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MP M.L.A.M. Hizbullah elected chairman of the Sri Lanka Muslim Congress
The SLMC Supreme Council, meeting in Eravur, unanimously chose parliamentarian M.L.A.M. Hizbullah as the party's new chairman.
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JR Jayewardene's grandson invokes his 1987 rebuke to businessmen on corruption
JR's grandson marks 120th anniversary with corruption warning. Ranil Wickremesinghe answers youth questions.
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Colombo High Court fixes pre-trial conference in Karannagoda and Yoshitha corruption case
The CIABOC case over Yoshitha Rajapaksa's Royal Naval College training will be called on October 13 for a pre-trial conference. Both accused are on bail.
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CID recovers 145 rounds of T-56 ammunition hidden in Malabe
T-56 ammunition and handcuffs hidden in Malabe on instructions of overseas-based crime figure.
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Army commandos recover body of man who fell at Mini World's End
A 17-member Commando Regiment team retrieved the body of a 27-year-old from a 355-metre precipice at the Mini World's End viewing point in Ududumbara.
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Thirty-four US Peace Corps trainees arrive for service in Northern and North Central provinces
The new American volunteers begin language and teaching training before a November pledge ceremony, Ambassador Eric Meyer said in Colombo.
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German MPs raise vocational training and grid storage in Temple Trees talks
A four-member German South Asia Parliamentary Group delegation met PM Amarasuriya on the final leg of a three-day visit focused on trade, energy and education.
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Universities carry a moral responsibility to stop ragging, Prime Minister tells subcommittee
Harini Amarasuriya said students who are ragged must be able to trust the investigations that follow, and that relief should reach them without delay.
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Prison officers' pay to be taken up in the Budget, Justice Minister says at Dumbara
Harshana Nanayakkara said salaries and allowances are under consideration, as a multi-agency emergency mechanism was set up at Dumbara-Bogambara and Pallekele.
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Former NTC chairman Renuka Perera arrested over 56 Southern Expressway bus permits
CIABOC says the SLPP member issued 56 expressway passenger service permits outside statutory procedure. He has been remanded until September 29.
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Premadasa calls 22nd Amendment a fatal blow to democracy at Ditwah housing handover
The Opposition Leader said the shrinking of democratic space is a threat as severe as Cyclone Ditwah, and called Sri Lanka's disaster framework outdated.
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1,665 schools have fewer than 50 students as restructuring plan takes shape
Ministry statistics show a third of Sri Lanka's schools teach under 5% of its students. The government wants a primary school within 3km of every child.
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Hotel worker killed after being pushed from upper floor in Seeduwa
Hotel worker pushed from upper floor during argument. Colleague under arrest for murder in Seeduwa.
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FCID summons Shiranthi Rajapaksa over Rs. 10 million raised for a CT scanner that was never traced
Rs. 10 million diverted to Siriliya account for scanner. PET scanner from China delivered instead.
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Warrants against Aravinda de Silva and wife recalled a day after they were issued
Warrants recalled after de Silva's counsel explained funeral attendance. Couple stands Rs. 20 million bail in Airbus case.
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Man, 73, arrested over forged deed used to sell a Barnes Place property
The CID arrested a 73-year-old over a forged deed used to sell land in Colombo 07. A separate Barnes Place property fraud case is already before the courts.
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Rs. 35 million SUV registered to drug trafficker's son suspended for 14 days
The IAID froze a Rs. 35 million SUV linked to 'Bathala Heen Mahaththaya', adding to Rs. 180 million in previously restrained assets.
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Construction starts on 5,799 replacement homes for families who lost houses to Ditwah
The Defence Ministry says work has begun on homes for families whose houses were destroyed, and on more than 57,000 partially damaged properties.
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Gnanasara Thera appears in Colombo High Court, two days after prison officials could not find him
The Attorney General's case over alleged remarks insulting Islam was taken up before Judge Buddhika C. Ragala and put off to September 30.
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Government moves to restore High Court bail for drug cases under 100 grams
Justice Minister Harshana Nanayakkara says an amendment will go to Parliament, citing forensic report delays that keep suspects in remand for extended periods.
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India treats Sri Lanka like family, High Commissioner says in Mannar
Indian High Commissioner Santosh Jha outlined India's projects at the Mannar hospital ceremony — railway signalling, Ditwah restoration and Jaffna renewables.
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LAWASIA questions how the Supreme Court heard the 22nd Amendment petitions
The regional bar body raises the refused recusal application, the composition of the five-judge bench, and the petitioners' loss of a right of oral reply.
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Two held with 370kg of fish caught using explosives in lorry
Navy detained two men aged 29 and 48 transporting 370kg of blast-caught fish by lorry at Mulankavil, the latest case in a widening northern enforcement drive.
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No decision taken on reintroducing the death penalty, Jayatissa says
Amid renewed calls to apply capital punishment to organised crime, the minister says proposals have reached the President but no decision has been made.