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The verdict in the case against a Brigadier and three soldiers of the Sri Lanka Army, over the shooting to death of three persons and injuring 45 others during a protest by villagers demanding clean drinking water at Rathupaswala, Gampaha is scheduled to be delivered today (17) by a special three-member high court bench. MORE..
17 May 2024 (1:38 PM)
The resumption of the passenger ferry service between Nagapattinam in India and the Kankesanthurai region near Jaffna in the Northern Province of Sri Lanka has been delayed again for an indefinite period, Aviation Minister Nimal Siripala de Silva has said. MORE..
16 May 2024 (11:16 PM)
The Ella - Wellawaya main road will be temporarily closed for traffic from 6.00 p.m. today (16) until 6.00 a.m. tomorrow due to the prevailing inclement weather conditions. MORE..
16 May 2024 (7:42 PM)
The Colombo Fort Police Station has initiated an investigation into an alleged incident of death threats made against the State Minister of Finance, Shehan Semasinghe. MORE..
16 May 2024 (5:57 PM)
Sri Lanka s Government must take meaningful action to determine and disclose the fates and whereabouts of tens of thousands of people who have been subjected to enforced disappearance over the decades and hold those responsible to account, a UN Human Rights Office report released today (May 17) says. MORE..
17 May 2024 (3:10 PM)
