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The Meteorology Department has issued a severe weather advisory for heavy rain and strong winds to 12 districts.The weather advisory is in effect for a 12-hour period from 08.30 am today until 08.30 am tomorrow (3).The department said the showery and windy conditions are expected to continue in the western and southern sea areas and over the southwest quarter of the island due to the active Southwest Monsoon. Showers or thundershowers will occur at times in the Western, Sabaragamuwa, Central, Northern and North-Western provinces and in the Galle and Matara districts. Heavy falls above 100 mm can be expected at some…

The Department for Registration of Persons today introduced the issuance of birth certificates with the inclusion of the Sri Lanka Identification Number (SLIN). The initiative is being conducted together with the Registrar General’s Department as per a Cabinet decision that was taken in December 2021. The pilot project of the initiative is to be launched in the Gampaha, Dehiwala, Hanguraketha, Kurunegala, Ratnapura, and Thamankaduwa Secretariat areas. Those who obtain the new birth certificates can obtain their National Identity Cards at the age of 15 by providing the SLIN number to the Department for Registration of Persons

The Wattala Magistrate’s Court has dismissed a case filed against a lesbian from the Welisara – Mahabage area.The case was dismissed after the court had accepted the submission of the defence counsel that homosexuality is neither a disease of the mind nor an offence. Background to the caseA case was filed at the Wattala Magistrate’s Court against a 22-year-old lesbian woman. The parents of the victim, with the help of the Welisara Mahabage Police, had filed a motion in Court seeking a declaration that she was mentally ill because she was a lesbian.The parents of the victim had been illegally confining…

Ms. Kristalina Jogiva, Managing Director of the International Monetary Fund, says that Sri Lanka is the best example of a country’s unsustainable borrowing. She also mentions that the political crisis that occurs when a country takes unsustainable debt is also clearly explained.The Managing Director of the International Monetary Fund stated this at a meeting held in Indonesia for G20 Finance Ministers and Central Bank Governors. It is also said that Sri Lanka is currently facing a severe shortage of essential goods.

For the disruptive behavior and interference with police officers’ duties at gas stations in various locations on Friday, Saturday, and Sunday, 10 additional people were detained by the police.As a result, police arrested two suspects on Sunday in addition to the one suspect they detained in Mankulam on Friday. On Saturday, police arrested seven individuals in Bandaragama, Attanagalla, Galgamuwa, Trincomalee, and Tangalle.Charges against them include disorderly conduct, criminal coercion, interfering with police officers’ performance of their duties, and making threats and attempts to injure police officers and filling station personnel while intoxicated.The police will initiate legal proceedings against these individuals,…

Rathindu Senaratne aka Ratta, who was an activist of the Galleface protest, has been arrested by the Colombo Crime Division.The police state that the arrest was made for violating a court order during a protest held at Ceylon Bank Mawatha on May 21 last.Today (01) the Colombo Fort Magistrate issued an order preventing two persons including Rathindu Senaratne alias Ratta from going abroad.

Ceylon Petroleum Statutory Corporation says that the price of Ceylon white diesel has been reduced by 10 rupees with effect from 10.00 tonight.Accordingly, its new price is 430 rupees.However, Ceylon Petroleum Statutory Corporation further states that the price of other types of fuel remains unchanged.Below is the relevant announcement,

More than 1000 fingerprints have reportedly been discovered in the investigations conducted at President’s House, Temple Trees, the Presidential Secretariat, and the Prime Minister’s Office, as per the data from the Criminal Archives.In connection with their investigations into the harm done to these four government buildings that protestors forcibly occupied between July 9 and July 13, the police ran a fingerprint examination. As a result, more than 1,000 fingerprints were discovered in Torrington, Colombo 7, by the officials of the Fingerprint Bureau.According to the police, a match between those fingerprints and those of criminals listed in the criminal register is…

Due to the rain that has affected the island, a landslide warning has been issued for 07 districts.The National Building Research Organization stated that the warning has been given to several areas in the districts of Galle, Hambantota, Kandy, Kegalle, Matara, Nuwara Eliya and Ratnapura.The National Building Research Organization further stated that the people living in areas prone to landslides should take into account the prevailing weather conditions and be vigilant.

Two out of the five schoolchildren who went swimming at Pallekelle’s Victoria Reservoir had vanished while taking a bath. They might have drowned, according to police.On Friday afternoon, the five students went swimming at the reservoir.Ayesh Kumar, 13, and Suresh Umendrayan, 14, both Pallekele Janodagama residents, are the two kids who have vanished.The five youngsters had gone swimming in the reservoir to celebrate a friend’s birthday.The police believe the youngsters may have ingested alcohol since they found many beer cans near where they entered the sea.A Navy dive team initiated an operation to look for the two missing students following…