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Only Government-Approved Programmes Should Operate in Schools, Says PM Harini
PM Harini Amarasuriya said only state-approved programmes should run in schools, in remarks at a North Central Province education review on Wednesday.
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Sugeeshwara Bandara Arrested Over Alleged Double Salary Drawn During Gotabaya Era
CCIB has arrested former presidential private secretary Sugeeshwara Bandara over allegations of simultaneous salaries from two government posts under Gotabaya.
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Sallay calls CID detention cell 'hell', refuses to end hunger strike
Retired Major General Suresh Sallay told his lawyer he refuses to return to the CID detention cell, calling it 'hell' and vowing to continue his hunger strike.
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Police Hunt Software Engineer Boyfriend Over Teldeniya Vehicle Death
A 34-year-old physiotherapist was found dead in a car near Teldeniya Hospital; police say her boyfriend is a wanted person of interest in a suspected murder.
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UNP Presses Government to Obtain FBI Evidence on 2019 Easter Sunday Attacks
The UNP is asking the government to secure FBI and US Department of Justice material gathered through the 2019 American probe into the Easter Sunday attacks.
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Catholic Church denies Cardinal Ranjith requested Ravi and Shani appointments
The Catholic Church said Cardinal Malcolm Ranjith never requested the appointment of Ravi Seneviratne or CID Director Shani Abeysekara.
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Archdiocese rejects social media claims that Cardinal had prior knowledge of Easter attacks
The Archdiocese of Colombo called online claims that Cardinal Malcolm Ranjith had prior knowledge of the 2019 Easter Sunday attacks false and baseless.
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Chemmani becomes largest mass grave in Northern Province as remains reach 351
Skeletal remains of 351 individuals have been exhumed at Chemmani Siththupaththi in Jaffna, surpassing Mannar Sathosa as the largest mass grave in the north.
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26 passengers detained at Kankesanthurai over suspected gold smuggling before India ferry
Sri Lanka Customs detained 26 ferry passengers at Kankesanthurai bound for Nagapattinam on suspicion of gold smuggling; two were found carrying gold.
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Harsha demands online casino regulator as betting ads run on cricket telecasts
COPF Chairman Harsha de Silva says online casinos use the SL government logo during cricket telecasts with no licensing oversight or tax framework.
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Indian national with Sri Lankan citizenship arrested in Kilinochchi over Rs. 4.99m foreign job fraud
Kilinochchi police arrested a 32-year-old Indian national naturalised in Sri Lanka over an alleged Rs. 4.99 million overseas job scam.
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CCIB freezes Rs. 40m Ganemulla luxury house tied to 'Kudu Kumari'
Sri Lanka's CCIB froze a Rs. 40m Ganemulla house owned by jailed drug trafficker Nilanthi Perera ('Kudu Kumari') after fixtures were stripped pre-seal.
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Election Commission submits four Provincial Council election models to select committee
The Election Commission has submitted four possible PC election models to Parliament's select committee, Chairman R.M.A.L. Rathnayake said.
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Four officers indicted over Peliyagoda Police torture of law student Migara Gunaratne
Former Peliyagoda Police OIC Linton Silva and three officers are indicted at Colombo High Court over the 2021 torture of law student Migara Gunaratne.
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Sajith calls for fuel price cut as global crude oil retreats to pre-conflict levels
Opposition Leader Sajith Premadasa says falling global crude prices should be passed through to consumers and accuses the government of breaking promises.
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Sallay's wife says CID has acknowledged strip search; condition deteriorating
Suresh Sallay's wife Manori says the CID has now confirmed her husband was stripped in custody and that his condition has worsened amid an ongoing fast.
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CID seals 'Gun Site' underground detention complex at Trincomalee Naval Base
The CID has sealed an underground secret detention complex inside Trincomalee Naval Base allegedly used to hold 60 people for torture and ransom.
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Yoshitha Rajapaksa arrested by CIABOC over Royal Navy training inquiry
CIABOC arrested Yoshitha Rajapaksa on Wednesday over his Sri Lanka Navy enlistment and UK Royal Naval Academy training at state expense.
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Cabinet clears Rs. 129.69m for 90 more Ditwah-damaged places of worship
Cabinet approved Rs. 129.69m to reconstruct 90 more places of worship damaged by Cyclone Ditwah, on top of 178 sites already under repair.
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CIABOC to open 23 regional offices by December, taking complaints out of Colombo
Director General Ranga Dissanayake says 971 officers including legal staff will run district-level branches accepting bribery complaints and filing action.
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Coal commission inspects Norochcholai Lakvijaya plant in first on-site probe
The Presidential Commission probing coal imports since 2009 made an on-site inspection at the Norochcholai Lakvijaya Power Plant, the PMD said.
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El Niño could bring heavy October-November rainfall and floods, Met Department warns
Met Department says El Niño may drive above-normal rainfall and floods in October and November while July-September stays drier than normal.
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Free Lawyers slam CID contempt probe of Dilith, Wimal and Gammanpila as free-speech attack
Free Lawyers said the CID contempt probe of MP Dilith, ex-MPs Wimal and Gammanpila and three others lacks legal basis under the 2024 Contempt of Court Act.
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Chinese Defence Attaché Fu Xiao meets Deputy Defence Minister, maritime security in focus
Chinese Defence Attaché Senior Col. Fu Xiao met Deputy Defence Minister Aruna Jayasekara in Colombo, identifying maritime security as a key cooperation area.