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A fire at a primary boarding school in central Kenya has killed 17 students, a police spokeswoman said on Friday.President William Ruto said he had asked authorities to investigate and hold those responsible to account.More rescuers were on their way to the Hillside Endarasha Academy in Nyeri, the spokeswoman, Resila Onyango, said in a broadcast on Kenya’s Hot 96 FM radio, and authorities would provide details later.“We have lost 17 pupils in the fire incident while 14 are injured …,” Onyango told Reuters by telephone. “Our team is at the scene at the scene at the moment.”The fire had burnt…

The Supreme Court has ordered that the petition of intervention filed seeking an order suspending the interim injunction issued preventing Deshabandu Tennakoon from functioning as the Inspector General of Police (IGP), to be taken up for consideration on September 13 for the clarification of facts. This petition of intervention was taken up today (06) before a three-judge Supreme Court bench consisting of Justices Yasantha Kodagoda, Janak De Silva, and Arjuna Obeysekara.Accordingly, the judge bench ordered that the relevant petition be called on September 13 for the confirming of the facts.Ven. Dr. Bellanwila Dhammaratana Thero and two other Buddhist monks had presented…

President Ranil Wickremesinghe has appointed new judges to the Court of Appeal, effective from September 6, 2024.The new appointees include former Judges of the High Court, K.M.G.H. Kulatunga, D. Thotawatte, R.A .Ranaraja and former Senior Deputy Solicitor General M.C.L.B. Gopallawa, the President’s Media Division (PMD) reported.The appointments have been made under Article 107 of the Constitution, according to the PMD.

Anura Vidanagamage has been appointed as the new Governor of the Uva Province to fill the vacancy created by the resignation of A.J.M. Muzammil.

Ahead of the Test matches against Afghanistan and Sri Lanka, former India batting coach Vikram Rathour and legendary Sri Lankan spinner Rangana Herath were added to New Zealand’s coaching team on Friday. Before traveling to Sri Lanka for a two-Test series, New Zealand will play a one-off Test match against Afghanistan.From September 9 to September 13, the Greater Noida Sports Complex Ground will host the one-off Test match versus the Afghans.In October and November, the Kiwis are scheduled to meet India in a three-Test series.Herath has been named as New Zealand’s spin bowling coach for the Test matches against Afghanistan and…

Sri Lanka Podujana Peramuna (SLPP) has placed deposits for the party candidates to contest the Elpitiya Pradeshiya Sabha elections, the party’s General Secretary Sagara Kariyawasam said.The nominations for the Elpitiya Pradeshiya Sabha in the 2024 Local Government Elections were called from September 09 to September 12. Accordingly, the relevant nominations are being accepted at the Galle District Secretariat, according to the Election Commission.Meanwhile, the announcement related to the accepting of nominations has been published by the Returning Officer in-charge of Elpitiya Pradeshiya Sabha, the election commission said.

The 20 Sri Lankans who were rescued from the cyber slave camp in Myanmar, arrived in Sri Lanka this morning (6), Ada Derana reporter said.On August 15, twenty more Sri Lankan nationals, who were held hostage in the cybercrime camps in the Myawaddy area of Myanmar were rescued, Sri Lanka’s Ministry of Foreign Affairs confirmed.Accordingly, the rescued Sri Lankans were safely brought to Thailand and were in the custody of Thailand’s Department of Immigration and Emigration, according to the Foreign Affairs Ministry.Sri Lanka Ambassador in Thailand Wijayanthi Edirisinghe visited Mae Sot, Thailand on August 15 and met with the rescued…

Sri Lanka will face England in their third and final Test match of the series at the Kensington Oval London from today. England led by Ollie Pope having already secured the series with two convincing wins, will look to complete a clean sweep. They made a clean sweep against West Indies in their previous Test series and want to improve ICC Test championship ranking. England moved to fifth place after two wins against Sri Lanka while Sri Lanka went down to seventh place in the ICC Test championship and winning this Test to get points is important for Sri Lanka…

The Nuwara Eliya Magistrate’s Court today (05) ordered that a house at the Henfold Estate in Lindula, which has been illegally occupied by State Minister of Education Aravindh Kumar since 1987 be handed over to the plantation authorities.The house, originally owned by Plantations PLC, was assigned to Kumar as his official residence when he was employed as a clerk at the estate in 1987.However, the plantation authorities filed a case in court, alleging that Kumar continued to occupy the house unlawfully even after leaving his position at the estate.They claim that Kumar has been forcibly residing in the house by…