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Watchman held with 6kg of cannabis in 'location-based' drug ring

Sri Lanka, June 3 -- A temporary watchman at the Gorakadeniya Water Treatment Plant has been arrested by Peradeniya Police after officers discovered 6 kilograms and 100 milligrams of cannabis inside t... Read More


Bar Association expresses concern over alleged move to increase retirement age of judges

Sri Lanka, June 3 -- Reports indicating that the government is considering a constitutional amendment to raise the retirement age for judges of the Supreme Court and the Court of Appeal are noted with... Read More


Puttalam sky light possible fireball-type meteor, says astrophysicist

Sri Lanka, June 3 -- Sri Lankan Astrophysicist Prof. Chandana Jayaratne says, explaining the bright light observed in the skies over Puttalam early hours of today, it is highly possible that it could ... Read More


Suwa Seriya Foundation denies rumours of 1990 service shutdown

Sri Lanka, June 3 -- Statements circulating on social media claiming that the 1990 emergency ambulance service (Suwa Sariya) will be discontinued is completely false and misleading, says the Chairman ... Read More


Students' NIC required before applying for O/L exams

Sri Lanka, June 3 -- Candidates of the GCE O/L examination are advised to obtain their National Identity Card before submitting application forms. The Examinations Department has issued this notice t... Read More


Blaze tears through elders' home in Horana

Sri Lanka, June 3 -- Police Spokesperson Assistant Superintendent of Police F. U. Wootler says that three people are missing following a fire at an elderly care home in Batagoda, Galthatha area of Hor... Read More


Horana elderly home fire injures 10, more than 50 evacuated

Sri Lanka, June 3 -- A fire has broken out at an elderly care home in the Batagoda, Galthatha area of Horana. The affected facility is the elderly home named 'Senehase Kedella.' The Fire Department ... Read More


Man killed in tipper truck-three-wheeler collision

Sri Lanka, June 2 -- A 20-year-old man travelling in a three-wheeler has died following a head-on collision between a three-wheeler and a tipper truck in the Punanai area on the Polonnaruwa-Batticaloa... Read More


39th Arantalawa commemoration marked with alms giving for 500 monks

Sri Lanka, June 2 -- The 39th anniversary commemoration ceremony and religious observance marking the killing of 31 monks, including Ven. Hegoda Sri Indrasara Thero, by LTTE terrorists on June 2, 1987... Read More


New maternity and surgical ward complex for Monaragala District Hospital

Sri Lanka, June 2 -- The newly constructed five-storey maternity and surgical ward complex at the Monaragala District General Hospital is set to be officially opened to the public the day after tomorr... Read More