- Four arrested at BIA with foreign cigarettes worth Rs. 60mn
- CEB Chairman Tilak Siyambalapitiya resigns
- Special open visits allowed for prison inmates for Vesak
- Popular actress Semini Iddamalgoda arrested by Welikada Police
- Gerandi Ella bus accident: Death toll rises to 15, over 20 hospitalised
- ๐๐ซ๐ฆ๐ฒ ๐๐จ๐ฆ๐ฆ๐๐ง๐๐๐ซ ๐๐ข๐ฌ๐ข๐ญ๐ฌ ๐๐ง๐ฃ๐ฎ๐ซ๐๐ ๐๐ซ๐ฆ๐ฒ ๐๐๐ซ๐ฌ๐จ๐ง๐ง๐๐ฅ ๐ข๐ง ๐๐จ๐ฌ๐ฉ๐ข๐ญ๐๐ฅ
- Helicopter crash: Death toll climbs to six
- Sri Lankan President congratulates Pope Leo XIV
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Bollywood superstar Krishna Kumar Kunnath alias KK has passed away after attending a live concert in Kolkata last night (31).KK was 53 years old at the time of his death and fell ill when he returned to his hotel at 10.30pm shortly after the end of the live show.Doctors said that he died on the way to a private hospital in south Kolkata.KK has sung in many languages โโand has recorded songs in Hindi, Tamil, Telugu, Kannada, Malayalam, Marathi and Bengali.
The Colombo Crime Prevention Division informed the Fort Magistrate Thilina Gamage that the Attorney General has instructed to file charges under Chapter 291 (a) of the Penal Code against the General Secretary of the Bodu Bala Sena Galagoda Atte Gnanasara Thero for using words that are harmful to religious sentiments.On April 12, 2014, an insulting statement about the Holy Quran was published in the media by Galagoda Atte Gnanasara Thero,this The investigation was initiated by the Crime Prevention Division and the case was referred to the Attorney General for further advice.
Leonardo da Vinci’s famous painting ‘Painting of the Mona Lisa” in the Louvre Museum in France has been attacked by a man.However, the international media reports that the painting has not been damaged due to its secure glass cover.The man dressed as a very old woman was the man who carried out the attack. According to foreign reports, he had attacked her with a cake he had brought inside.The 36-year-old has been identified as an environmental activist.It is learned that the suspect was successfully apprehended by the security forces shortly after the incident.
Steps to formulate a National Fertilizer Policy expeditiouslyโฆ. Uncultivated government lands for young farmersโฆ Cultivation Promotion Week for all provinces jointlyโฆ Kandakadu Farm for the cultivation of essential crops including maize โฆ Priority to agriculture, livestock, and fresh-water fishing industriesโฆ Phosphate deposit is optimally utilized for fertilizer needsโฆPresident Gotabaya Rajapaksa has instructed relevant officials to immediately launch a comprehensive public-private partnership programme on food security. The Presidentโs Media Division (PMD) said in a statement that negotiations with several countries to meet the fertilizer requirement have been successful.Therefore, the President requested all farmers not to give up cultivation during the Yala Season due to a shortage of…
Former Minister Prasanna Ranaweera has revealed in his social handle page that residents of Gampaha have come forward to help him rebuild his house that was destroyed during the unrest in Sri Lanka on 09th May.He stated that over 300 residents are assisting in the rebuilding of his house in Hunupitiya.Stating that the construction of the new house commenced yesterday, the MP expressed his heartfelt gratitude to the public for helping him
The Supreme Court has issued an interim injunction suspending the presidential pardon granted to Former Member of Parliament R.Duminda Silva.On June 24, 2021, Rs. Duminda Silva was released on a presidential pardon.Duminda Silva and five others were sentenced to death on September 8, 2016 for the shooting death of four persons, including Bharatha Lakshman Premachandra.Duminda Silva, Anura Thushara de Mel, Chaminda Ravi Jayanath alias Dematagoda Chaminda, Sarath Bandara and Priyantha Janaka Bandara were sentenced to death.The verdict was announced as a 2/1 split verdict, with a three-judge panel deciding to sentence the convicts to death.Bharatha Lakshman Premachandra and four others…
The Janatha Vimukthi Peramuna (JVP) has claimed it can bring an overseas income of billions when they form a Government.JVP Chief Secretary Tilvin Silva said that the party will be able to bring in USD 1.5 to 2 billion from overseas remittances monthly if it takes over the government tomorrow.Speaking during a public gathering, he further said that the JVP will coordinate the programme through the partyโs overseas offices.Tilvin Silva said the partyโs overseas offices can encourage expatriate workers to remit their earnings through official channels.Stating that the JVP had a programme to overcome the current crisis, he said the…
An invigilator at the ongoing 2021 GCE Ordinary Level Examination has been remanded for allegedly sexually abusing a female student in Nachchaduwa.The man is reported to have abused the girl at the examination centre on Wednesday (25).He had sexually abused the child under the guise of helping her with a question pertaining to the history examination held on the said date.ย The student had reported the incident to a teacher at the school on the same day, after which she had filed a complaint at the Hithogama Police station with her parents the following day. The suspect was thereafter arrested and produced…
The Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO) with financial assistance from the Norwegian Agency for Development Cooperation (Norad) is providing technical support to develop the fisheries and aquaculture sectors in Sri Lanka.ย The FAO said in a statement, that this FAO-Norad global collaboration will work with the Ministry of Fisheries on three focus areas in Sri Lanka; develop capacities to implement robust Port State Measures to combat Illegal, Unreported and Unregulated Fishing (IUU), increase the resilience of the fisheries and aquaculture sector to climate change, and reduce food loss and waste along the fisheries value chain in Sri…
An extraordinary gazette notification on the institutions, scopes, and functions of ministries has been published.The Gazette is concerned with the following 26 Ministries:DefenceFinance, Economic Stability, and National Policies Ports, Shipping, and Aviation Foreign Affairs Public Administration, Home Affairs, Provincial Councils, and Local Government FisheriesEducation Transport and Highways Mass MediaHealthWater SupplyAgricultureWildlife and Forest Resources ConservationJustice, Prison Affairs, and Constitutional ReformsTourism and LandsPlantationsIndustriesUrban Development and HousingBuddhashasana, Religious, and Cultural AffairsPower and EnergyEnvironmentSports and Youth AffairsIrrigationLabour and Foreign EmploymentPublic SecurityTrade, Commerce, and Food Security Read more: http://documents.gov.lk/files/egz/2022/5/2281-41_S.pdf