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The Department of Meteorology says showers or thunder showers will occur at times in Uva and Southern provinces and in Ampara and Batticaloa districts. A few showers are likely in North-Central, North-Western and Central provinces and in Trincomalee district.Showers or thundershowers will occur at few places in Western and Sabaragamuwa provinces during the evening or night, the Met. Dept. said.Cloudy skies can be expected over Southern half of the island.Fairly strong winds of 30-40 kmph can be expected at times over Eastern slope of the central hills and Northern, North-central and North-western provinces and in Matale and Hambantota districts, it added.Misty…

A team led by an Assistant Superintendent of Prisons has been assigned to investigate the clash that took place between two groups of inmates at the Galle Prison.Prison Media Spokesperson and Prisons Commissioner, Gamini B. Dissanayake, mentioned that the incident will be reported to the court today (27).Four inmates from the Galle Prison were injured and taken to the hospital following the clash that occurred yesterday (27).Two of the injured inmates have been admitted to Galle National Hospital for treatment, while the remaining two have been admitted to the Prison Hospital.In response to a question raised on this matter, Prison…

The Ministry of Education says that the new school term for the academic year 2025 will commence today, (January 27).Accordingly, the first school term will be divided into three phases, with the first phase planned to take place from today until March 14.Furthermore, the Ministry of Education announced that the second phase will take place from April 1 to 11, and the third phase will be from April 21 to May 9.

The process for submitting appeals for the re-scrutiny of the 2024 Grade 5 Scholarship Examination results begins today (27).The Department of Examinations said that it is possible to apply for the re-scrutiny of the results online.The results of the 2024 Grade 5 Scholarship Examination were released last Thursday (23).Accordingly, applications will be accepted online from today (27) until February 6, according to the Commissioner General of Examinations, Amith Jayasundara.He further stated that “This is not a re-scrutiny of results. It is a consideration of appeals. This is not a process of charging money from candidates. We are considering appeals submitted…

Yoshitha Rajapaksa, the second son of former President Mahinda Rajapaksa, has been remanded until January 27, after being produced before the Colombo Additional Magistrate today (25).

Storm Eowyn has slammed into Scotland and Northern England, after leaving a trail of destruction across Ireland. The Republic of Ireland recorded wind gusts of 183 kilometres an hour — its strongest on record. Eowyn left almost one million households and businesses in Ireland without power. Scotland and the North of England are also taking a battering from the storm, with rail services cancelled and schools closed out of safety concerns.

The incumbent Commander of the Sri Lanka Air Force (SLAF), Air Marshal Udeni Rajapaksha, is slated to retire on January 29.Rajapaksha, who is currently serving on an extension, is the 19th Air Force Commander of Sri Lanka. He was appointed to the post on June 30, 2023.The incumbent government has made a policy decision not to grant service extensions beyond December 31, 2024, which has led to Rajapaksha’s impending retirement.In light of this, Air Vice Marshal Vasu Bandu Edirisinghe is tipped to be appointed as the new Air Force Commander.Edirisinghe, who currently serves as the Director General of Planning at…

The State Trading Corporation says that 4,500 metric tons of salt ordered from India will arrive in Sri Lanka on January 27. Chairman Ravindra Fernando said that the first batch of imported salt will be received by the country. An additional 12,500 metric tons are scheduled to be imported by January 31.Two importers have been granted permission to bring in salt from India.Government decided to import salt following challenges faced by local salterns during the recent monsoon season.

Pakistan spinner Noman Ali registered his name in history books as he became the first spin bowler from the nation to secure a hat-trick for the national team in men’s Test history.Noman did so on Day 1 of the second Test against West Indies in Multan, bagging the wickets of Justin Greaves, Tevin Imlach and Kevin Sinclair on three consecutive deliveries. Pakistan, who first played a Test match in 1952, had never seen any spinner from the country, despite possessing some big names, take wickets on three successive deliveries before. Noman put West Indies on the backfoot as the tourists lost 7…

Giranegama Police have arrested a suspect for possession of items believed to be excavated artifacts.Acting on a tip-off, officers from the Giranegama Police Station conducted a raid last afternoon (24) in the Ulpathayaya area of the Giranegama Police Division.The suspect was found in possession of:A gold-plated Lord Buddha statueA gold-plated flower with 24 petals, resembling a lotus flowerA gold-plated ‘Bo Tree’ leafThe arrested suspect is identified as a 48-year-old resident of Halmillewa, Andiyagala.Giranegama Police are conducting further investigations into the incident.