News Room : Four dead, 1,300 evacuated as heavy rains hit South Korea
Four people have died and another 1,300 evacuated as torrential rains pound South Korea, with authorities warning that the unseasonal deluge will continue. Among those killed were two men in their 80s. Authorities believe one of them was trying to drain flood waters from the basement of his home. A third victim was crushed when a wall collapsed onto his car....
News Room : SC to Hear Petition Seeking Rs 1.2 Billion Compensation Recovery from Ex-Ministers
The Supreme Court of Sri Lanka has scheduled a hearing for 13 November to examine a fundamental rights petition seeking an order to recover compensation allegedly paid illegally by the government to former ministers for damage to their properties during the May 9, 2022 unrest. The petition, filed by lawyer and social activist Dr Ravindranath Dabare, calls on the court...
News Room : PM Harini Amarasuriya: History and Aesthetics Not Removed Under New Edu Reforms
Prime Minister and Minister of Education Dr Harini Amarasuriya has strongly denied claims that the subjects of History and Aesthetics have been removed from Sri Lanka’s national curriculum under the new education reforms. She emphasised that such misinformation is being spread for political gain and urged the public not to politicise education or children’s futures. Speaking at a special awareness...
News Room : Attempt to Force Free Spa Service Costs Jobs of Three Cops in Matara
Three police officers attached to various police stations in the Matara Division have been suspended from duty following misconduct at a massage centre (spa) in Walgama, Matara. The suspension order was issued by the Acting Superintendent of Police (SP) of the Matara Division after an internal inquiry found the officers guilty of improper behaviour. According to reports, the officers had visited...
News Room : Deepti digs deep to deliver India’s four-wicket win
Deepti Sharma gave India the upper hand against England again, although in a more conventional style this time, with a match-winning half-century at Southampton for a 1-0 lead in their three-match ODI series. The last time these sides met in an ODI in England, in 2022, Deepti scored an unbeaten fifty to rescue her side from an early stumble then...
News Room : Paranormal Investigator Dies on US Tour with ‘Haunted’ Annabelle Doll
A paranormal investigator who was helping lead a national tour of the allegedly haunted Annabelle doll has suddenly died over the weekend. On Tuesday, the New England Society for Psychic Research announced the “sudden” death of 54-year-old Dan Rivera, the organization’s lead paranormal investigator and an army veteran. Rivera’s death occurred on Sunday during his visit to Gettysburg, Pennsylvania, where he was leading the...
News Room : Chinese Woman Repays Late Lover’s Debt, Supports His Parents After Marriage
A Chinese woman who repaid all her boyfriend’s 600,000-yuan (US$82,000) debt and looked after his family for nine years after he died following a car accident, has moved many people online. Wang Ting, 34, from central China’s Hunan province, lost her boyfriend, Zeng Zhi, whom she had been together with for years, in 2016. She discovered that after Zeng, a businessman,...
News Room : Sri Lanka Parliament Pilots Google AI to Modernise Hansard
Sri Lanka Parliament’s the Committee on Public Finance (COPF) has commenced pilot testing of an artificial intelligence (AI) solution to digitise and modernise long-standing system of handwritten Hansard records and committee meeting minutes. SJB MP and COPF Chair Dr Harsha de Silva announced the initiative on social media, highlighting that the AI integration — developed by Finetech in collaboration with...
News Room : Thai Transwoman Pleads Guilty Over Topless Walk in Arugam Bay
A 26-year-old Thai transwoman has been sentenced to six weeks in prison by the Pottuvil Magistrate’s Court after pleading guilty to indecent exposure and causing a public nuisance by walking topless in Pottuvil, Arugam Bay. The sentence was suspended for five years The woman was taken into custody by the Women’s Division of the Pottuvil Police after she was seen walking...
News Room : Court Rejects Request from Suspect in Anuradhapura Doctor Sexual Assault Case
The Anuradhapura Magistrate’s Court yesterday (15) dismissed a request by a former army soldier, currently held in remand, who sought permission to deliver an additional statement in court regarding a sexual assault case. The case concerns the alleged sexual assault of a female doctor undergoing training at the Anuradhapura Teaching Hospital. The request was taken up before Chief Magistrate Nalaka...