Bangladesh to adopt Sri Lankan model for dengue elimination - report

Bangladesh is set to implement the Sri Lankan model to combat and eliminate dengue, according to Bangladeshi media reports.

The Ministry of Health and Family Welfare of Bangladesh made the decision during a recent meeting with relevant stakeholders to outline strategies for addressing the ongoing dengue outbreak, according to a press release issued...

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Pope Leo XIV celebrates first Mass after historic election as Pope Francis successor

Pope Leo XIV, history’s first North American pope, celebrated his first Mass as pontiff on Friday, presiding in the Sistine Chapel with the cardinals who elected him to succeed Pope Francis and follow in his social justice-minded footsteps.

Wearing white vestments, Leo processed into the Sistine Chapel and blessed the cardinals as he approached the...

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Divi Neguma officer gets 20 years RI, loses civil rights for soliciting sexual bribe

A ‘Divi Neguma’ development officer has been sentenced to 20 years of rigorous imprisonment by the Colombo High Court for soliciting a sexual bribe from a 30-year-old mother of three in exchange for facilitating a government subsidy for her child’s kidney surgery.

Delivering the verdict, Colombo High Court Judge Aditya Patabendige stated that such...

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Bomb scare at Russian Embassy- German woman arrested and questioned

A German national woman has been arrested by the Cinnamon Gardens Police in connection with the recent suspicious incident involving a laptop left near the Russian Embassy in Colombo.

Police said the woman was taken into custody after the unattended device raised security concerns and a bomb scare at the Russian Embassy in Colombo on April 28. 

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Dan Priyasad murder- Two suspects identified by witnesses

Two suspects arrested and remanded in connection with the murder of political activist Dan Priyasad have been identified by witnesses during an identification parade held at the Colombo Magistrate’s Court today (May 9).

The identification parade was conducted on the orders of Colombo Additional Magistrate Harshana Kekunawala. During proceedings,...

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More details revealed on SLAF helicopter crash in Maduru Oya

A Bell 212 helicopter belonging to the Sri Lanka Air Force (SLAF) crashed into the Maduru Oya reservoir this morning (May 9), claiming the lives of six personnel from the Sri Lanka Army and Air Force.

The SLAF stated that the aircraft was attempting an emergency landing when the accident occurred. At the time, 12 personnel were on board—six from t...

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