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Officer accused of failing to prevent Easter Sunday bombings becomes a deputy police chief

Weather forecast issued at 05.30 a.m. on 11 January 2023 by Department of Meteorology Mainly fair weather will prevail over most parts of the island.

Weather forecast issued at 05.30 a.m. on 10 January 2023 by Department of Meteorology: Mainly fair weather will prevail over the island.

By Chaminda Silva UNP and SLPP top officials are scheduled to meet in Colombo, today, to consider the possibility of contesting the upcoming local council polls, under a common symbol, UNP General Secretary, Palitha Range Bandara, said. Bandara said that the representatives of the two parties had met on Sunday (08) in Colombo and tentatively […]

Six Lankan youth,detained, beaten, not given food and wages and forced to work in a farm run in a desert near the border with Iran in the state of Kuwait have been rescued with great effort and sent home. The youth had arrived at the BIA at 03.30 am yesterday on board a Jazeera Airways […]

By Chaminda Silva The Election Commission (EC) only needs five billion rupees to hold the local council election despite claims by many sections that the polls would cost the state 10 billion rupees, Chairman of the Commission, Nimal G. Punchihewa, said. Punchihewa also denied claims by the government that the EC members were divided over […]

STF also finds ground-piercing radar used by treasure hunters By Norman Palihawadane Moneragala SSP, Sisira Kumara Herath, nabbed by a team of police commandos, on Sunday night, with 15 kilos of cannabis, has been handed over to the CID for further action. Investigations have been handed over to the CID on instructions of the IGP, police said. The SSP […]

The ruling Sri Lanka Podujana Peramuna (SLPP) and the formerly rival centre-right United National Party (UNP), the party headed by President Ranil Wickremesinghe, will join forces to contest the local government elections that may or may not take place in March this year.

Weather forecast issued at 05.30 a.m. on 09 January 2023 by Department of Meteorology Several spells of showers will occur in North-Central, Eastern and Uva provinces and in Matale district. Showers or thundershowers will occur at several places in Western and Sabaragamuwa provinces and in Galle, Matara, Kandy and Nuwara-Eliya districts during the afternoon or […]

Charity trustee organises vet clinic for hundreds of Sri Lankan street dogs – but she needs your help to treat even more.