LNP - Death toll in Gerandi Ella bus accident climbs to 21

2025-05-11   |   Uncategorized

The death toll in the accident at Gerandi Ella in Ramboda this morning (11) when a bus veered off the road and toppled down a precipice on the Nuwara ...

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LNP - Popular actress Semini Iddamalgoda arrested by Welikada Police

2025-05-11   |   Crime

Popular actress Semini Iddamalgoda has been arrested by the Welikada Police. She has been arrested over seven pending warrants issued in relation to f...

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LNP - PM steps in to accelerate probe into tragic death of Kotahena child

2025-05-11   |   Uncategorized

Prime Minister Dr. Harini Amarasuriya has taken action to ensure a swift and impartial investigation into the recent death of a child in Kotahena, fol...

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LNP - Debris of crashed helicopter recovered

2025-05-11   |   Uncategorized

The wreckage of the ill-fated Bell 212 helicopter of the Sri Lanka Air Force was recovered this evening from the Maduru Oya reservoir, following a joi...

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LNP - Update: At least 11 dead, dozens injured in Ramboda bus accident

2025-05-11   |   Uncategorized

At least eleven people have died after a Sri Lanka Transport Board (SLTB) bus plunged into a precipice in the Garandiella area of Ramboda on the Nuwar...

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LNP - India and Pakistan agree to an immediate ceasefire

2025-05-10   |   Uncategorized

U.S. President Donald Trump said on Saturday that India and Pakistan had agreed to a “full and immediate ceasefire” after a fourth day of strikes ...

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LNP - G7 urges India-Pakistan dialogue, US offers help on ‘constructive talks’

2025-05-10   |   Uncategorized

The Group of Seven (G7) major countries on Friday urged, opens new tab India and Pakistan to engage in direct dialogue as hostilities rise between the...

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LNP - All liquor stores, meat shops, casinos closed 3 days for Vesak

2025-05-10   |   Uncategorized

The Ministry of Public Administration and Home Affairs announced that all meat selling outlets, including supermarket counters, slaughter houses, bett...

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LNP - Disaster loan limit for public employees increased to Rs 400,000

2025-05-10   |   Uncategorized

The Ministry of Public Administration, Provincial Councils and Local Government has issued a new circular introducing revised provisions for the disbu...

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LNP - Govt. begins second batch of bidding for 27 more luxury vehicles

2025-05-10   |   Uncategorized

Presidential Secretariat yesterday announced the commencement of second batch of bidding for the sale of 27 luxury and decommissioned vehicles. This a...

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LNP - Evening showers expected in several areas

2025-05-10   |   Uncategorized

Showers or thundershowers will occur at several places in Central, Sabaragamuwa, Uva and Southern provinces and in Ampara and Batticaloa district afte...

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LNP - National Vesak Week begins today

2025-05-10   |   Uncategorized

Sri Lanka marks the beginning of National Vesak Week today (10), commemorating the 2,569th ‘Sambuddha Jayanthi’ (Sambudhu Themagula). The week-lon...

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LNP - Bomb scare at Russian Embassy: German woman arrested and questioned

2025-05-10   |   Crime

A German national woman has been arrested by the Cinnamon Gardens Police in connection with the recent suspicious incident involving a laptop left nea...

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LNP - Court directs AG to explore resolution in national cricketers’ employee status dispute

2025-05-09   |   Crime

The Court of Appeal today directed the Attorney General to inform court whether there is a possibility of resolving the issues concerning Sri Lanka's ...

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LNP - Govt to introduce mechanism to deal with child molesting cases: PM

2025-05-09   |   Law

The Government is to introduce a mechanism to deal with child molesting cases brininging the relevant Ministries and other institutions together, Prim...

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LNP - ‘Divi Neguma’ officer gets 20 years RI, loses civil rights for soliciting sexual bribe

2025-05-09   |   Crime

A ‘Divi Neguma’ development officer has been sentenced to 20 years of rigorous imprisonment by the Colombo High Court for soliciting a sexual brib...

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LNP - IPL 2025 suspended indefinitely as India-Pakistan military tensions escalate

2025-05-09   |   Security

The Indian Premier League has been suspended amid mounting security concerns following the military escalation between India and Pakistan, the BCCI so...

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LNP - Update: Six die in Bell 212 helicopter crash in Maduru Oya

2025-05-09   |   Uncategorized

At least six security forces personnel were killed when a Sri Lanka Air Force Bell 212 helicopter, operated by the No. 7 Squadron, crashed into the Ma...

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LNP - Jacqueline Fernandez: Only Bollywood actress to own a private island ?

2025-05-09   |   Entertainment

Indian film stars are known for their opulent lifestyles, often flaunting private jets, luxury cars, and sprawling bungalows. Yet, one Bollywood actre...

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LNP - Cardinal Robert Prevost of US elected Pope Leo XIV

2025-05-09   |   Uncategorized

Cardinal Robert Prevost, a missionary who spent his career ministering in Peru and leads the Vatican’s powerful office of bishops, was elected the f...

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LNP - SriLankan Airlines suspends flights to Lahore

2025-05-08   |   Technology

In light of the escalating tensions between India and Pakistan, SriLankan Airlines has announced the immediate suspension of all flights to Lahore, Pa...

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LNP - Govt. keen to maintain electricity tariffs unchanged, Energy Minister claims

2025-05-08   |   Politics

The government hopes to maintain electricity tariffs unchanged in the current situation, Minister of Energy Kumara Jayakody stated in Parliament. ...

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LNP - Cabinet greenlights minimum wage hike for private sector employees

2025-05-08   |   Business

The government has taken another step towards ensuring the national minimum monthly and daily wages of private sector employees be increased in parall...

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LNP - Sumitra Peries’ ‘Gehenu Lamai’ restored 4K version to premiere at Cannes Festival 2025

2025-05-08   |   Technology

‘Gehenu Lamai’, directed by the late Dr. Sumitra Peries, will be screened next week in the Official Selection of the Cannes Film Festival, which w...

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LNP - EU reminds Sri Lanka of GSP+ conditions

2025-05-08   |   Uncategorized

The European Union (EU) has reiterated the urgency for Sri Lanka to align its domestic laws with the international human rights and labour conventions...

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