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Concern raised over Sinhala-only disaster announcements

Sri Lanka, Dec. 16 -- The Equal Rights Movement handed a letter to the President citing concerns that official disaster notices and government statements are only issued in the Sinhala language. Spea... Read More


Prisoner attempts self-harm inside court premises

Sri Lanka, Dec. 16 -- A suspect who was brought from Trincomalee Prison to be produced before the Kantale Magistrate's Court today (16) had to be hospitalised after he cut his neck, chest, and hands w... Read More


Improve Colombo Port efficiency or risk losing shipping traffic: Union

Sri Lanka, Dec. 16 -- The Lanka Goods and Services Transport Workers' Union warns that ships risk diverting to India's Vizhinjam Port if Colombo Port fails to enhance its efficiency, minimise vessel d... Read More


Government reviews Ditwah disaster damages

Sri Lanka, Dec. 16 -- Economic losses caused by the 'Ditwah' disaster condition were revealed at the Sectoral Oversight Committee on Infrastructure and Strategic Development. Accordingly, roads and b... Read More


Japan extends disaster response emergency grant

Sri Lanka, Dec. 16 -- In response to the recent disaster situation in Sri Lanka, the Government of Japan decided to provide $2.5 million in emergency grant aid. This aid is slated to be implemented t... Read More


UK, US, and Australia deliver cyclone relief in Jaffna

Srilanka, Dec. 15 -- The distribution of UK aid in the North of Sri Lanka following Cyclone Ditwah took place when Acting British High Commissioner Theresa O'Mahony visited Jaffna on Saturday (13). Th... Read More


Fuel spill near Colombo Port under control

Srilanka, Dec. 15 -- The Marine Environment Protection Authority (MEPA) states that an oil slick, caused by a leak from a fuel buoy located 3 1/2 nautical miles west of the Port of Colombo, has been b... Read More


Alleged drug trafficker arrested with drug haul

Srilanka, Dec. 15 -- A man was arrested with a stock of Kush drugs valued at approximately Rs. 200 million. Officers from the Katunayake Airport Police Narcotics Bureau arrested the suspect last n... Read More


Former CPC Chairman arrested

Srilanka, Dec. 15 -- Former Chairman of the Ceylon Petroleum Corporation (CPC), Dhammika Ranatunga, was arrested by the Commission to Investigate Allegations of Bribery or Corruption (CIABOC). He was... Read More


Nawalapitiya-Kandy main road reopened

Srilanka, Dec. 15 -- The Nawalapitiya-Kandy main road, which suffered a landslide due to the Ditwa cyclone, reopened this morning (15) after 18 days. However, the Road Development Authority (RDA) is ... Read More