07 arrested for gang raping a girl

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1 month 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).

Mahindananda files anticipatory bail petition over bribery case

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52 minutes ago

May 14, 2025

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Former Minister Mahindananda Aluthgamage has filed a petition before the Colombo Magistrate’s Court today (May 14), seeking anticipatory bail against his possible arrest by the Commission to Investigate Allegations of Bribery or Corruption (CIABOC).

The application has been filed over his possible arrest over the importation of a shipment of substandard organic fertilizer during the tenure of the previous government.

Following the submission of the petition, Colombo Chief Magistrate Thanuja Lakmali issued a notice to the Bribery Commission, directing it to present its position regarding the matter to the court on May 19.

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Youth Affairs Ministry denies links to NYSCO courses

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55 minutes ago

May 14, 2025

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The Ministry of Youth Affairs and Sports has issued an official statement over the ministry’s name being used by courses and programmes of the National Youth Services Cooperative (NYSCO).

The ministry states that NYSCO has been unauthorizedly using its name and the official state emblem to promote their courses and while using them in the relevant certificates as well.

The ministry says that they have also appointed a separate committee to investigate the issue, on the directives of the COPE committee.

The Ministry of Sports and Youth Affairs further reiterated that it is not affiliated with any of the courses or programmes offered by NYSCO.

The full statement issued in this regard, is as follows :

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Divisional Secretariats to disburse financial assistance for Kotmale bus accident victims

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1 hour ago

May 14, 2025

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On the instructions of President Anura Kumara Disanayake, the funds allocated from the President’s Fund for those who lost their lives in the recent bus accident in the Garandi Ella area, Kotmale have now been forwarded to the relevant Divisional Secretariats.

Accordingly, a sum of Rs. 1 million will be provided for each individual who lost their life in the accident, and the funds will be handed over to their respective family members.

These funds have been released to the Divisional Secretariats of the following areas -Tissamaharama, Lunugamvehera, Welimada, Haldummulla, Ella, Kundasale, Bamunakotuwa, Paduwasnuwara West, Polpithigama, Wanathawilluwa, Chilaw, Buttala, Thanamalwila, Wellawaya, Kanthale and Rambewa where the 22 individuals who lost their lives in the accident were residents.

(President’s Media Division)