No JVP member has joined SJB: Anura Kumara refutes SJB claims

Veteran musician, composer and singer Ananda Perera passed away at the age of 67 a short while ago.

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Although the President issued a gazette requiring citizens of Sri Lanka to provide details of their movable and immovable properties to the Inland Revenue Department (IRD) starting from July 1, this is not an imposition of new laws. It is simply an exercise of the existing right to collect such information, Finance State Minister Ranjith Siyambalapitiya said.

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The Government has issued the Gazette Notice (2376/25) related to providing details of movable and immovable property of individuals and institutions to the Inland Revenue Department (IRD).

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The Ceylon Electricity Board (CEB) has recorded over 61,000 electricity breakdown complaints by 2 p.m today

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The Lanka Premier League (LPL) has appointed cricket icon Michael Clarke as its brand ambassador for the upcoming 2024 edition.

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The water levels of in the upper areas of the Kelani and Kalu Ganga have reached caution levels due to the higher rainfall in the catchment areas of these rivers, the Irrigation Department’s Irrigation (Hydrology) Director Eng. S.P.C. Sugeeshwara Bandara said.

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The Aluthgama police have initiated an investigation into the theft of local and foreign currency totaling Rs. 1.45 million from an American businessman staying at a luxury hotel in Aluthgama.

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President Ranil Wickremesinghe engaged in discussions with Member of Parliament and Former Chief Minister, C.V. Wigneswaran at his private residence in Jaffna yesterday.

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The UK court has ordered the extradition of a Sri Lankan man accused of running a people-trafficking ring while employed at a chicken shop to France.

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Twenty-seven people, including nine children, have died in a massive fire that broke out at a gaming zone in Gujarat’s Rajkot on Saturday evening, said officials.

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One person was killed and at least 13 others were injured when a van skidded off the road and crashed on to a tree in Galgamuwa on the Padeniya-Anuradhapura Road early this morning.

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The U.S. Transportation Security Administration (TSA) said it screened 2.95 million airline passengers on Friday, the highest number ever on a single day.

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The National Building Research Organisation (NBRO) today issued a potential landslide warning for seven districts.

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The Judge of the Udathalawinna Quazi Court was arrested for soliciting and accepting a bribe of Rs. 4,500 to issue the divorce certificate of the judgement issued by the Quazi Court.

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Due to the inclement weather and the high rainfall in the catchment areas, spill gates at several reservoirs have been opened, the Disaster Management Centre (DMC) said.

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The first road project under the 1,500-kilometre road renovation project was vested with the public under the patronage of Transport, Highways Minister Bandula Gunawardena.

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The road near the Buddhist Television channel in Wijerama Mawatha has been obstructed by a fallen banyan tree across the road this evening.

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Seven persons reported dead and 13 others were injured due to falling trees, floods, high winds, rain and rock falls in nineteen districts, the Disaster Management Centre said.

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Due to the south-west monsoon that has established over the island, the prevailing rain and wind conditions are expected to continue further, the Natural Hazards Early Warning Centre of the Meteorology Department said

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The Sri Lanka Railways Department announced today (25) that the night mail trains between Badulla and Colombo and other special trains on the up-country line have been cancelled due to trees and rocks obstructing the tracks.

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The Criminal Investigations Department (CID) announced a reward of Rs. 2 million for information to arrest a suspect who is wanted in connection with a special investigation carried out by the CID.

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Pakistan and Sri Lanka have agreed to take immediate steps to facilitate return of prisoners of each country to their homeland.

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The Bribery Commission apprehended a school principal in the Eheliyagoda area for trying to solicit a bribe of Rs.30,000 from a lady to offer the tender to supply food for the school canteen uninterrupted.

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Sri Lanka Customs have raided 13 leading jewellery-making institutions and seized a stock of gold smuggled into the country and a fine of Rs. 4.5 billion is to be imposed in this regard, the Daily Mirror learns.

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Kabosu, the Japanese dog that became a global meme and the face of alternative cryptocurrency Dogecoin has died at 18, her owner announced in a blog post on Friday.

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Sri Lanka’s Yupun Abeykoon secured first place in the Men’s 100m event at the Anhalt Athletic Championship 2024 in Germany, clocking in at 10.16 seconds.

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The UN’s top court, the International Court of Justice (ICJ), has issued a dramatic ruling, ordering Israel to ’’immediately halt its military offensive in Rafah’’.

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Sri Lanka Cricket (SLC) has strongly denied the allegations by Member of Parliament Hesha Withanage during a media briefing today, accusing the SLC President, the Tournament Director of the Lanka Premier League (LPL) and other SLC officials of involvement in match-fixing and corrupt conduct related to the LPL.

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The tally of dengue cases recorded for 2024 has topped the 24,000 mark, according to the Epidemiology Unit.

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Health Minister Dr. Ramesh Pathirana has appointed three new professionals to the National Medicines Regulatory Authority (NMRA) Board.

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Over 300,000 power disruption incidents were reported during the past few days with more than 30,000 occurring within a single hour on some days, the Ceylon Electricity Board Engineers’ Union (CEBEU) said.

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A Special Determination petition was filed before the Supreme Court challenging the constitutionality of the Sri Lanka Telecommunications (Amendment) Bill which was recently placed on the Order Paper of Parliament.

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Claiming that an increase in accidents involving fallen trees by the roadsides have been observed recently, State Minister of Defense Pramitha Banadara Tennakoon said and added that a special committee will be appointed soon to draft a national policy on planting trees.

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The General Staff of Iran’s Armed Forces made public the first investigative report concerning the recent helicopter crash that led to the death of Iranian President Ebrahim Raisi and others.

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Two Sri Lankan students in Japan were arrested over an illegal abortion, and an expert points out that international students’ unstable resident status may be a factor behind the incident.

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Scientists have found a new Earth-like planet that could support alien life – just 40 light-years away.

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