2 p.m. on Wednesday at Godigamuwa. Police say a nearby camera recorded the fall.
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Susan Saint James, Emmy-winning star of 'McMillan & Wife' and 'Kate & Allie', dies at 80
Her representative said she died on Monday. She had been diagnosed with pancreatic cancer.
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Landowner arrested after two young elephants die on an illegal electric fence in Anuradhapura
Two female elephants aged 10 to 12 electrocuted on illegal fence in home garden. Landowner arrested.