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New Zealand police on Friday shot and killed a "violent extremist" known to the police, Prime Minister Jacinda Ardern said, after he stabbed and wounded at least six people in a supermarket. The attacker, a Sri Lankan national…
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The island-wide quarantine curfew enforced has been further extended until September 13, stated the Health Minister Keheliya Rambukwella.
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Two Sri Lankans have been selected for BBC Wildlife Photographer of the Year 2021 list. Buddhilini de Soyza and 10-year-old Gagana Mendis Wickramasinghe are the two Sri Lankans who have been included in the prestigious list. The…
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The New Zealand High Commission in Colombo has acknowledged, “with sadness, the terrorist attack carried out in Auckland today.” The New Zealand High Commission in a statement said “Our thoughts are with those injured in, or…
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The COVID-19 vaccination of youth between the ages of 20 and 30 years began this morning from Hambantota. The programme is being successfully implemented.
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The Custom Officials at the Bandaranaike International Airport (BIA) today arrested two Indian nationals, who arrived in Sri Lanka, for allegedly attempting to smuggle a stock of medicinal drugs into the country, Deputy Customs…
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Notorious underworld gangster and drug trafficker Amila Prasanna, alias “Sunshine Sudda”, had been shot dead in Kotawila, Matara, the Police said today. He had been travelling in a van at the time of the incident. “Sunshine…
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The two Red Data Lists of Freshwater Fishes and Flora in Sri Lanka were unveiled at the Ministry of Environment this morning. Environment Minister Mahinda Amaraweera and Secretary to the Ministry Dr. Anil Jasinghe made this…
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Prison Headquarters has taken steps to transfer a jailor of the Magazine Prison for providing remanded Parliamentarian Rishard Bathiudeen with a mobile phone. MP Bathiudeen was found using a mobile phone at his cell on September…
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The Pfizer vaccine will be given to the schoolchildren of the relevant age groups as soon as the medical approval is received, the President Gotabaya Rajapaksa said. He made this observation at the meeting of the Special…
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