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Elderly lady lawyer murdered inside house

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Kohuwala Police has said that an unmarried elderly lawyer who had lived alone in a house in Kalubowila, has been murdered on her bed and her property was stolen.

The deceased has been identified as Chandani Satharasinghe, 64, of De Silva Road, Kalubowila. Police said that he had a brother who is living in Canada.

She has been in regular contact with him on the phone and had contacted him for the last time on February 15.

A person residing in the Mirihana area, who is a friend of the Canadian resident brother, had come to the Kohuwala Police Station yesterday afternoon and filed a complaint after the latter’s relative told him to inform the Kohuwala Police regarding the loss of contact with her by phone after February 15.

It has been further revealed during the Police investigations, that an assailant or a group of assailants who entered the house had disconnected the electricity and killed her on the bed, covered her body with cloths and searched the belongings in the house. Mount Lavinia Acting Magistrate Ratna Gamage, who came to the scene of the crime, conducted the preliminary magisterial investigation and ordered the Police to place the body in the morgue of the Kalubowila Teaching Hospital and conduct the postmortem.

Kohuwala Police are conducting further investigations under the directive of Mount Lavinia SSP Prasanna Brahakmanage.

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Over 10,000 local & foreign election observers monitoring Gen. Election

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Over 10,000 local and foreign election observers will be taking part in monitoring the 2024 Parliamentary election.

43 foreign election observers are in Sri Lanka for this purpose.

Among them are 3 election observers of the European Union and 30 from the Asian Network for Free Elections (ANFREL).

10 election observers from neighbouring countries are also in Sri Lanka.

About 10,000 local election observers representing 10 organizations will be taking part in the monitoring process of the 2024 Parliamentary election.

Meanwhile People’s Action for Free and Fair Elections (PAFFREL) has deployed 5,000 election observers.

8 organizations have been granted permission for mobile surveillance operations.

The National Election Commission also says that a special security arrangement is in place to ensure the safety of all election observers.

(News1st)

(Except for the headline, this story, originally published by News1st has not been edited by SLM staff)

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Israel NSC eases travel warning for SL

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The National Security Council of Israel has removed the severe travel warning for Sri Lanka, after last month calling on Israelis to leave the Arugam Bay area and other beaches in the island’s south and west immediately, citing terrorism threats.

The NSC says the threat level is being updated from level 4 (high) in the southwest of the country and level 3 (moderate) in the rest of Sri Lanka, to level 2 (an occasional threat) for the entire country.

The NSC says Israeli travelers should alert local security forces if there are any hostilities toward Jews or Israelis, and cautions against wearing Jewish or Israeli symbols.

Last month, the NSC called on Israelis to leave Sri Lanka’s south and west, and said Israelis should postpone travel to the rest of the country. They also urged nationals to hide signs that indicate they are Israelis and avoid gathering in large numbers.

Three people were later arrested over terror threats against Israelis.

(Excerpts : timesofisrael.com)

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33 train journeys cancelled today

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Sri Lanka Railways says that 33 train journeys will be cancelled today (Nov. 14).

10 of these journeys were scheduled to commence during the morning hours with the remaining 23 journeys scheduled for the evening.

Accordingly, 13 train services on the main line, 08 train services on the coastal line and 06 trains each on the Puttalam and Kelani Valley lines will be cancelled.
The cancellations are due to the absence of drivers and their assistants.

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