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Sri Lanka

Cop had stolen 9mm police pistol and given it to rap artiste

Police officers from the Matara Division Criminal Investigation Unit recovered a 9mm pistol, a magazine, and 10 bullets from the home of rap...

Politics

MP resigns to contest LG election

National list MP of the Sri Lanka Muslim Congress (SLMC), Mohamed Sali Naleem, has officially resigned from his position as a Member of...

Sports

Skipper’s knock sees Sri Lanka crush White Ferns

The world champion White Ferns have been soundly beaten by Sri Lanka in the first T20I in Christchurch. Looking far from the conquerers...

Sri Lanka

155,976 new voters registered for upcoming LG election

The Election Commission has announced that 155,976 new voters have been registered for this year’s local government elections. These new voters are in...

Sri Lanka

Govt to lease underutilized state lands to private sector

Minister of Plantation and Community Infrastructure Samantha Viddyarathna announced that underutilized government-owned estates are set to be leased to the private sector. Speaking...

Sri Lanka

Women Judges mobilise to form the Sri Lanka Association of Women Judges

Twenty-six (26) sitting and retired women judges came together for the inaugural meeting of the Sri Lanka Association of Women Judges (SLAWJ) which...

Sri Lanka

Suspect in doctor’s sexual assault case tells Court he was severely beaten by Police

The suspect arrested for sexually abusing a female doctor at the Anuradhapura Teaching Hospital has told the Anuradhapura Magistrate’s Court that he was...

Sri Lanka

Online child sexual abuse on the rise

The Global School Health Survey conducted on schoolchildren has revealed an increase in the number of children subjected to sexual abuse. According to...

Politics

The Batalanda Firestorm: AKD Strikes

By Our Political Editor Former President Ranil Wickremesinghe’s interview with Al Jazeera’s Mehdi Hasan has ignited a political firestorm in Sri Lanka, bringing...

Sri Lanka

Minister’s secretary illegally occupying luxury residence

A person claiming to be the personal secretary of a current government minister is allegedly residing illegally in a luxury house in Colombo...