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Jun 13 2025 June 13, 2025 April 6, 2026 NoComment 10:03 am
Sri Lanka railway train

COPA calls for audit on train cancellations

June 13, 2025 - 10:03 am

The Committee on Public Accounts (COPA) has recommended that an audit be conducted to determine the daily financial losses caused by train cancellations in Sri Lanka.

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Jun 13 2025 June 13, 2025 April 6, 2026 NoComment 9:12 am
Handcuffs - Arrest by Police

Immigration Department officer arrested over illegal passports for criminals

June 13, 2025 - 9:12 am

The Criminal Investigation Department (CID) reports that an office assistant at the Department of Immigration and Emigration in Sri Lanka has been arrested.

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Jun 13 2025 June 13, 2025 April 6, 2026 NoComment 8:38 am
Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps (IRGC) Commander-in-Chief Major General, Hossein Salami

IRGC Chief Hossein Salami killed in Israeli strike, Iran confirms

June 13, 2025 - 8:38 am

Iranian state media confirms the killing of Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps Commander Hossein Salami in an Israeli strike.

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Jun 12 2025 June 12, 2025 April 6, 2026 NoComment 3:08 pm
Air India flight AI171 crashes after takeoff from Ahmedabad, 242 on board

Air India flight AI171 crashes after takeoff from Ahmedabad, 242 on board

June 12, 2025 - 3:08 pm

An Air India Boeing 787-8 Dreamliner carrying 242 people crashed into a residential area shortly after taking off from Ahmedabad airport this afternoon (June 12).

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Jun 12 2025 June 12, 2025 April 6, 2026 NoComment 1:15 pm
Animal census in Sri Lanka

Over 5 Million Toque Macaques in Sri Lanka – Census Report

June 12, 2025 - 1:15 pm

The report of the National Animal Census conducted in Sri Lanka on March 15, 2025, was released today (June 12).

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Jun 12 2025 June 12, 2025 April 6, 2026 NoComment 11:47 am
Department of Prisons in Sri Lanka

Sri Lanka Prisons Spokesman quits over pardon scandal

June 12, 2025 - 11:47 am

Commissioner Gamini B. Dissanayake, who served as the Prison Media Spokesman, has reportedly tendered his resignation to the Acting Commissioner General of Prisons, Nishan Dhanasinghe.

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Jun 12 2025 June 12, 2025 April 6, 2026 1Comment 10:53 am
Coconut saplings

Sri Lanka to cultivate unused lands to ensure food security

June 12, 2025 - 10:53 am

The Ministry of Urban Development, Construction and Housing has announced that action has been taken to cultivate all uncultivated lands in Sri Lanka to ensure food security in the country.

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Jun 12 2025 June 12, 2025 April 6, 2026 NoComment 8:26 am
German Foreign Minister Dr. Johann Wadephul with Sri Lankan President Anura Kumara Dissanayake

President Dissanayake meets German Foreign Minister in Berlin

June 12, 2025 - 8:26 am

Sri Lankan President Anura Kumara Dissanayake met with German Foreign Minister Dr. Johann Wadephul yesterday evening (June 11) at the Waldorf Astoria Hotel in Berlin.

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Jun 11 2025 June 11, 2025 April 6, 2026 NoComment 7:39 pm
Sri Lanka President Anura Kumara Dissanayake shakes hands with German President Frank-Walter Steinmeier

Sri Lankan, German Presidents hold bilateral talks

June 11, 2025 - 7:39 pm

Sri Lankan President Anura Kumara Dissanayake met with German President Frank-Walter Steinmeier today (June 11) at Bellevue Palace in Berlin during his official visit to Germany.

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Jun 11 2025 June 11, 2025 April 6, 2026 NoComment 6:00 pm
Keheliya Rambukwella

Maid at former Minister Keheliya’s residence arrested

June 11, 2025 - 6:00 pm

A female domestic worker who had been employed at the residence of former Minister Keheliya Rambukwella was taken into custody today (June 11) by officers of the Commission to Investigate Allegations of Bribery or Corruption (CIABOC).

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Jun 11 2025 June 11, 2025 April 6, 2026 NoComment 3:43 pm
Thushara Upuldeniya

Suspended Prisons Chief Thushara Upuldeniya further remanded until June 25, 2025

June 11, 2025 - 3:43 pm

Thushara Upuldeniya, the Commissioner General of Prisons, has been ordered to be further remanded until June 25, 2025, by Colombo Chief Magistrate Thanuja Lakmali.

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Jun 11 2025 June 11, 2025 April 6, 2026 NoComment 3:42 pm
A Sri Lankan teacher raising a wooden ruler at a student shielding his head, symbolizing the issue of physical punishment in schools

Sri Lanka moves to ban physical punishment causing injury

June 11, 2025 - 3:42 pm

The Cabinet of Ministers in Sri Lanka has approved key legal amendments to ban physical punishments that cause bodily harm in all sectors across the country.

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Jun 11 2025 June 11, 2025 April 6, 2026 NoComment 1:20 pm
PUCSL - Public Utilities Commission of Sri Lanka logo

Sri Lanka to increase electricity tariffs by 15% from June 12, 2025

June 11, 2025 - 1:20 pm

The Public Utilities Commission of Sri Lanka (PUCSL) has approved a 15 percent increase in electricity tariffs, effective from tomorrow, June 12, 2025.

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Jun 11 2025 June 11, 2025 April 6, 2026 NoComment 11:50 am
Jathika Jana Balawegaya - National People's Power (NPP)

NPP takes control of Bandarawela Municipal Council – Sagara Dheera elected mayor

June 11, 2025 - 11:50 am

The National People’s Power (NPP) has taken control of the Bandarawela Municipal Council following an internal election held today (June 11) to appoint key positions.

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Jun 11 2025 June 11, 2025 April 6, 2026 NoComment 8:46 am
Former Sri Lankan President Ranil Wickremesinghe

Ranil summoned by CID over substandard vaccine probe

June 11, 2025 - 8:46 am

Former Sri Lankan President Ranil Wickremesinghe has been summoned to appear before the Criminal Investigation Department (CID) today (June 11).

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Jun 10 2025 June 10, 2025 April 6, 2026 1Comment 1:36 pm
Thushara Upuldeniya

Suspended Prisons Chief Thushara Upuldeniya remanded until June 11, 2025

June 10, 2025 - 1:36 pm

Thushara Upuldeniya, the Commissioner General of Prisons, was ordered to be remanded until tomorrow (June 11) by Colombo Additional Magistrate Manjula Rathnayake.

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