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Musthapha urges Government to address system-wide financial security failures
Opposition MP cites Treasury cyber heist and NDB fraud in Parliament call for stronger oversight across state financial institutions.
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Namal alleges Chandrasena was intimidated by investigators before death
Opposition MP Namal Rajapaksa says former SriLankan Airlines CEO Kapila Chandrasena was pressured by investigators to implicate Mahinda Rajapaksa.
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Parliament approves free visa entry for 40 countries in tourism push
MPs cleared regulations under the Immigration and Emigration Act after months of delay, paving the way for fee-free visas as Sri Lanka chases visitor numbers.
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Two Killed in Separate Murders in Pitigala and Tissamaharama
A 60-year-old man stabbed in Horangalla after a personal dispute and an 88-year-old woman found dead at her Gamunupura home, police say.
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PM Harini holds Hilton bilateral with Vietnamese President Tô Lâm to deepen partnership
PM Harini Amarasuriya hosted Vietnamese President Tô Lâm at Hilton Colombo for talks on diversifying economic, cultural and social ties.
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Police urge public to report suspicious foreign nationals in housing complexes
Police asked residents to alert the nearest station if Chinese, Vietnamese or Myanmar nationals are seen living suspiciously, citing recent cybercrime raids.
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Monk Rajangane Saddharathana Thera arrested over social media remarks targeting Minister and IGP
CCID arrests Buddhist monk over alleged social media insults aimed at Public Security Minister Wijepala, the IGP and a Senior DIG.
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Public Security Secretary Seneviratne pleads guilty to one charge over 2023 Marine Drive crash
Mount Lavinia Magistrate fixes June 26 for sentencing after Seneviratne's lawyers accept a Section 181 charge; reckless driving and DUI charges to be.
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Supreme Court orders elections for Kalmunai MC and Sainthamaruthu UC
Three-judge bench rules in fundamental rights petition that EC must hold polls for two Eastern Province local bodies left out of 2020 gazette.
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Supreme Court orders re-issuance of notice to Gotabaya Rajapaksa in May 09 FR petition
SC tells petitioner to take fresh steps to serve notice on the former president after the original January order failed to reach him.
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Sri Lanka, Vietnam elevate ties to 'Comprehensive Partnership'; target US$1bn trade by 2030
Joint To Lam-AKD summit elevates ties to 'Comprehensive Partnership', sets US$1bn 2030 trade target, launches direct flights and inks five MoUs.
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SLPP demands independent inquiry into Chandrasena death, alleges CIABOC threats
Sagara Kariyawasam says affidavit cited CIABOC DG threats and pressure to implicate Mahinda and Namal Rajapaksa; questions how remand sureties were arranged.
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TISL says Chandrasena's death a 'serious setback' to Airbus corruption case
Transparency International Sri Lanka calls for full investigation into former SriLankan CEO's death, warning the Airbus probe must continue without.
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Vietnam's Tô Lâm addresses Sri Lanka Parliament — first foreign leader in 11 years
Vietnamese President Tô Lâm addressed Parliament on Friday, the first foreign head of state to do so since Indian PM Modi in 2015.
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Colombo High Court to rule May 14 on preliminary objections in Yoshitha money laundering case
Colombo High Court will deliver its order on Yoshitha Rajapaksa's preliminary objections in the Prevention of Money Laundering Act case on May 14.
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Finance Ministry admits Rs. 248 million Aswesuma double payment was a mistake
Welfare Benefits Board says a payment slip file was uploaded twice in error; Rs. 248.7 million will be recovered from May Aswesuma installments.
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CIABOC files fresh indictments against Cabraal over unpaid Rs. 1.84bn
Bribery Commission filed new indictments against former Central Bank Governor Ajith Nivard Cabraal over Rs. 1.84 billion he failed to pay under bail.
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Mujibur Rahman draws parallel between Cabraal CBSL appointment and NPP Treasury Secretary pick
The SJB MP told the $2.5m Treasury debate that picking a former Deputy Minister to run Finance mirrors the politicisation NPP once condemned in 2021.
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Court orders re-arrest of ex-SriLankan CEO Chandrasena over bail-surety scam
Colombo Chief Magistrate ordered Chandrasena re-arrested after CIABOC said two sureties had been paid Rs. 15,000 each and had no income or knowledge of him.
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Three estate assault incidents draw arrests, including deputy estate manager
Public Security Minister tells Parliament 11 security officers, an estate manager and a deputy manager arrested over April-May assaults on plantation workers.
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Sri Lanka's representative to Palestine assumes duties in Ramallah
M. F. Mohamed Fawzer formally took office at the Representative Office in Ramallah on Tuesday, after his appointment as Colombo's first envoy to Palestine.
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Six Taiwanese, Chinese nationals arrested in Gandara hotel raid over financial fraud
Matara Crimes unit detained five men and one woman aged 25–40 at a Talalla hotel for visa violations and running fraud operations on tourist visas.
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SJB denies Harsha de Silva will switch to NPP government
Party rebuts SLPP General Secretary Sagara Kariyawasam's claim of an imminent crossover; CoPF chairman tells SJB there is no basis for the speculation.
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Live Bomb Found in Puttalam Jungle Reserve, STF Defuses Device
A man collecting firewood in Karuwalagaswewa's Weerakodithola Reserve alerted police, who obtained a court order to safely dispose of the device.