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The suspect arrested in connection with the Anuradhapura hospital sexual assault case has been ordered to be remanded further until March 24, 2025.This order was issued after he was produced before Anuradhapura Magistrate’s Court today (17).The accused, a former army soldier named Nilantha Manduranga Ratnayake, who is a resident of Galnewa New Town, was arrested in a joint operation conducted by the police and the Special Task Force (STF) in the Nidikumbhayaya area of Galnewa.

A passenger bus attached to Sri Lanka Transport Board (SLTB) traveling from Nikaweratiya to Colombo has met with an accident in the Baththuluoya area of the Arachchikattuwa police division this morning (17). The bus has veered off the road colliding with a tree, a shop, and a house, leaving at least 21 passengers injured and hospitalized.Meanwhile, an infant who was sleeping inside the house in question has also been injured when a cupboard fell onto the bed he was sleeping on following the accident. The injured individuals have been admitted to Chilaw and Mundalama hospitals for treatment. Meanwhile, Arachchikattuwa police have launched an…

Three suspects, including popular Sri Lankan rapper and singer Amila Kaushan Gunaratne, known by his stage name ‘Shan Putha’, have been ordered to be detained for 7 days for questioning following their arrest for the possession of a firearm.The suspects were produced before the Matara Magistrate’s Court yesterday (14).‘Shan Putha’ was arrested by the Homagama Police on the same day with a 9mm firearm in his possession. Along with him, two other individuals were taken into custody: Keshara Ishan, Shan Putha’s manager from Urubokka, and Police Constable Chandika Srimal, attached to the Mannar Police.Preliminary police investigations revealed that Constable Chandika Srimal…

එළැඹෙන අප්‍රේල් මස මුල්දින කිහිපයේ ඉන්දීය අග්‍රාමාත්‍ය නරේන්ද්‍ර මෝදි මහතා මෙරට සංචාරයක නිරතවීමට නියමිත බව විදේශ අමාත්‍ය විජිත හේරත් මහතා පවසයි.අද (15) පාර්ලිමේතුවේ අදහස් දක්වමින් අමාත්‍යවරයා මේ බව සඳහන් කළේය.එම සංචාරයේදී දෙරට අතර නව ගිවිසුම් කිහිපයක් අත්සන් කිරීමට නියමිත බවද අමාත්‍යවරයා පවසයි.

Sri Lankan-born Gary Anandasangaree has been sworn in as the Minister of Justice and Attorney General of Canada, as well as the Minister of Crown-Indigenous Relations and Northern Affairs, during a swearing-in ceremony at Rideau Hall in Ottawa on Friday.The ceremony marked the appointment of new prime minister Mark Carney and a streamlined cabinet, with the Indigenous affairs ministers remaining unchanged. Indigenous groups from across Canada extended their congratulations to Prime Minister Mark Carney while emphasizing the importance of collaboration to address funding gaps, service needs, and challenges posed by the Trump administration.Following his appointment, Anandasangaree expressed his gratitude in a…

A Police Constable attached to the Arachchikattuwa Police Station has been arrested on bribery charges after demanding and accepting a bribe of Rs. 1,500.The arrest was made by officers from the Commission to Investigate Allegations of Bribery or Corruption (CIABOC) last afternoon (14) at the Kaiser Bible Church in Bandarahena, following a complaint filed by a resident of Adippala.According to reports, the police constable initially demanded Rs. 2,000 in exchange for a report recommending the complainant as suitable for a police clearance certificate required for foreign travel. However, the amount was later reduced to Rs. 1,500.The arrested officer is scheduled…

The Meteorology Department says that showers or thundershowers will occur in several places in the Western, Sabaragamuwa, Central, North-Western, and Southern provinces during the evening or night.Showers or thundershowers may occur in a few places in the North-Central, Uva, and Eastern provinces during the evening or night.Fairly heavy showers above 50mm can be expected in some places in the Western and Sabaragamuwa provinces and in the Galle, Matara, and Kurunegala districts, the Met Department said.Misty conditions can be expected in some places in the Western, Sabaragamuwa, Central, and Uva provinces and in the Galle and Matara districts during the morning.Thus,…

Sri Lanka will conduct its first-ever animal census, excluding elephants, officials said on Friday.Officials said people across the island will count Toque monkeys, purple-faced langurs, giant squirrels, and peacocks between 8 and 8:05 a.m. (local time) on Saturday.The aim is to assess the impact of human wildlife conflict on annual crop damage.“We hope everyone will participate and extend support to this valuable exercise,” GVV Shamini, Additional Director for Development from the Department of Agriculture, told reporters.She said around 40,000 state officials covering the over 14,200 administrative units nationwide will be deployed for the census.“The data will be important for assessing…

Twelve people were taken to hospitals after an American Airlines plane landed at Denver International Airport on Thursday and caught fire, prompting slides to be deployed so passengers could evacuate quickly.All of the people transported to hospitals had minor injuries, according to a post on the social platform X by Denver International Airport.Flight 1006, which was headed from the Colorado Springs Airport to Dallas Fort Worth, diverted to Denver and landed safely around 5:15 p.m. after the crew reported engine vibrations, the Federal Aviation Administration said in a statement.While taxiing to the gate, an engine on the Boeing 737-800 caught…

The ‘Batalanda’ Commission report was presented to the Parliament this morning (14) by Leader of the House, Minister Bimal Ratnayake. The Concluding Observation Notes of the 159 page report submitted by the commission states that the period from 1988 to 1990 was one of the darkest and most violent chapters in Sri Lanka’s history, marked by a cycle of terror that engulfed the nation and that the Janatha Vimukthi Peramuna (JVP) engaged in widespread insurgency, while state and non-state forces responded with brutal countermeasures, often outside the boundaries of the law.The Batalanda Commission Report confirms that forces operating beyond the formal…