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SRI LANKA ACTIVATES NUCLEAR RADIATION DETECTORS AT NAVAL BASES

Sri Lanka, July 5 -- Sri Lanka has commenced receiving data from five nuclear radiation detectors recently installed at naval bases across the island. Prageeth Kadadunna, Director of the Inspection a... Read More


OVER 300 ARRESTED IN A MAJOR SECURITY OPERATION

Sri Lanka, July 5 -- A special search operation conducted by the police, Police Special Task Force, army, and navy yesterday (4) night in the Kandana, Ja-Ela, Wattala, and Ragama areas resulted in the... Read More


MAJOR RAIL INCIDENT NARROWLY AVERTED NEAR RAGAMA

Sri Lanka, July 5 -- A train travelling from Chilaw to Colombo Fort narrowly avoided a major incident after encountering a critical signal malfunction near Ragama Railway Station. The Railway Control... Read More


TROOPS DEPLOYED TO RAGAMA, KANDANA, AND WATTALA AFTER SHOOTINGS

Sri Lanka, July 5 -- The army and police were suddenly deployed to the Ragama, Kandana, and Wattala areas yesterday (4) night. This deployment follows shooting incidents in Ragama and Kandana on July... Read More


TWO MORE ARRESTED IN BORELLA SHOOTING

Sri Lanka, July 5 -- The Colombo Crimes Division (CCD) and Borella Police have launched investigations into the shooting incident where a local individual in the Halgahakumbura area of Borella was sho... Read More


BRIBERY COMMISSION DG EMPHASISES ACCOUNTABILITY IN PUBLIC SERVICE

Sri Lanka, July 5 -- Even if an individual does not personally benefit, causing a loss to the government constitutes an act of corruption, says Ranga Dissanayake, the Director General of the Commissio... Read More


SHOWERS AND WIND EXPECTED ACROSS SRI LANKA

Sri Lanka, July 4 -- Several spells of light showers will occur today (4) in the Western, Sabaragamuwa and North-western provinces and in Nuwara-Eliya, Kandy, Galle and Matara districts. Showers or t... Read More


RAINFALL AND WINDS EXPECTED ACROSS THE ISLAND

Sri Lanka, July 4 -- The Department of Meteorology forecasts several spells of showers in the Western, Sabaragamuwa, and North Western provinces, as well as in the Nuwara-Eliya, Kandy, Galle, and Mata... Read More


FORMER MINISTER S.M. CHANDRASENA REMANDED IN BRIBERY CASE

Sri Lanka, July 4 -- Former Minister S.M. Chandrasena was remanded today until July 18 by the Colombo Magistrate's Court, after being arrested by the Bribery Commission. Colombo Chief Magistrate Than... Read More


GANEMULLA SANJEEWA'S AIDE SHOT DEAD IN RAGAMA

Sri Lanka, July 4 -- "Army Upul," a close associate of notorious criminal "Ganemulla Sanjeewa," was shot dead last night on the Batuwatta Rural Development Road in Ragama. Police suspect "Kehelbaddar... Read More