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Van driver assaults 12 year old over decorative light bulb
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Van driver assaults 12 year old over decorative light bulb

A van driver who had assaulted a 12 year old student of a school near Naththandiya town has been arrested…

byFaraz Shauketaly05/09/2018
A/L student arrested with narcotic pills
LOCAL

A/L student arrested with narcotic pills

An Advanced Level student of a leading school in Matale has been arrested for the possession of narcotic pills named…

byFaraz Shauketaly31/07/2018
Four, including principal and a student drown in Ekgal Oya
LOCAL

Four, including principal and a student drown in Ekgal Oya

Four people, including a school principal a teacher and a student, drowned in Ekgal Oya in Damana yesterday. The four…

byFaraz Shauketaly09/07/2018
Student arrested for inciting racial hatred on social media remanded
LOCAL

Student arrested for inciting racial hatred on social media remanded

Another student arrested for inciting racial hatred on social media has been remanded until the 26th of this month. The…

byFaraz Shauketaly13/03/2018
Mashal Khan case: Death sentence for Pakistan ‘blasphemy’ murder
WORLD

Mashal Khan case: Death sentence for Pakistan ‘blasphemy’ murder

A Pakistani court has sentenced one man to death and handed life terms to five others for murdering a student…

byFaraz Shauketaly07/02/2018
Investigations into the students who used mobile phones to answer GCE O/L math test
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Investigations into the students who used mobile phones to answer GCE O/L math test

Sri Lanka’s Ministry of Examinations has started an investigation into a student who had allegedly written answers for the mathematics…

byFaraz Shauketaly19/12/201719/12/2017
Mattakkuliya teenager arrested with ‘capsules’
LOCAL

Mattakkuliya teenager arrested with ‘capsules’

A suspect has been arrested in the Kadirana junction in Mattakkuliya, along with a stock of narcotic capsules. Police said,…

byFaraz Shauketaly16/12/2017
Colombo student killed in Madinnagoda accident
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Colombo student killed in Madinnagoda accident

A student of a leading college in Colombo died, and eight others sustained injuries, in a motor accident along the…

byFaraz Shauketaly12/11/201712/11/2017
Urubokka school principal arrested
TOP STORY

Urubokka school principal arrested

A school principal in the Urubokka area in Matara has been arrested in connection to an alleged  assault on a…

byFaraz Shauketaly03/11/2017

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