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It's worst fire area residents have suffered
“This is an extremely unfortunate occurrence, but not something that happens often, or can be predicted."
“This is an unprecedented event. There have been no such incidents recorded in the past."
The committee is chaired by Prof Shantha Walpola from the University of Moratuwa.
“There are 100,000 people living in Kinniya and an alternate road should have been considered."
MP Rauf Hakeem told parliament that the ferry had been operating without a permit.
First cruise ship since Covid-19 pandemic calls at Hambantota
The motorcyclist has been admitted to the Peradeniya hospital.
Sri Lanka's ruling party lawmaker Wijeyadasa Rajapakshe's son Rakitha Rajapakshe who was arrested earlier today in conne...
Sri Lanka recorded 11 deaths including that of a one-and-a-half-year-old infant due to traffic accidents on Sinhala and ...
The Road Development Authority (RDA) is investigating the site where a bus plunged down a precipice in Passara killing 1...
A 47-year-old man arrested in Matale for allegedly maintaining ‘baby farms’ was released on conditional bail and two...
The owner of the five-storey building that collapsed killing a neighbouring family has been arrested and charged our cor...
Lawyers representing the stricken MT New Diamond crude oil tanker have agreed to settle the initial claim made by the go...
The family which lived in the house in Kandy that collapsed killing a young neighbouring family has spoken publicly sayi...
Multiple agencies including the Police are conducting investigations into the collapse of a five-storey house in Kandy y...
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The building that collapsed in Kandy killing an infant and two adults may not have been built according to specification...
An infant and two adults are dead after a five-story building collapsed in the heart of Kandy in the early hours of this...
A Colombo Magistrate has issued notice on the Captain of the stricken oil tanker MT New Diamond to appear before him on ...
No oil leaks have been detected so far from the MT New Diamond supertanker which caught fire last week in the seas off e...
No oil leaks have been detected so far from the MT New Diamond supertanker which caught fire last week in the seas off e...
Sri Lanka is planning its legal strategy to sue the owners of the Supertanker that caught fire off its shores and is cur...
Sri Lanka will file legal action against the owners of the New Diamond supertanker that caught fire in the island’s ma...
The Sri Lanka Navy is declaring that the fire onboard the Supertanker MT New Diamond is completely doused and no flames ...
An Indian Coastguard Dornier Aircraft was deployed yesterday Sept 8 to drop diesel dispersant on a patch of diesel disco...
The Sri Lanka Navy is reporting that the fire that re-ignited on board the Supertanker MT New Diamond last evening is un...
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