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Former Mrs. World Caroline Jurie and late model Chula Padmendra were acquitted in a Sri Lankan court case involving the removal of Pushpika De Silva's crown and injury during the Mrs. Sri Lanka 2021 pageant. The prosecution failed to prove charges beyond reasonable doubt, as stated by Colombo Chief Magistrate Asanga S. Bodaragama.
A farming family in Kalugammulla, Monaragala, Sri Lanka faces severe drought driven by El Niño conditions, which have dried up wells and reservoirs, destroyed crops, and pushed wild elephants into their village, forcing the family to sleep in trees nightly for safety.
විවාහක රූ රැජිණ අවසන් මහා තරගයේදී පුෂ්පීකා ද සිල්වා මහත්මියගේ කිරුළ බලහත්කාරයෙන් ඉවත්කර ඇයට පහරදීම ඇතුළු චෝදනා ලබා සිටි කැරොලයින් ජූරි සහ චූලා පත්මේන්ද්ර යන විත්තිකාරියන් නිදොස් කොට නිදහස් කරන ලෙස කොළඹ මහේස්ත්රාත් අධිකරණය නියම කර තිබේ. අදාළ තරගය කොළඹ නෙළුම් පොකුණ රඟහලේ දී ඉකුත් 2021 වර්ෂයේ දී පවත්වා තිබුණි. දීර්ඝ නඩු
දෙහිවල, සිරිසඟබෝ මාවතේ පිහිටි නිවසකට නාඳුනන පුද්ගලයෙකු විසින් එල්ල කරන ලද අත්බෝම්බ ප්රහාරයකින් ජීවිතක්ෂයට පත් වූ දරුවන් දෙදෙනාගේ අවසන් කටයුතු අද (14) දිනයේ දී ගල්කිස්ස පොදු සුසාන භූමියේදී සිදුකිරීමට නියමිතව ඇත. මෙම අවාසනාවන්ත සිදුවීමෙන් මියගියේ පියාගේ රැකවරණය යටතේ හැදී වැඩුණු 17 හැවිරිදි කසුන් රශ්මික සහ ඔහුගේ බාල සහෝදරයා වන 11 හැවිරිදි දුමින්ද
A Ugandan national was arrested at Katunayake Airport with 5 grams of coca leaves valued at Rs. 50 million. The 43-year-old suspect was taken into custody by authorities.
WEATHER FORECAST FOR 14 SEPTEMBER 2026 Issued at 05.30 a.m. on 14 September 2026 by the Department of Meteorology Due to a low-level atmospheric disturbance in the vicinity of Sri Lanka, cloudy skies are expected over the Western, Central, Sabaragamuwa, Southern and Uva provinces, with showers or thundershowers occurring at times. Showers or thundershowers will […]
Funeral rites were held in Colombo for two siblings killed in a hand-grenade attack on their home in Dehiwala. The victims were 17-year-old Kasun Rashmika and his 11-year-old brother Dumidhu Gehan, while their injured father underwent treatment and police continued searching for suspects.
An 11-year-old novice monk drowned while bathing in the Hing Ganga at Meemure, Kaikawala, on the morning of the 13th. Police said the monk, who lived at Dewalapola Sri Sudharshanarama, had gone to Meemure for a religious charity ceremony and was recovered for further action.
එල්නිනෝ බලපෑම නිසාවෙන් බදුල්ල දිස්ත්රික්කයේ ප්රාදේශීය ලේකම් කොට්ඨාස 10ක පවුල් 6653ක පුද්ගලයන් 25413ක් උග්ර පානිය ජල ගැටලුවකට මුහුණ පා ඇතයි බදුල්ල දිස්ත්රික් ලේකම් සුනිල් ගලගම මහතා පවසයි .
යාල ජාතික වනෝද්යානයේ 01 සහ 02 කලාප සංචාරකයින් සඳහා හෙට(14) සිට මාසයක කාළයකට තාවකාලිකව වසා තබන බව වනජීවී සංරක්ෂණ දෙපාර්තමේන්තුව පවසයි.
Three men were arrested after allegedly using protected turtles to entertain foreign tourists and attempting to collect money from them at Unawatuna.
A 44-year-old businessman was arrested at Bandaranaike International Airport with 668 grams of Kush narcotics valued at Rs. 6.68 million. He had arrived from Bangkok, and the drugs were discovered concealed in his trousers during a customs inspection.
Five people, including two women, have been arrested during a joint search operation at a housing complex in the Mount Lavinia police area.
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The Sri Lanka Navy arrested 65 people over alleged illegal fishing practices across Sri Lankan waters from 1 to 11 September 2026. Authorities seized banned fishing nets, dinghies, vehicles and other equipment, then transferred the suspects and materials to fisheries offices for legal proceedings.
Dog owners who fail to register their animals could face a Rs. 2,000 fine in addition to the applicable registration fee under a proposed new Bill.
A business in Borella has been fined Rs. 300,000 after pleading guilty to charges related to the sale and displayContinue Reading
The Department of Motor Traffic in Colombo has launched a program to expedite public services by reducing wait times for citizens. Commissioner General Thushara Fernando stated that necessary arrangements will be made to ensure services are provided within a maximum of two and a half hours.
රුපියල් එක් කෝටි පනස් නව ලක්ෂ අනූ දහසක් වටිනා විදේශීය නිෂ්පාදිත දුම්වැටි තොගයක් , නීතිවිරෝධී ලෙස මෙරටට රැගෙන විත් , ඒවා කටුනායක ගුවන් තොටුපොළ පැමිණීමේ පර්යන්තයේ , කිසිවක් ප්රකාශ කිරීමට නොමැති " හරිත මාවත '' ( Green Channel )ඔස්සේ පිට කර ගෙන යාමට තැත් කළ ශ්රී ලාංකික ගුවන් මගීන් දෙදෙනෙකු 09/12 දින
A decomposed male body tied to a bag was found in a paddy field in the Divulpitiya area. A local resident spotted the body and alerted the Divulpitiya police station. Police recovered the body with the head separated, along with money bundles and a tote bag, and are conducting further investigations.
A 40-year-old resident of Walakumburamulla was arrested in Kandanegedara, Kuliyapitiya, with a foreign-manufactured 12-bore firearm, a live hand grenade, and six live BMG rounds. The arrest was conducted by the Organized Crime Investigation Division of the Criminal Investigation Department (CID), which is carrying out further investigations.
