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Two suspects wanted in connection with the recent murder in Wattala have been arrested at the Bandaranaike International Airport (BIA), Katunayake, police said.

On July 24, a group had reportedly stormed a birthday party held at a hotel in the Wattala area and opened fire, killing a man attending the event.

Following the murder, the suspects had reportedly fled illegally by boat to Dhanushkodi, India, where they were arrested by Indian defence authorities.

The suspects were subsequently deported from Chennai to BIA, while Indian authorities had informed Criminal Investigation Department (CID) officers at the airport in advance of their arrival.

The 02 suspects, aged 30 and 31, are reportedly residents of the Wattala area.

After recording their initial statements, CID officers at BIA handed the suspects over to the Western Province North Crime Division for further investigations.

A female arrested by the Welikada Police reportedly escaped from police custody yesterday (Aug. 13) after being brought before the Colombo Chief Magistrate’s Court.

The suspect had been brought to Courtroom No. 06 when she reportedly fled from police custody before the court proceedings began.

When the case was taken up before Colombo Additional Magistrate Oshada Migara Maharachchi, Welikada Police informed the court that the suspect had escaped.

The Additional Magistrate ordered police to take immediate steps to arrest her.

He also ordered that the 02 other suspects arrested with her be remanded until Aug. 21.

The initial arrest had taken place after the Police had stopped and searched the 03 suspects while they were travelling in a three-wheeler and reportedly found milk powder and other essential goods in their possession.

Police suspected that the goods had been stolen from a shop.

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The implementation of a Cabinet-approved tender to repair 04 MI-17 helicopters belonging to the Sri Lanka Air Force (SMH 599, SMH 596, SMH 588 and SMH 4416) is reportedly facing further delays.

The tender has reportedly been awarded to M/s Winsley Defence Group D.O.O., Mostar, Bosnia and Herzegovina, with M/s Securatec Lanka (Pvt) Ltd serving as its local agent.

According to Sri Lanka Air Force (SLAF) sources, although the SLAF has around 20 Russian-made MI-17 multi-purpose helicopters, most if them have remained grounded due to a lack of proper maintenance over the past 15 years since the end of the war.

The helicopters have provided vital services for years, including military operations and civilian rescue missions during disasters such as floods.

However, only a few MI-17 helicopters are currently operational in Sri Lanka, while another 03 have reportedly been deployed to Africa for UN peacekeeping operations.

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இஸ்ரேலும், அமெரிக்காவும் இணைந்து கடந்த பிப்ரவரியில் இருந்து ஈரான் மீது தாக்குதல் நடத்தின. இத்தாக்குதலைத் தொடர்ந்து வளைகுடாவில் உள்ள ஜோர்டான், ஐக்கிய அரபு எமிரேட்ஸ், சவுதி அரேபியா போன்ற நாடுகளில் உள்ள அமெரிக்க ராணுவ நிலைகள் மீது ஈரான் கடுமையான தாக்குதலை நடத்தியது.

இதில் அபுதாபி, துபாய், ஷார்ஜா போன்ற பகுதிகள் அடங்கிய ஐக்கிய அரபு எமிரேட்ஸ் கடுமையான பாதிக்கப்பட்டன.

ஏழு மாதங்களாகப் பொருளாதார மற்றும் உள்கட்டமைப்பு அழுத்தங்களுக்கு மத்தியிலும், இரான் போரை முடிவுக்கு கொண்டு வருவதில் அந்நாட்டு முடிவெடுப்பவர்கள் அவசரம் காட்டவில்லை. இந்தப் போர் எவ்வளவு காலம் நீடிக்கும் என்பது கேள்விக்குறியாக உள்ளது.

சருமம் செதில்களாக மாறுதல், அரிப்பு, அதனால் ஏற்படும் தடிப்புகள் என சொரியாசிஸ் உடலை மட்டுமல்ல, பாதிக்கப்பட்டவரின் மனதையும் பாதிக்கும் ஒரு நோயாகும்.

திருப்பரங்குன்றத்தில் 17 ஆண்டுகளாக மின்சார வசதியின்றி தவித்து வந்த குடும்பம் தற்போது மின் வசதி கிடைத்துள்ளது.

Colombo Archbishop Malcolm Cardinal Ranjith said today (13 August) that the Government should continue to investigate the damage caused to Sri Lanka’s territorial waters by the X-Press Pearl vessel.

The Cardinal made these remarks during a discussion held at the Presidential Secretariat between the Catholic Church and the Government, co-chaired by Minister of Science and Technology Professor Krishantha Abeysena and Presidential Secretary Dr Nandika Sanath Kumanayake.

The meeting also focused on administrative issues affecting Catholic schools that were taken over by the Government, establishing a system for the recruitment of teachers for Catholic religious education, and reviewing the current progress regarding the recruitment of Catholic nuns and priests to the teaching profession.

Discussions were also held on mechanisms for obtaining support from the Ministry of Education for the activities of Government-controlled Catholic schools.

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Strong opposition is currently being expressed on social media against the cricket selection committee headed by Kapila Wijegunawardena over the sudden inclusion of Niroshan Dickwella in the Sri Lanka Test cricket squad.

Despite the young Anjal Bandara continuing to score runs, many have been surprised by the decision to name Dickwella as the wicketkeeper for the first Test against India, replacing Bandara. Dickwella had previously been dropped from the team and has not scored a single century in his Test career.

The previous selection committee, headed by Pramodya Wickramasinghe, which was removed before the appointment of Kapila Wijegunawardena’s committee, had not even selected Dickwella for the annual player contracts.

However, shortly after the new selection committee was appointed, Dickwella was also included in the list of contracted players, causing considerable surprise among many.

There is also speculation that Dickwella̵