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Jul 06 2024 July 6, 2024 April 6, 2026 NoComment 8:36 pm
35 High-Value Police dogs arrive in Sri Lanka from the Netherlands

35 High-Value Police dogs arrive in Sri Lanka from the Netherlands

July 6, 2024 - 8:36 pm

35 dogs worth 58 million rupees were transported from the Netherlands to Katunayake Airport in Sri Lanka in the early hours of Friday (July 5) for the Police Kennels Division of the Sri Lanka Police.

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Jul 06 2024 July 6, 2024 April 6, 2026 NoComment 8:05 pm
Deported

Eleven Sri Lankans deported from UAE for cybercrimes arrive in Sri Lanka

July 6, 2024 - 8:05 pm

Eleven Sri Lankans deported from the UAE for cybercrimes arrived in Sri Lanka this morning (July 6), according to the Sri Lanka Bureau of Foreign Employment (SLBFE).

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Jul 06 2024 July 6, 2024 April 6, 2026 NoComment 9:00 am
Sri Lankan President Ranil Wickremesinghe meets Venerable Makulewe Wimala Thera

Sri Lanka President confirms Election will be held as scheduled

July 6, 2024 - 9:00 am

Sri Lankan President Ranil Wickremesinghe told Most Venerable Makulewe Wimala Thera, the Chief Prelate of the Ramagna Maha Nikaya, that he had informed the Election Commissioner to hold the Presidential Election as scheduled.

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Jul 06 2024 July 6, 2024 April 6, 2026 NoComment 7:58 am
Uma Kumaran

Sri Lankan-origin Uma Kumaran elected to UK Parliament

July 6, 2024 - 7:58 am

Uma Kumaran, daughter of Sri Lankan refugees, made history on Friday by becoming the first Tamil woman to enter the British Parliament.

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Jul 05 2024 July 5, 2024 April 6, 2026 NoComment 11:00 pm
Keir Starmer - Prime Minister of the United Kingdom

Keir Starmer calls for national reset in first speech as UK Prime Minister

July 5, 2024 - 11:00 pm

Keir Starmer, the new Prime Minister of the United Kingdom, addressed the nation from 10 Downing Street, calling for Britain to rediscover its identity and undergo a broader reset. He promised to restore trust in politics and serve all voters.

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Jul 05 2024 July 5, 2024 April 6, 2026 1Comment 3:30 pm
Supreme Court Sri Lanka

Three petitions filed against FR case seeking presidential poll delay

July 5, 2024 - 3:30 pm

Three groups have filed petitions to intervene in a Fundamental Rights (FR) case by businessman C.D. Lenawa, who wants to delay the presidential election announcement until the Supreme Court clarifies the election date.

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Jul 05 2024 July 5, 2024 April 6, 2026 NoComment 1:45 pm
Four dead, three critical after lorry overturns in Badulla, Sri Lanka

Four dead, three critical after lorry overturns in Badulla

July 5, 2024 - 1:45 pm

Four people died and three were critically injured after a lorry overturned near Walihida on the Badulla-Soranathota road around 12:00 PM today (July 05), police said.

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Jul 05 2024 July 5, 2024 April 6, 2026 2Comments 1:30 pm
Dhammika Perera

Dhammika Perera ready to enter Presidential race if SLPP nominates him

July 5, 2024 - 1:30 pm

Billionaire businessman and MP Dhammika Perera says he is ready to run in the upcoming Presidential Election if the Sri Lanka Podujana Peramuna (SLPP) decides.

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Jul 05 2024 July 5, 2024 April 6, 2026 NoComment 12:29 pm
Tax in Sri Lanka

Sri Lanka’s Finance Ministry: No Tax for monthly incomes below Rs. 100,000

July 5, 2024 - 12:29 pm

Sri Lanka’s State Minister of Finance, Ranjith Siyambalapitiya, clarified that people who earn less than Rs. 100,000 per month do not need to pay taxes, even if they’ve received messages from the Inland Revenue Department asking for payments.

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Jul 05 2024 July 5, 2024 April 6, 2026 NoComment 10:44 am
Keheliya Rambukwella

Colombo High Court freezes Keheliya Rambukwella’s assets worth 97 Million Rupees

July 5, 2024 - 10:44 am

The Colombo High Court today (July 5) ordered a 3-month suspension of the fixed deposit accounts and life insurance policies of former Health Minister Keheliya Rambukwella and six of his family members.

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Jul 05 2024 July 5, 2024 April 6, 2026 NoComment 8:26 am
Asian Development Bank - ADB

ADB to fund Sri Lanka tourism with $210 Million for sustainable growth

July 5, 2024 - 8:26 am

The Asian Development Bank (ADB) is planning a project to finance tourism in Sri Lanka.

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Jul 04 2024 July 4, 2024 April 6, 2026 NoComment 7:50 pm
Presidential Election 2024 in Sri Lanka

Supreme Court to review petition seeking delay of Sri Lanka’s Presidential Election

July 4, 2024 - 7:50 pm

A five-member Supreme Court bench will review a fundamental rights petition filed by entrepreneur C.D. Lenawa (Chamindra Dayan Lenawa) on July 8, 2024.

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Jul 04 2024 July 4, 2024 April 6, 2026 NoComment 7:01 pm
Tap water cut

18-hour water cut tonight for urgent pipeline repairs

July 4, 2024 - 7:01 pm

The National Water Supply and Drainage Board (NWSDB) will cut water supply for 18 hours in several areas starting at 9:00 PM tonight to repair a leak in a transmission pipeline.

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Jul 04 2024 July 4, 2024 April 6, 2026 NoComment 4:45 pm
Supreme Court Sri Lanka

Supreme Court halts wage increase for plantation workers

July 4, 2024 - 4:45 pm

Sri Lanka’s Supreme Court has issued an interim injunction preventing the implementation of the Gazette notification by the Labour Minister to increase the daily wage of plantation workers to Rs. 1,700.

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Jul 04 2024 July 4, 2024 April 6, 2026 1Comment 1:53 pm
Handcuffs - Arrest by Police

Karandeniya PHI murder suspect arrested in Mount Lavinia

July 4, 2024 - 1:53 pm

Sri Lanka Police have arrested the gunman responsible for killing Public Health Inspector Roshan Kumara Vithanage in Elpitiya back in February.

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Jul 04 2024 July 4, 2024 April 6, 2026 NoComment 11:00 am
Bus-Truck collision injures 25 passengers in Madampe, Sri Lanka

Bus-Truck collision injures 25 passengers in Madampe

July 4, 2024 - 11:00 am

25 passengers were hospitalized today (July 4) after a collision between a cement truck and a Sri Lanka Transport Board (SLTB) bus on the Chilaw-Colombo main road in Madampe.

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