07 arrested for gang raping a girl

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3 weeks ago

April 4, 2025

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Homagama Police has arrested 7 youths including 05 schoolboys for gangraping a 15-year-old schoolgirl.

One of the schoolboys is said to be the boyfriend of the girl.

Suspects were arrested over a complaint filed by the parents of the victim who had accompanied her to the police station.

The victim was subjected to a medical examination after being admitted to the Homagama Base Hospital.

It is reported that the girl had gone to meet her boyfriend after claiming that she was going to attend a tuition class. The boy had taken her to a friend’s house in the Magammana area in Homagama.

Police say that the victim was taken to 03 more houses from 09.00am – 03.00pm that day and was subjected to serious sexual abuse by the boyfriend and his friends.

All the schoolboys arrested are residents of Homagama and are attending schools in the area. They are aged between 15 – 16 years. The other suspects are aged between 17- 19 years, police say.

A bike used by the suspects has also been seized.

All 07 suspects are to be produced before the Homagama Magistrate Court today (April 04).

RW issues special statement after exiting CIABOC (Video)

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48 minutes ago

April 28, 2025

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Former President Ranil Wickremesinghe has left the Commission to Investigate Allegations of Bribery or Corruption (CIABOC) after providing a statement today (April 28).

Soon afterwards, he had also made a special statement in this regard.

(Video : VoiceTube)

(Previous news 2025 April 28 – 9.20.a.m.)

Ex-President Ranil to appear before CIABOC today

Former President Ranil Wickremesinghe is scheduled to appear before the Commission to Investigate Allegations of Bribery or Corruption (CIABOC) today (April 28) at 9.30 a.m.

He has been summoned to record a statement over the statement he had made on MP Chamara Sampath Dassanayake.

Former President Wickremesinghe, who was initially summoned to the CIABOC on April 17 but requested a postponement. He had requested a date after April 27th to appear before CIABOC, citing that his lawyer Ronald Perera is currently abroad.

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Announcement for 2024 A/L exam candidates

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55 minutes ago

April 28, 2025

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The Department of Examinations announced today (April 28) that facilities have been made available for all school and private candidates of 2024 (2025) G.C.E. Advance Level Examination to access their examination results sheets online.

Accordingly, candidates can now download or monitor their Result Schedules by visiting https://onlineexams.gov.lk/eic and entering their National Identity Card (NIC) number.

Results are also accessible via the Department’s official websites: www.doenets.lk and www.results.exams.gov.lk

School principals have also been provided with access to download and print the result sheets for their respective schools using the usernames and passwords assigned during the application submission process.

Furthermore, Provincial and Zonal Education Directors can download and monitor the results of all schools within their jurisdictions through the same online platform, utilizing their designated login credentials.

The Department also notes that printed copies of examination results for schools will be issued to principals after the release of the re-scrutinized results.

Meanwhile, applications for re-scrutiny of results can be submitted online through https://onlineexams.gov.lk/eic between May 02, 2025 – May 16, 2025.

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Prasanna Ranaweera’s writ petition rejected

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3 hours ago

April 28, 2025

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The Court of Appeal has dismissed a writ petition filed by former State Minister Prasanna Ranaweera seeking an order to prevent his arrest in connection with a case against the alleged illegal acquisition of state land under the jurisdiction of the Kelaniya Divisional Secretariat.

The order was issued by a bench comprising the President of the Court of Appeal, Justice Mohammed Laffar Tahir and Justice Priyantha Fernando.

Former Minister Mervyn Silva and several others are currently in remand custody, as ordered by the Mahara Magistrate’s Court, in connection with the same incident.