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Sri Lanka's Hambantota port backed by China's Sinopec to expand bunkers offering

First cruise ship since Covid-19 pandemic calls at Hambantota

August 6, 2021 2 min read

Sri Lanka ex-MP Upeksha Swarnamali arrested following accident in Kandy

The motorcyclist has been admitted to the Peradeniya hospital.

July 26, 2021 1 min read

Wijeyadasa's son arrested over accident; released on bail: police

Sri Lanka's ruling party lawmaker Wijeyadasa Rajapakshe's son Rakitha Rajapakshe who was arrested earlier today in conne...

April 20, 2021 1 min read

11 dead, 74 injured in Avurdu day traffic accidents: police

Sri Lanka recorded 11 deaths including that of a one-and-a-half-year-old infant due to traffic accidents on Sinhala and ...

April 15, 2021 1 min read
After high profile marine disasters, Sri Lanka approves French-funded oil spill monitoring service

Compensation for the damage caused due to the X-Press Pearl maritime disaster is estimated at $6.4 billion

Sri Lanka accidents kill two people every 90 minutes

Fatal accidents in Sri Lanka kill up to 12,000 people or about two people every 90 minutes, the Health Ministry said.

Mujibur - Maligawatte tragedy happened because of poverty

The deaths of three elderly women caused by a stampede during an aid distribution event on Thursday in Colombo central i...

Arjuna Ranawana
May 23, 2020 3 min read
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Leading businessman arrested in stampede deaths - Police

A leading businessman who had gathered people inside his warehouse premises to distribute cash for the Eid festival seas...

May 21, 2020 1 min read

Three women die in stampede at aid distribution in Colombo

At least three people are dead and several injured after a stampede when private donors were distributing cash to the ne...

May 21, 2020 1 min read

One dead 29 injured as buses collide with truck

One person is dead and 29 others injured after two buses transporting people to the Sampur quarantine centre collided wi...

April 15, 2020 1 min read

Police warn against spreading racial hatred

Police spokesman Deputy Inspector General Ajith Rohana is warning people who are fear-mongering about minority communiti...

April 7, 2020 2 min read
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Accident in Omanthai kills five, 21 injured

Five people are dead and 21 others are injured after a bus slammed into a van on the Kandy – Jaffna road in Omanthai p...

February 24, 2020 1 min read

Death by electrocution: Sri Lanka’s rate five times higher than the global benchmark – PUCSL

The Public Utilities Commission of Sri Lanka (PUCSL) today revealed that the Sri Lankan electrocution index has risen to...

February 12, 2020 1 min read

Badulla bus accident kills 8, injures 40

An accident in Badulla killed eight people and injured 40 yesterday when an SLTB bus fell a precipice on the Passara–M...

Nisali De Silva
January 7, 2020 1 min read

SLAF fixed-wing craft crashes killing four in Haputale

A fixed-wing Y-12 aircraft belonging to the Sri Lanka Air Force (SLAF) has crashed in Haputale killing four, Air Force ...

January 3, 2020 1 min read

Southern Expressway accident kills four including three foreigners

Four people including three foreigners were killed and another two injured in an accident that occurred on the Southern ...

December 24, 2019 1 min read
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