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Vehicle prices jump as higher duties hit buyers

Sri Lanka, Sept. 3 -- Sri Lanka's vehicle market is entering another period of price pressure, with the cost of several models jumping by hundreds of thousands of rupees - and in some cases by several... Read More


Two wanted suspects deported from Abu Dhabi

Sri Lanka, Sept. 3 -- Two suspects wanted for extensive investigations into narcotics, illegal firearms, and organized crime have been deported from Abu Dhabi and brought back to the Bandaranaike Inte... Read More


Gammanpila case set for written submissions on September 18

Sri Lanka, Sept. 3 -- Colombo High Court Judge Nadee Aparna Suwandarugoda ordered today that the case filed against former minister Udaya Gammanpila be called for written submissions on the 18th of th... Read More


Seven-year-old dies after choking on tamarind seed

Sri Lanka, Sept. 3 -- A tragic incident has unfolded in the Galaha area, where a seven-year-old girl lost her life after a tamarind seed became lodged in her throat. Sanudi Lakshani, a resident of Ku... Read More


Police warn officers over rejection of valid digital insurance cards

Sri Lanka, Sept. 3 -- Sri Lanka Police have issued a fresh warning to officers across the country, stressing that motorists presenting valid digital motor insurance cards must not be turned away and t... Read More


Sri Lanka faces rising school dropout crisis

Sri Lanka, Sept. 3 -- Nearly 265,000 students from Grade 1 to Grade 10 have dropped out of school over the past five years, according to the Bureau of Rehabilitation. The Chair of the Governing Counc... Read More


New Court of Appeal judge sworn in

Sri Lanka, Sept. 3 -- Sajeewani Dilka Lakmali Karunanayake was sworn in as a new judge of the Court of Appeal before President Anura Kumara Dissanayake today. She previously served as an Additional S... Read More


Galle Fort drainage network gets long-awaited cleanup

Sri Lanka, Sept. 3 -- A remarkable piece of 17th-century engineering beneath Sri Lanka's historic Galle Fort is receiving renewed attention as authorities begin cleaning and restoring its underground ... Read More


BASL disgruntled by denial of oral right of reply... refuses to make written submissions

Sri Lanka, Sept. 3 -- The Bar Association has formally informed the Supreme Court that it will not submit post-hearing written submissions in a petition challenging the constitutionality of the Judica... Read More


Air Vice Marshal takes over as new vice chancellor of KDU

Sri Lanka, Sept. 3 -- Air Vice Marshal Indika Wickramasinghe has officially assumed responsibilities as the new Vice Chancellor of General Sir John Kotelawala Defence University. He follows Rear Admi... Read More