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Priyamali in possession of black money; CID probes CCTV at WTC

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3 years ago

October 17, 2022

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Thilini Piyamali, who was arrested and remanded for defrauding many people of money worth billions of rupees, is also reported to have defrauded victims by promising that they would be given housing units from the luxury apartment complex ‘Krrish’ which is under construction in Colombo Fort.

Sources said that the suspect has operated an office at Krrish premises along with several others.

Meanwhile, the Criminal Investigation Department (CID) has obtained CCTV footage of the World Trade Centre (WTC) building to identify the people who visited her office, her customers and the people who were in the office with the suspect.

The CID has also received information that local and foreign drug dealers had given their ill-gotten black money to this suspect for investment.

Three persons including a lawyer have been summoned before the CID and statements have been recorded from them.

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Gota’s national schools project, scrapped

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3 hours ago

May 31, 2025

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The government has decided to abolish the project launched under former President Gotabaya Rajapaksa to upgrade 671 provincial schools as national schools.

Under the project, each school was allocated Rs.02 million – totaling over Rs.1340 million – for emergency renovations and new national school name boards, with some costing over Rs.500,000.

Schools have now been instructed to remove these boards, along with the “National School” title, official seals, and letterheads, and revert to their previous identities.

The initiative aimed to increase the number of national schools to 329,000, but only 05 schools in the Western Province were converted.

Professor Kapila Perera, Secretary of the Ministry of Education at that time, now serves as Secretary to the Ministry of Transport and Highways.

(Source: Aruna)

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Gazette issued on 2026 Public & Bank Holidays

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3 hours ago

May 31, 2025

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The Government of Sri Lanka has officially declared the list of Public and Bank Holidays for the year 2026, through an Extraordinary Gazette issued on Tuesday, May 27, 2025.

The gazette issued is as follows :

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Postal strike ends

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4 hours ago

May 31, 2025

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The Union of Postal and Telecommunications Officers says postal services will operate as usual today (May 31).

Secretary Manjula Jayasundara stated that striking union members returned to work from yesterday (May 30) afternoon, and distribution of over 2,000 delayed mail bags has begun.

This strike, launched over 10 demands including delays in recruitment, has reportedly drawn the attention of the relevant authorities.