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Navy cadet commits suicide after shooting woman

Wednesday, 11 November 2015 12:37

A Navy cadet serving at the Tangalle Navy Base shot and killed a 26-year-old woman in Matara before taking his own life.

Call to probe persons who went missing during ‘89 insurgency

Wednesday, 11 November 2015 11:38
The visiting UN working group on enforced and involuntary disappearances (UNWGEID) has met with relatives of persons who went missing in the south, including those during the 1989 insurgency.

32 suspects further remanded under PTA

Wednesday, 11 November 2015 11:25
Some 32 suspects, who have been detained under the Prevention of Terrorism Act (PTA), were further remanded till Nov. 24 as there were no instructions still from the AG department, reports say.

Law & order to Sagala, Swaminathan to get prisons

Wednesday, 11 November 2015 09:04

Sagala Ratnayake and D.M. Swaminathan will get the law and order and prisons reforms portfolios vacated by Thilak Marapana, the president has decided on a recommendation by the prime minister.

‘People have lost their faith in govt.’

Wednesday, 11 November 2015 08:29
Deputy minister Ajith P. Perera says he is losing his faith in the government due to a lack of progress in investigations into corruption and fraud.

Myanmar's Aung San Suu Kyi: NLD has won election majority

Tuesday, 10 November 2015 20:25

Early results point to a sweeping victory for her National League for Democracy (NLD), but final official results will not be known for days.

31 Tamil detainees to be released tomorrow

Tuesday, 10 November 2015 20:06

The Attorney General’s Department is due to advise state counsel to release 31 LTTE suspects tomorrow (11), says Prisons Headquarters in a statement.

FCID arrests 'Kappam Champika'?

Tuesday, 10 November 2015 16:04

The FCID has arrested an ex-coordinating officer of former President Mahinda Rajapaksa, reports say.

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