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Coal Commission summons Auditor General officials and Energy Secretary
The Presidential Coal Commission has called in Auditor General's Department officials on Wednesday and the Energy Secretary on Thursday over past audit.
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Grade 12 Student Arrested After Knife Attack on Five Classmates at Eppawala School
A Grade 12 science student arrested for attacking five A-Level technology classmates with a sharp weapon at an Eppawala school after a prior dispute escalated.
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Ponnambalam Asks Vijay to Reaffirm Tamil Nadu's 2013 Sri Lanka Tamil Genocide Resolution
ACTC MP Gajendrakumar Ponnambalam wants the new Tamil Nadu Assembly to renew its 2013 unanimous resolution recognising a genocide of Sri Lankan Tamils.
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Sri Lanka to install 16 new cardiac cath labs at major hospitals
Health Ministry to install 16 cardiac catheterization labs at 11 major hospitals in 2026 for Rs.3.1 billion, doubling the country's cath lab capacity.
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Colombo Fort Magistrate extends Hemarathana remand to May 22 after hospital visit
Colombo Fort Magistrate Pasan Amarasekara visited hospitalised Pallegama Hemarathana Thera, extended remand to May 22 and ordered National Hospital transfer.
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Indian National Arrested at Katunayake With Rs. 43.8 Million Worth of Kush
Sri Lanka Customs arrest 29-year-old Indian national smuggling 4.389kg of Kush cannabis worth Rs. 43.8 million in two suitcases on a flight from Bangkok.
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Marikkar questions coal commission credibility over Tilvin Silva's 'pre-verdict' remarks
SJB MP Marikkar plays video of JVP Secretary Tilvin Silva forecasting the coal commission will clear the government, alleging pre-judgement.
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Patali Champika and Opposition MPs Refuse to Testify Before Coal Commission
Patali Champika Ranawaka and opposition MPs Marikkar, Perera and Chanaka say they will not testify before the Presidential Commission into coal imports.
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PM Harini Warns of Decline in Students Entering Higher Education
PM Harini Amarasuriya says fewer Sri Lankan students are progressing from O/L into higher education, describing the trend as a serious national challenge.
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CIABOC arrests Polonnaruwa revenue office worker over Rs. 35,000 stamp-duty bribe
A Polonnaruwa Revenue Office worker was held by CIABOC for taking Rs. 35,000 to undervalue land and cut stamp duty on a state-land deed transfer.
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Police seize licence of Kalpitiya bus driver after dashcam overtake goes viral
Madampe Police stopped a Kalpitiya–Colombo private bus and seized the driver's licence the same day footage of a dangerous overtake circulated on social media.
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Administrative Appeals Tribunal clears Shani Abeysekara for DIG promotion
Administrative Appeals Tribunal rules former CID director Shani Abeysekara eligible for promotion to DIG with effect from August 2020.
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UGC Removes Sabaragamuwa University Vice Chancellor
Sri Lanka's UGC has removed Professor Sunil Shantha as Vice Chancellor of Sabaragamuwa University, without publicly disclosing the reasons for the dismissal.
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UNP accuses President Dissanayake of breaching protocol over Vijay congratulatory note
UNP says President Dissanayake should not personally congratulate Tamil Nadu CM Vijay as Head of State, asks why other Indian CMs were not similarly addressed.
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221 foreign nationals arrested over cybercrime in Galle, Hikkaduwa and Midigama raids
Police arrest 192 Indians and 29 Nepalese across Southern Province in coordinated cybercrime raids, seizing 93 computers and 230 mobile phones.
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23 Monks Remanded Again Over Thailand Drug Smuggling, Layperson Joins Case
Twenty-three robed suspects back at Negombo Magistrate's Court; layperson Chandrakumara Dayarathna now produced before Kaduwela court in the trafficking case.
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President orders fast-track resettlement of Kandy families displaced by Cyclone Ditwah
President Anura Kumara Dissanayake directs officials to expedite resettlement of Kandy District families displaced by Cyclone Ditwah.
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AKD orders all Ditwah Rs. 500bn projects completed within 2026 at Matale review
President AKD told a Matale coordination meeting on Tuesday to complete every project under the Rs. 500 billion Cyclone Ditwah allocation before year-end.
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Dissanayake: No One Above the Law, Even the President
AKD says he is aware of attempts to intimidate public officials and warns that a culture portraying lawful procedures as persecution is being engineered.
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Main suspect in 2025 Mamadala triple murder beheaded in late-night attack on Ambalantota home
Attackers stormed a Mamadala home on May 11 and killed the main suspect in a 2025 triple murder, severing his head and shooting his father-in-law.
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Cabinet approves Animals Act amendment to include pigs, goats and sheep
Cabinet approved amending the Animals Act No. 29 of 1958 to expand the definition of 'animal' to include pigs, goats and sheep alongside cattle and buffaloes.
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Sri Lanka cancels weekly cabinet briefing with both spokesmen overseas
Sri Lanka cancelled Tuesday's post-cabinet briefing as both spokesmen were abroad — Jayatissa at the Asian Media Summit, Herath in Belarus.
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74-year-old broker arrested by CCIB for arranging paid bail sureties in Chandrasena Airbus case
CCIB arrested a 74-year-old broker who allegedly procured paid Rs.10m sureties to secure the May 5 bail of former SriLankan Airlines CEO Kapila Chandrasena.
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Aravinda de Silva gives evidence in Chandrasena death inquest; police seek to unlock phone
Eight witnesses including former Sri Lanka captain Aravinda de Silva testified at Tuesday's Fort Magistrate inquest into Kapila Chandrasena's death.