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Two 15-year-old boys missing after separate drownings in Weligama and Payagala
One was fishing in a Polwathumodara River tributary, the other sea bathing at Kuda Payagala. Police, Navy and residents are searching for both.
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Supreme Court determination on 22A to be tabled in Parliament on September 22
The Speaker is expected to receive the confidential 22A determination on Monday and present it to the House on Tuesday, two days before the scheduled debate.
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Amber lightning advisory for Uva, Eastern province and four northern districts
The Met Department warned of severe lightning until 11.30 p.m. on Saturday across Uva, the East, Jaffna, Mullaitivu, Vavuniya and Polonnaruwa.
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Man, 37, killed with sharp weapon in Anguruwatota; his brother arrested
Police say the victim, from Halthota, died after an argument escalated into a physical confrontation at Pethigamuwakanda.
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Minister says INTERPOL Blue Notice issued for Basil Rajapaksa; police say request still pending
Ananda Wijepala says a Blue Notice has been issued. A senior police officer tells NewsFirst that INTERPOL has asked Sri Lanka for more information first.
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More than 1,000 cancer patients waiting for radiation as planning scanner fails since April
A CT simulation service at a major cancer hospital has been down since April 28, pushing patients towards private treatment costing up to Rs. 1.7 million.
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Chandrika Kumaratunga says she gave no state appointment to any relative
The former president, speaking on balancing office and motherhood, says every appointment she made was on merit — with one exception she names herself.
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Dambulla National School principal killed as speeding bus crosses into his car
Janaka Wijesinghe, 38, died when a Colombo-bound luxury bus from Trincomalee veered onto the wrong side and hit his car before crashing into a hotel.
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Two injured as hotel employee opens fire with air rifle in Kegalle
Police say an argument between a party group and hotel staff ended in a shooting. The employee was arrested along with the weapon.
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All four dead after group swept away in the Maha Oya at Badalgama
Three young women and a young man drowned while bathing at Peragahamankada. All four bodies have been recovered; three died trying to rescue the first.
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Motor Traffic Department opens WhatsApp line for vehicle registration complaints
The Commissioner General of Motor Traffic has opened a WhatsApp number, 074 245 3300, for registration problems and vehicle-related complaints. Messages only.
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2,700 families in Mullaitivu are run entirely by women, District Secretary says
2,700 of Mullaitivu's 47,000 families are headed by women, with over 6,000 women widows, far below the estimated 67,000 women-headed households in the North.
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No direct email between Namal Rajapaksa and Airbus, defence says
Manoj Gamage says no email before court carries his client's name and the case rests on an accomplice's statement — which alone cannot convict.
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Motorcyclist killed in Nanu Oya crash with van carrying Indian tourists
A woman died in a collision between her motorbike and a tourist van on the Hatton-Nuwara Eliya road. Police arrested the van driver for reckless driving.
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PM calls for early action on monsoon flooding as Rs. 1.1bn Ratmalana drainage works begin
Harini Amarasuriya reviewed the Rathmalana-Kandawala project, which runs to June 2027. Drainage accounts for the bulk of its cost — the road for a tenth.
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Wickremesinghe unveils programme proposing a new constitution and 125 elected MPs
Ranil Wickremesinghe proposes a new constitution with 125 elected MPs, saying he cannot lead because he holds no parliamentary seat.
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Rs. 1.5bn for dangerous road locations as IGP presses for road rules in schools
Rs. 60 million goes to each district to fix unsafe spots off the national network. Separately, the IGP wants traffic rules taught in the school curriculum.
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SJB board member says party has not convened its own ranks to fight 22A
SJB board member Ananda Palitha urges coordinated protests on Sept 24-25 against the 22A, saying the Working Committee was never convened.
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Supreme Court dismisses 40 petitions by 1,050 officers over police promotions
Officers passed over for promotion between 2019 and 2023 failed to show irregularities, the court held, in a challenge spanning three former IGPs.
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Police sergeant among two arrested over T-56 robbery at Trincomalee liquor store
One suspect is a sergeant attached to Uppuveli Police Station who served at an armoury. Police recovered a T-56, 29 rounds and Rs. 11,500 within an hour.
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Search under way for 15-year-old missing after drowning at Weligama anicut
A 15-year-old from Deniyaya went missing at the Ilwatta Anicut in Weligama on Saturday. It was the second drowning reported in Sri Lanka that day.
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Two held over drug parcels thrown into Welikada women's ward for 'Thotalanga Poddi'
Police seized 250g of Ice, 150g of heroin, a phone, a SIM and an electronic scale. A second suspect was arrested a day earlier over an identical attempt.
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Wildlife Department sues Irrigation Department over felled Wilpattu buffer-zone trees
Around 110 trees burned during Ditwah repairs at Wilpattu after an excavation fire spread through dry vegetation without environmental clearance.
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A.M.R.B. Attanayake, deputy higher education minister under J.R. Jayewardene, dies
The former Ududumbara MP served as Deputy Minister of Higher Education through most of the 1980s. His final rites are set for Mahaiyawa on Saturday.