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Train derails near Rambukkana, Railway Department says services unaffected
Superintendent Asanka Samarasinghe said a Rambukkana–Panadura service derailed mid-route; re-railing operations are underway and no delays are expected.
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Ratmalana: 29-year-old man arrested with Rs.20M of hashish in Mount Lavinia CID raid
Mount Lavinia CID officers arrested a 29-year-old man in Ratmalana on Saturday with 3.125kg of hashish valued at more than Rs.20 million, Newswire reported.
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Government to recruit 100 technical officers on June 15, 1,600 management assistants on June 30
Public Administration Minister Chandana Abeyratne said 100 technical officers will be recruited on June 15 and 1,600 management assistants on June 30.
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Ambatale flood protection embankment under repair after Kelani seepage
NBRO has recommended Reno mattresses and improved drainage for the Ambatale embankment following seepage detected during recent Kelani River flooding.
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Communist Party condemns ill-treatment of Sallay, urges PTA review
CPSL General Secretary Weerasinghe said the PTA enables arbitrary detention and torture, and urged the NPP government to honour its 2024 pledge to abolish it.
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Court orders DNA test for ex-Atamasthanadhipathi Hemarathana Thero
Anuradhapura magistrate directs the senior monk to provide a blood sample on June 16 after DNA alleles surfaced on hidden clothing recovered in May.
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Dilith Jayaweera urges government to reconsider August A/L exam citing Cyclone Ditwah disruption
Opposition MP Dilith Jayaweera says the August schedule cuts six months from candidates' preparation time, and accuses the PM of insensitivity towards.
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Tamil hip hop artist Hiphop Sangee granted bail under PTA
Tamil hip hop artist Sangeethsan Ganeskumar — Hiphop Sangee — was granted bail on Friday after his PTA arrest drew international condemnation from Amnesty.
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Four Horana bus drivers and two conductors arrested in narcotics screening at main stand
Police and NTMI medics screened 151 transport workers at the Horana main stand on Thursday; six tested positive for narcotics and four buses were seized.
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SLPP's Mahinda Pathirana tenders unconditional apology to Fort Magistrate over Sallay panel posts
Pathirana admitted his June 11 social media remarks on the court-appointed medical panel were based on a 'mistaken factual premise' of executive interference.
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Justice Minister Nanayakkara rejects social-media claim he represented Easter ringleader Zahran
Harshana Nanayakkara called viral claims he had represented Easter ringleader Zahran Hashim 'lies' aimed at undermining the ongoing Easter Sunday.
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NBRO issues Level 1 landslide warnings for four districts as heavy rain continues
Yellow warnings cover Kalutara, Kandy, Nuwara Eliya and Ratnapura DSDs until 4am Saturday; Ratnapura alone has six divisions under alert.
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Opposition MPs ask Speaker to push President on Supreme Court vacancies
Opposition MPs handed the Speaker a letter on delays in Supreme Court appointments, asking him to push the President to act through the Constitutional Council.
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Parliament to convene June 23-26 for next session
The Committee on Parliamentary Business chaired by Speaker Jagath Wickramaratne fixed Parliament's next sitting for four days from June 23 to June 26.
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Kuliyapitiya Court orders expedited probe into Ranga Rajapaksa's death, verdict pushed to July 31
Magistrate Mihil Chiranthana Satharasinghe ordered police to file a comprehensive report and postponed the magisterial inquiry verdict to July 31.
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Asgiri Chief Prelate writes to President as Sallay family says ex-SIS chief's life at risk
Warakagoda Sri Gnanarathana Thero asks AKD to act on the wife's appeal as Sallay's family says his condition is deteriorating day by day in CID custody.
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Sallay's family says his health deteriorating daily, life at significant risk
After visiting the detained former SIS chief on Friday, family members said his condition was worsening day by day and his life could be at significant risk.
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Shanakiyan raises PTA and Hiphop Sangee arrest with EEAS South Asia head in Brussels
The ITAK parliamentary leader linked the Tamil rapper's detention to Sri Lanka's GSP+ obligations in talks with EEAS official Charles Whiteley.
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Ex-minister S.M. Chandrasena indicted in Colombo HC over 2014 seed maize scandal
CIABOC filed two charges in the Colombo High Court accusing the former minister of diverting 36,000 kg of state-imported seed maize from Anuradhapura farmers.
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Sri Lanka's prison population hits 40,000 — nearly four times capacity
Prisons spokesperson Anuruddha Gajanayake says 30,000 of the 40,000 inmates are remand suspects, against a system designed to hold 11,000.
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Parliament approves Rs. 20bn Middle East relief supplementary estimate without a vote
Anil Jayantha told the House the Rs. 20bn supplementary estimate reallocates existing funds within the 2026 borrowing ceiling and does not add to public debt.
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CIABOC summons Yoshitha Rajapaksa over Royal Navy training obtained outside due process
Yoshitha Rajapaksa is summoned to the Bribery Commission on June 16 over a Royal Navy training programme allegedly obtained outside established procedures.
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AKD chairs El Niño preparedness talks, warns of 2016-17 like conditions
President Dissanayake convened the Met Department, irrigation, environment and energy agencies to map mitigation plans for the coming El Niño.
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AKD reviews Galle City development; police, prison and post office to be relocated
AKD chaired a Presidential Secretariat review of the Galle City Development Project; land is being sought to relocate key public institutions from the centre.