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PROTESTS ERUPT IN MIHINTALE OVER ARREST OF FORMER PRESIDENT RANIL WICKREMESINGHE

Sri Lanka, Aug. 24 -- A group of protesters gathered at the sacred site of Katusaaya in Mihintale, engaging in a ritual coconut-smashing ceremony as a symbolic act of defiance against the arrest of fo... Read More


PROBE LAUNCHED INTO YOUTUBER'S 'PREDICTION' OF FORMER PRESIDENT'S ARREST

Sri Lanka, Aug. 24 -- Police have launched an investigation into Sudaththa Tilakasiri, a YouTuber who allegedly "predicted" the arrest and remand of former President Ranil Wickremesinghe. The investi... Read More


PROBE INTO ALLEGED RITUAL SACRIFICE DURING TREASURE HUNT

Sri Lanka, Aug. 24 -- Police are continuing their investigation into a retired major general and five others who were arrested yesterday (23) in connection with an alleged treasure hunt. According to... Read More


"IT'S NOT A MAGIC TRICK," SAYS MINISTER LAL KANTHA ON RANIL WICKREMESINGHE'S ARREST

Sri Lanka, Aug. 24 -- Minister Lal Kantha has responded to questions about how a YouTuber named "Suda" allegedly knew about former President Ranil Wickremesinghe's arrest in advance. Speaking to the ... Read More


HOSPITAL ADVISES RESTRICTION OF VISITS TO WICKREMESINGHE IN ICU

Sri Lanka, Aug. 24 -- The Deputy Director of the Colombo National Hospital, Dr. Rukshan Bellana, has requested that politicians and the public limit their visits to former President Ranil Wickremesing... Read More


JOURNALIST THREATENED WHILE COVERING COURT ORDER AT RAJITHA SENARATNE'S OFFICE

Sri Lanka, Aug. 23 -- Officials have posted a court order issued by the Colombo Magistrate's Court on August 21 at the Colombo party office of former Minister Rajitha Senaratne in Thimbirigasyaya. Ho... Read More


FOUR-VEHICLE COLLISION ON SOUTHERN EXPRESSWAY INJURES TWO

Sri Lanka, Aug. 23 -- Two people have been injured in a four-vehicle collision that occurred on the Southern Expressway between Ambalangoda and Godagama early this morning. A bus conductor and a pass... Read More


OPPOSITION LEADER SAJITH PREMADASA VISITS FORMER PRESIDENT RANIL IN PRISON HOSPITAL

Sri Lanka, Aug. 23 -- The Leader of the Opposition, Sajith Premadasa, has visited former President Ranil Wickremesinghe to inquire about his well-being. Premadasa went to the prison hospital at the M... Read More


SRI LANKAN WOMAN DIES IN CARDIFF; LANKAN SUSPECT CHARGED WITH MURDER

Sri Lanka, Aug. 23 -- A Sri Lankan man has been charged with murder following the death of a Sri Lankan woman in Cardiff, England. The victim has been identified as 32-year-old Nirondha Kalpani Niwun... Read More


POLICE CHIEF INSPECTOR INJURED IN A ROAD INCIDENT

Sri Lanka, Aug. 23 -- The Chief Inspector of Kalutara North Police, Thushara Silva, has been injured after being hit by a van while on special duty. According to police, the incident occurred last ni... Read More