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Court sets 10 November for defence evidence in Archchuna Ramanathan case
Colombo Additional Magistrate Nuwan Kaushalya set 10 November for defence evidence after the prosecution closed its case over a 2021 Baseline Road crash.
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Chilaw High Court sentences businessman to death over 2017 heroin seizure
Mohammed Abdul Kader Mohammed Mujahir was convicted over a consignment seized at Anawilundawa in May 2017 — a case that took more than nine years to reach verdict.
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China to support introduction of AI to Sri Lanka's judicial system
Justice Minister Harshana Nanayakkara and Chinese Ambassador Wei Huaxiang discussed AI, the e-Court project and voice-to-text technology for the courts.
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Three-wheeler driver shot dead under Dematagoda's Black Bridge
Police say a 50-year-old former soldier from Udugama, Galle, was shot with a pistol on Thursday afternoon. Investigators suspect the gunman was a rear-seat passenger.
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Rs. 90 million in property frozen from alleged drug trafficker in Wattala
The Illegal Assets Division froze six houses — two of them ultra-luxury — and a car said to have been bought with trafficking proceeds by a 48-year-old Wattala man.
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Fort Magistrate's Court office assistant arrested over Rs. 500 bribe
CIABOC arrested the office assistant for allegedly taking Rs. 500 to hand over a copy of a court judgment. The bribe was allegedly solicited on June 30.
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MP M.L.A.M. Hizbullah elected chairman of the Sri Lanka Muslim Congress
The SLMC Supreme Council, meeting in Eravur, unanimously chose parliamentarian M.L.A.M. Hizbullah as the party's new chairman.
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Colombo High Court fixes pre-trial conference in Karannagoda and Yoshitha corruption case
The CIABOC case over Yoshitha Rajapaksa's Royal Naval College training moves to a pre-trial conference. Both accused, out on bail, appeared in court.
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CID recovers 145 rounds of T-56 ammunition hidden in Malabe
Investigators say the rounds and a pair of handcuffs were concealed on the instructions of an overseas-based organised crime figure known as 'Battaramulle Bunty'.
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Army commandos recover body of man who fell at Mini World's End
A 17-member Commando Regiment team retrieved the body of a 27-year-old from a 355-metre precipice at the Mini World's End viewing point in Ududumbara.
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Universities carry a moral responsibility to stop ragging, Prime Minister tells subcommittee
Harini Amarasuriya said students who are ragged must be able to trust the investigations that follow, and that relief should reach them without delay.
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Prison officers' pay to be taken up in the Budget, Justice Minister says at Dumbara
Harshana Nanayakkara said salaries and allowances are under consideration, as a multi-agency emergency mechanism was set up at Dumbara-Bogambara and Pallekele.
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Former NTC chairman Renuka Perera arrested over 56 Southern Expressway bus permits
CIABOC says the SLPP member issued 56 expressway passenger service permits outside statutory procedure. He has been remanded until September 29.
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Premadasa calls 22nd Amendment a fatal blow to democracy at Ditwah housing handover
The Opposition Leader said the shrinking of democratic space is a threat as severe as Cyclone Ditwah, and called Sri Lanka's disaster framework outdated.
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Hotel worker killed after being pushed from upper floor in Seeduwa
Police say a 49-year-old hotel employee died after a colleague pushed him from the building's upper floor during an argument while the two were drinking. A 41-year-old is under arrest.
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FCID summons Shiranthi Rajapaksa over Rs. 10 million raised for a CT scanner that was never traced
Investigators say Rs. 10 million went from a state bank into a Siriliya account to buy a scanner for Lady Ridgeway. The machine delivered was a PET scanner donated by China.
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Warrants against Aravinda de Silva and wife recalled a day after they were issued
The Fort Magistrate withdrew the warrants after counsel explained the couple had been at his mother's funeral. They stood Rs. 20 million bail each in the Airbus case.
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Man, 73, arrested over forged deed used to sell a Barnes Place property
The CID arrested a 73-year-old over a forged deed used to sell land in Colombo 07. A separate Barnes Place property fraud case is already before the courts.
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Rs. 35 million SUV registered to drug trafficker's son suspended for 14 days
The IAID froze a Rs. 35 million SUV linked to 'Bathala Heen Mahaththaya', adding to Rs. 180 million in previously restrained assets.
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Construction starts on 5,799 replacement homes for families who lost houses to Ditwah
The Defence Ministry says work has begun on homes for families whose houses were destroyed, and on more than 57,000 partially damaged properties.
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Gnanasara Thera appears in Colombo High Court, two days after prison officials could not find him
The Attorney General's case over alleged remarks insulting Islam was taken up before Judge Buddhika C. Ragala and put off to September 30.
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Government moves to restore High Court bail for drug cases under 100 grams
Justice Minister Harshana Nanayakkara says an amendment will go to Parliament, citing forensic report delays that keep suspects in remand for extended periods.
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India treats Sri Lanka like family, High Commissioner says in Mannar
Indian High Commissioner Santosh Jha outlined India's projects at the Mannar hospital ceremony — railway signalling, Ditwah restoration and Jaffna renewables.
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LAWASIA questions how the Supreme Court heard the 22nd Amendment petitions
The regional bar body raises the refused recusal application, the composition of the five-judge bench, and the petitioners' loss of a right of oral reply.