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Sri Lanka’s Criminal Investigation Department (CID) is currently recording a statement from former Health Minister Keheliya Rambukwella at his residence regarding a controversial drug transaction.The post CID records statement from Sri Lanka’s former Health Minister Keheliya Rambukwella appeared first on ONLANKA - Sri Lanka Latest Breaking News and Top Stories.
A 46-year-old inmate named P.G. Sunil, who was in Kalutara Prison died early this morning (December 26) after being hospitalized due to an assault, prison sources said.The post 46-year-old Inmate dies due to assault at Kalutara Prison appeared first on ONLANKA - Sri Lanka Latest Breaking News and Top Stories.
Authorities of the Réunion Island of France repatriated 14 Sri Lankan nationals by air on 22nd December 2023. Reportedly, the group of Sri Lankans had been apprehended as they were attempting to enter the Réunion Island illegally by sea. Amongst the group repatriated on Air Austral flight UU 0050 were 07 persons who migrated aboard […]
A two-minute silence will be observed across Sri Lanka today (December 26) from 9:25 AM to 9:27 AM as a mark of respect to those who lost their lives in the Tsunami disaster that hit the coastal belt of Sri Lanka on December 26, 2004.The post Today marks 19 years since 2004 Tsunami Disaster appeared first on ONLANKA - Sri Lanka Latest Breaking News and Top Stories.
Sri Lanka today commemorated the victims of the deadly 2004 tsunami in which over 35,000 people were killed. The public observed 2-minutes silence between 9.25am and 9.27am in remembrance of the tsunami victims. Over 35,000 people were killed and at least 5000 others were reported missing following the Asian tsunami on 26th December 2004 which […]
A two minutes silence will be observed island-wide today (26 December) on National Safety Day from 9.25 a.m. to 9.27 a.m. in memory of all who lost their lives in the 2004 tsunami and other natural disasters in Sri Lanka, the Disaster Management Center (DMC) said.
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By N Sathiya Moorthy Reports of consensual sex involving over 5,000 girls under 16 (hence ‘legal rape) in just one police division, Kandy, should be a cause for serious national concern. The fact that President Ranil Wickremesinghe has sought further information in the matter, obviously for possible corrective measures that the government could initiate could only […]
Fourteen Sri Lankans who were detained at Réunion Island were repatriated to Colombo by air, the Sri Lanka Navy said. The Navy said that the authorities at Réunion Island in France repatriated 14 Sri Lankan nationals to Sri Lanka by air on 22nd December 2023. The Sri Lankans was apprehended as they were attempting to migrate […]
A two minutes’ silence would be observed countrywide today from 9.25 a.m. to 9.27 a.m. in memory of all who lost their lives in the 2004 tsunami and other natural disasters in Sri Lanka, Director General of Disaster Management Centre, Major General (retd.) Sudantha Ranasinghe said. He said that a new programme to raise public […]
By Reemus Fernando She was not among the medal winners at the Asian Games. While her junior counterparts hogged the limelight at the quadrennial event, veteran runner Gayanthika Abeyratne had to settle for a fourth place finish as her best feat at the Asian Games. But the 37-year-old is standing tall above the rest of […]
Sri Lanka received over 1.4 million tourists by the end of the third week of December, the latest statistics released by the Sri Lanka Tourism Development Authority (SLTDA) show. The SLTDA weekly report on tourist arrivals released on Saturday (23) shows that 1,404,998 tourists had arrived in the country by December 21, 2023. Between December 01 and 21 […]
by Jehan Perera The change that the country is looking for lies in the future. The change that the government has brought may have been sufficient unto the day, especially for the upper classes and the international community they fraternise with, but insufficient for the future progress and wellbeing of the masses of people. This […]
Tuesday 26th December, 2023 It never rains but it pours. As if the multiple crises, armed conflicts and the ill-effects of climate change troubling the world were not enough, there are disturbing reports of Covid-19 raising its head again in some countries. The World Health Organization (WHO) has warned of an increase in the cases […]
A friend of mine related the experience he had after some burglars had tried to enter his house. Fortunately for the occupants the burglars could not enter the house. As they had installed CCTV cameras, the whole episode had been recorded on them. When he telephoned the police and informed them, indicating that the persons […]
Sri Lanka’s Colombo Lotus Tower has attracted over 1.4 million local and foreign visitors since it was opened to the public in September 2022, the Colombo Lotus Tower Management Company said on Monday. On Sunday alone, 7,522 people, including 237 foreigners, visited the Lotus Tower, the company said. The company said 1,400,444 local visitors and […]
Nearly 14,000 people have been arrested in a week-long crackdown on drug-related activities in Sri Lanka, police said on Sunday. According to an official statement, a special operation was conducted from Dec 17 to 24 which “resulted in the arrest of 13,666 suspects” with 717 of them subjected to further detention orders. Among those detained, […]
President Ranil Wickremesinghe granted an amnesty to more than 1,000 convicts and released them from jails across the country to mark Christmas, a prisons official said Monday. Among the 1,004 freed on Monday were Sri Lankans jailed for not being able to pay outstanding fines, Prison Commissioner Gamini Dissanayake said. Sri Lanka is majority Buddhist […]
The Human Trafficking, Human Smuggling, and Maritime Crimes Division of the Criminal Investigation Department (CID) has initiated two special investigations into the incident of cyber slavery involving a group of Sri Lankans in Myanmar, said Sri Lanka Police.
The Ministry of Health says that according to data presently available, the pandemic spread of the new Covid-19 sub-strain JN-1 is minimal in Sri Lanka.
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A new programme to raise awareness about tsunami dangers will commence from tomorrow in view of the National Safety Day, the Disaster Management Centre (DMC) announced.
The authorities of the Réunion Island of France have repatriated 14 Sri Lankan nationals who were apprehended during an attempt to migrate to the Réunion Island illegally via sea routes.
Christmas Messages from Sri Lanka President Ranil Wickremesinghe, Prime Minister Dinesh Gunawardena and Opposition Leader Sajith Premadasa.The post Christmas Messages appeared first on ONLANKA - Sri Lanka Latest Breaking News and Top Stories.
The bodies of two people who were shot dead were found in a deserted land at Tunnana in Padukka, Police said.The post Underworld leader ‘Manna Roshan’ and accomplice found shot dead appeared first on ONLANKA - Sri Lanka Latest Breaking News and Top Stories.
Sri Lanka Police has implemented a special security programme in and around all churches across the island, in view of Christmas festivities and masses.
President Ranil Wickremesinghe in his Christmas day message called upon all Sri Lankans to “Forgive those who oppose us, those who have wronged us and to relinquish all feelings of animosity and resentment” President Wickremesinghe’s Christmas Day Message: Christmas represents the celebration of hope. “The individuals who traversed in obscurity, burdened with tears and sighs, [&#...
BBC has reported that Police in Sri Lanka have claimed to have arrested almost 15,000 people during a week-long drive against drug traffickers across the country. The police also say the operation led to the seizure of almost 440kg of various types of narcotics, including heroin. Local media showed footage of officers using sniffer dogs […]
Prime Minister Dinesh Gunawardena says Christmas is an occasion for a new beginning towards creating an economically prosperous Sri Lanka that is abundant with harvest.
Lanka receives drugs worth over USD 1 mn from Bangladesh Amidst continuing controversy over waste, corruption, irregularities in the health sector and high-profile CID investigation into the procurement of fake Immunoglobulin, the Wickremesinghe-Rajapaksa government was seeking assistance from the international community to meet medical needs of the public, official sources said. Over the past two...