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A detainee who had been sentenced to death in connection with the killing of former Polonnaruwa District Member of Parliament Amarakeerthi Athukorala has died after falling from a building within the Welikada Prison. MORE..
11 May 2026 (7:07 PM)
Heavy rainfall has caused widespread flooding, displacing numerous families across 14 Grama Niladhari divisions in the Galewela Divisional Secretariat area. MORE..
11 May 2026 (5:31 PM)
The Director General of Health Services has decided to suspend a consultant obstetrician and gynecologist along with a senior resident medical officer attached to the Trincomalee District General Hospital, following a preliminary investigation into the death of a newborn during childbirth on April 9. MORE..
11 May 2026 (6:11 PM)
A total of four spill gates of the Deduru Oya Reservoir have been raised and opened to a height of two feet each, the Department of Irrigation stated. MORE..
11 May 2026 (11:30 PM)
The atmospheric disturbance that prevailed over the Bay of Bengal has developed into a low-pressure area, the Department of Meteorology has stated. MORE..
11 May 2026 (5:14 PM)
Tens of millions of people could face hunger and starvation if fertilisers are not soon allowed through the Strait of Hormuz, the head of a UN task force aimed at averting a looming humanitarian crisis told AFP on Monday (May 11). MORE..
11 May 2026 (9:32 PM)