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Sally’s Defamation case against Rev.Cyril trial on Sept. 4

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The case was filed by State Intelligence Service Chief Suresh Sallay claiming that Rev. Father Cyril Gamini of St. Anthony’s Church, Negombo, had damaged his reputation by making a statement regarding the Easter attack, and demanded that Father Cyril Gamini be charged a compensation of Rs.50 million for the reputational damage caused, was yesterday fixed for trial on September 04 by the Colombo District Court.

The pre-trial conference of the case was held yesterday before Colombo District Court Judge Purnima Paranagamage.

The case was filed against a statement made through “Zoom” technology during a discussion for the victims of the Easter attacks by the International Justice Forum on October 23, 2021.

Attorney Pahan Weerasinghe appeared for the prosecution and Attorney Wimal Ratwatte with President’s Counsel Shamil Perera appeared for the defence.

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Gota’s national schools project, scrapped

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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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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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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.

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