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Proposal for a parliamentary select committee on Black July goes before the House
The motion would set up a committee to study the 1983 violence and report back with recommendations on relief for those harmed.
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Twenty-one foreign nationals arrested in Maradana over online fraud ring
Police, the CID and Immigration raided a three-storey building at Maradana Technical Junction, detaining 12 Chinese, six Bangladeshi and three Indian nationals.
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Namal Rajapaksa in court as Krrish bail order falls due
The MP arrived at Colombo's Chief Magistrate's Court on Tuesday morning for the ruling on his bail application in the Krrish land case, fixed six days earlier.
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Fourteen kilos of narcotics found in parcel dumped on Jaffna–Mannar road
Police on roadblock duty near Pooneryn Vidyalaya recovered heroin and methamphetamine after a motorcyclist dropped a parcel and fled.
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No documents missing from the 323-container inquiry, Justice Minister says
Harshana Nanayakkara said the committee's records are held in Parliament and the report is in final typing, with the term extended to December 21.
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Government is open to discussion on the Terrorism Bill, Bimal Rathnayake says
The first on-record government response to criticism of the Protection of the State from Terrorism Bill: concerns can be addressed through discussion.
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Bond case pre-trial conference pushed to January 28 as Mahendran stays away again
The Colombo Trial-at-Bar has reset the pre-trial conference to January 28. The former Central Bank Governor and a sixth accused were absent once more.
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Former trade ministry secretary arrested, bailed over Rs 7.9 mn theatre chair purchase
Former trade ministry secretary arrested over Polgolla theatre contract; CIABOC alleges lowest bidder bypassed. Bail granted with travel ban.
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Remand prisoner found dead at Kalutara Prison two days after being held on a drug charge
33-year-old remand prisoner from Monaragala found dead at Kalutara Prison; Prisons Department calls it suicide, second death in two days.
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Keheliya Rambukwella private-staff salaries case recalled for 7 November
Keheliya Rambukwella's private-staff case recalled for November 7; Colombo High Court orders further evidence on Rs 8 million loss charge.
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Appeal Court puts Kularatne suspension petition over to Tuesday
A writ petition by Parliament's suspended Deputy Secretary General was called before a two-judge bench on Monday and fixed for further submissions.
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Namal Rajapaksa to be produced before Hambantota High Court on 16 November over 2017 port protest
A magistrate closed the nine-year-old case and ordered the Colombo remand prison to produce the MP. Warrants were issued for five suspects who failed to appear.
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Custody deaths cannot be treated as isolated incidents, Namal Rajapaksa says
The SLPP MP links the Negombo prison deaths to the Kobeigane custody death, and says forensic reports are still outstanding nearly four months on.
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PAFFREL wants a mechanism for election disinformation, as research finds AI chatbots got up to 35% of answers wrong
Four chatbots were tested on Sri Lanka's local government election. DeepSeek returned false or misleading answers 35.4% of the time; Gemini 10.4%.
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Vesak cards case against former minister Priyankara Jayaratne set for further evidence on November 13
The Colombo High Court heard three prosecution witnesses on Monday in a CIABOC case over a Rs 128,520 loss from printing 3,000 Vesak cards in 2013.
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A UNP-SJB alliance would not guarantee victory, Ranil Wickremesinghe tells party members
The former president said politics had changed, and urged the UNP to build 25-year policy platforms aimed at Millennial and Gen Z voters.
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New Sri Lankan ambassador to Jordan takes up duties in Amman
The incoming envoy assumed office at the Sri Lanka Embassy in Amman after being received by Jordanian foreign ministry officials.
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Cabinet clears Korea study-and-work MoU as minister travels for signing
A revised five-party agreement would send NIOSH-selected students to Changshin University, with jobs and long-term residency in Gyeongsangnam-do afterwards.
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STF arrests woman it says ran 'Badowita Asanka' heroin network inside Sri Lanka
STF arrests suspect at Mount Lavinia with 62g of heroin; police say she ran local end of 'Badowita Asanka' trafficking network.
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Embilipitiya court releases constable in Suriyakanda cannabis-raid case on the day charges were due
Susantha Hettiarachchi was discharged under Section 123 of the Criminal Procedure Code, in a case arising from a raid on land linked to an NPP MP's relative.
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Navy sailor killed in Trincomalee three-wheeler shooting
The man who died at Kappalthurai was a 39-year-old Navy sailor driving the three-wheeler. Police say a T-56 was used and suspect a drug-trade dispute.
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Man arrested in Unawatuna over threats to foreign children outside his business
Tourist Police detained a 35-year-old who allegedly threatened to beat two foreign children aged 12 and 13 standing on a road in Galle.
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UN women, peace and security resolutions published in Sinhala and Tamil
Unofficial translations of UN Security Council resolutions were launched in Colombo to mark 26 years since Resolution 1325.
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Warrant issued for witness in 2016 UN office protest case against Weerawansa
Fifth prosecution witness fails to appear in Colombo. Further evidence hearing adjourned to 7 December in case against Wimal Weerawansa and others.