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LocalTags: Print EditionThe Crime Investigation Unit of the Kalutara Division says that a 25-year-old who sold drugs targeting students of private tutoring classes was arrested yesterday (11). The suspect has been searched while was…

LocalTags: Print EditionAccording to the Central Bank of Sri Lanka, the amount of foreign labor remittances received by Sri Lanka in May 2023 is US$ 479.7 million. The CBSL further stated that the total amount of foreign remittances…

LocalTags: Print EditionMeteorological department has announced that showers or thundershowers are expected to occur at times in Western and Sabaragamuwa provinces and in Galle and Matara districts. Fairly heavy showers about 75mm are…

LocalRasula Dilhara GamageTags: Print EditionJaffna District Secretary A. Sivabalasundaran has banned the conduct of private classes on Fridays  and Sundays for students from Grades 1 to 9 in Jaffna from July 1. This decision has been taken…

LocalSandya KarunaratneTags: Print EditionHealth Entomology Officer’s Association President Najith Sumanasena stated yesterday (11) that there is no reduction of the density  of dengue mosquito larvae according to Breteau Index. He also…

LocalTags: Print EditionStorytelling is an art and a science. British High Commissioner in Colombo Sarah Hulton had a fun event storytelling at the British Council Library in Colombo yesterday. Saturday, June 10, 2023 - 01:00 Breaking…

LocalTags: Print EditionOn 11 th of May, a predatory tuition teacher in Kaluthara was arrested for sexually abusing at least 16 female students in Kaluthara based on the information received by the Kaluthara Divisional Bureau for Prevention…

LocalTags: Print EditionAccording to an intelligence received from the Echalanpattu Police, the Echalanpattu Police managed to seize 34 grams and 650 milligrams of the Crystal methamphetamine (street name - Ice’) which was being carefully…

LocalTags: Print EditionA 21-year-old youth who stole gold ornaments and mobile phones from many houses in Ingiriya area was arrested by the police yesterday (08). The individual was arrested for stealing gold ornaments from a house on the…

LocalTags: Print EditionAccording to the Department of Meteorology, showers or thundershowers will occur at times in Western and Sabaragamuwa provinces and in Galle, Matara, Kandy and Nuwara-Eliya districts. Heavy showers above 100mm are…