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55,000 MT of rejected coal unloaded at Norochcholai despite FLO warning
55,000 MT of substandard coal from MV JOSCO YONGZHOU were unloaded at Norochcholai by June 2 despite a Bureau Veritas reject ruling, the FLO warned.
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Parliament to sit June 9–12 with key tax bills, CBSL briefing and Rs.20bn supplementary estimate
Parliament will sit June 9–12 on tax bills, Public Security and Essential Services resolutions, a Rs.20bn supplementary estimate and a CBSL fiscal briefing.
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PM Harini meets UNICEF Executive Board on strengthening child legal protection, malnutrition
The Temple Trees talks closed a three-day UNICEF Executive Board visit covering Cyclone Ditwah recovery, education reform and violence against children.
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Digital Economy Ministry to shift public service from 'person-based' to 'system-based' delivery
Dep Min Eranga Weeraratne says public service will move from a person-based to a system-based model, with mandatory micro-learning tied to officer appraisals.
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Fort Magistrate to rule June 10 on Sallay psychiatric board as ASG calls claims an 'Oscar-worthy' act
Defence cites PTA Section 9B and five psychiatrists' findings; ASG Dileepa Peeris says reports surfaced only after May custody and disputes torture claims.
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Former US Coast Guard cutter commissioned into Sri Lanka Navy as SLNS Samudravijaya
President AKD presides over commissioning of the former USCGC Decisive as a B-Type Reliance Class 210-foot cutter with 6,000-nautical-mile range.
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Sri Lanka launches 2026–2030 Anticipatory Action Roadmap with WFP, US backing
DMC and WFP launched Sri Lanka's 2026–2030 Anticipatory Action Roadmap to advance impact-based forecasting, early warning and forecast-based financing.
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Maritime security threats outpacing Sri Lanka's institutional capacity, RCSS researcher warns
Shayan Peris of RCSS told The Asia Foundation that the 517,000 sq km EEZ faces drug trafficking, IUU fishing, cyber threats and submarine cable risks.
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US-donated P628 patrol vessel arrives in Colombo; handover ceremony under President AKD
Deputy Ports Minister Kodithuwakku said the vessel will strengthen Sri Lanka's maritime security and coastal surveillance; ceremony held at the East Terminal.
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Bar Association warns AKD against extending judges' retirement age
BASL wrote to President Dissanayake opposing a reported plan to amend the Constitution and extend Court of Appeal and Supreme Court judges' retirement age.
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Rebuilding Sri Lanka donations entirely unused, AG tells COPF
COPF was told entire Rebuilding Sri Lanka donation fund remains unused in a separate Treasury account, with no legal framework formally creating the fund.
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Police seize 19 revolvers and arrest four in Dematagoda raid
The Western Province (North) Crimes Division seized 19 revolvers and arrested four suspects in a major raid at Dematagoda, the Sri Lanka Police said.
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Four arrested in Galle after viral video shows family assaulting 16-year-old theft suspect
Four members of a Milidduwa family were arrested in Galle after a viral Facebook video showed them assaulting a 16-year-old accused of theft, police said.
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Court bars Gotabaya Rajapaksa from leaving Sri Lanka in Easter probe
Colombo Fort Magistrate barred former President Gotabaya Rajapaksa and two military officers from leaving the country in the CID Easter Sunday attacks probe.
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Health Ministry gazettes recruitment of 3,000 student nurses in first phase of 13,600 plan
Sri Lanka's Health Ministry has gazetted recruitment of 3,000 student nurses, the first phase of a plan to add 13,600 personnel to the nursing service by 2029.
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Over Rs. 30 million snatched during ATM cash refill at state bank branch in Horana
Sri Lanka Police are hunting a suspect who snatched a bag with about Rs. 30.5 million in cash from a state bank employee in Horana on Wednesday afternoon.
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Suspect snatches Rs.35 million cash bags outside state bank in Horana
Police say a suspect grabbed two bags of cash being moved between state bank branches in Horana around 2.45pm Wednesday and fled the scene on foot.
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Suspected gunman arrested over fatal Wettumakada, Kalutara shooting
Police arrested 44-year-old Sampath Kumaratunga, alias Bonchiya, of Payagala over the May 28 Wettumakada shooting after tracking him to a Maligawatta hideout.
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Pistol fired nine times after road accident in Kiriella, Ratnapura
A pistol was fired nine times into the air after a cab and a car collided in Maduwanwela, Kiriella, leaving one Horana man hospitalised, police said.
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New laws planned to regulate commercial groundwater extraction in Sri Lanka
The National Water Resources Board says new laws will be introduced to regulate commercial groundwater extraction by amending the Water Resources Board Act.
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Pakistan Navy flotilla and INS Airavat in Colombo together as PASSEX planned
PNS Taimur, Aslat and submarine Hangor docked alongside India's INS Airavat on June 1; a Sri Lanka Navy PASSEX with Pakistan is scheduled off the west coast.
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JMC tells court Treasury official's death caused by self-inflicted cuts
A four-member JMC panel testified at Kuliyapitiya Court that Treasury official Ranga Rajapaksa's death was caused by self-inflicted cuts; next hearing June 12.
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Husband arrested in Rangala wife murder; body exhumed from marsh
A 28-year-old husband was arrested in Rangala over the alleged murder of his 22-year-old wife, after police exhumed her body from a marsh behind their home.
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Salley diagnosed with PTSD, lawyer alleges torture at five locations and suicide risk
Suresh Salley has PTSD and severe mental distress and was tortured at five locations, his lawyer told the Colombo Fort Magistrate, citing a JMO report.