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Hostile street food owner bailed (Update)

Published

12 months ago

April 17, 2024

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The street food owner who was arrested after being hostile to a tourist, has been granted bail.

When the accused was produced before the court earlier today (17), he was ordered to be released on a cash bail of Rs. 50,000 and surety bail of Rs. 1 million.

The suspect was accused of trying to charge Rs. 1,900 from a foreigner for a Kottu Roti and becoming hostile after the foreigner refused to buy the food item at the quoted price.

(Previously published at 2024/04/17 at 9:33 am)

Street food outlet owner arrested for being hostile to foreigner

A street food outlet owner in Keselwatta who had become verbally hostile to a foreign national had been arrested yesterday (16), police say.

Videos of the incident had gone viral online.

The foreigner had approached the street food stall and inquired of the prices, refusing to purchase after the prices were stated. In response, the suspect had threatened the foreigner to move if he did not intend to purchase anything.

The arrested suspect is a 51 year old and a resident of the Colombo 12 area.

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Prof. Jayasena Kottegoda bids adieu

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2 hours ago

April 15, 2025

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Former Vice-Chancellor of the University of Fine Arts, Emeritus Professor Jayasena Kottegoda has passed away yesterday (April 14)

He was 72 years old at the time of passing.

His body will lie at his residence in Boralesgamuwa and final rites will be held at the Boralesgamuwa Public Cemetery on April 17th.

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Heat Alert for April 15

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3 hours ago

April 15, 2025

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A warm weather advisory has been issued for residents of the Northern, North-Central, North-Western, Western, Southern, and Eastern provinces, as well as the Ratnapura and Monaragala districts.

The heat index — the temperature felt by the human body — is expected to rise to the ‘Caution Level’ in several areas today (April 15), according to the Department of Meteorology.Meanwhile, in its weather forecast for April 15, the Meteorology Department states that showers or thundershowers will occur at several places in Western, Sabaragamuwa, Central, Southern and Uva provinces and in Ampara and Batticaloa districts during the afternoon or night. Showers or thundershowers may occur at a few places elsewhere in the island during the afternoon or night.

Showers may occur in Western province and in Galle, Matara and Puttalam districts in the morning too.

The general public is kindly requested to take adequate precautions to minimize damages caused by temporary localized strong winds and lightning during thundershowers.

Misty conditions can be expected at some places in Sabaragamuwa, Central and Uva provinces and in Polonnaruwa district during the morning.

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SL tourism earnings top USD 1.1 bn. in 2025 Q1

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3 hours ago

April 15, 2025

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The tourism industry generated USD 354 million in March, which has increased Sri Lanka’s earnings from tourism in the first quarter of 2025 to USD 1,122.3 million, according to the latest data from the Central Bank of Sri Lanka (CBSL).

This marks a 9.4% increase compared to the USD 1,025.9 million earned through tourism in the first quarter of 2024.

Tourist arrivals to Sri Lanka in the first quarter of 2025 reached over 722,000, with a 13.6 percent year-on-year increase.

Accordingly, Sri Lanka earned USD 1,553.83 from tourists on average this year. The CBSL figures show that in the first quarter of 2024, on average, the country received USD 1,613.59 per tourist.

This indicates that although the amount generated through tourist arrivals has increased, the average income per visitor has seen a reduction.

(adaderana.lk)

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