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Conclave in Kandy: election for the âhighest lay office in the Buddhist worldâ
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The Kandyans will elect the next Diyawadana Nilame this evening. He will oversee the tooth relic and the Maligawaâs worldly affairs. Seven candidates are contesting, including a university lecturer,...
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Despite Supreme Court judgements against them, torturers remain in police service. They even get promoted. Link đ
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Despite Supreme Court judgements against them, torturers remain in police service. And sometimes even get promoted. They remain in power in full view of their junior colleagues, who quickly learn that abuse goes unpunished. https://t.co/Wdc9KbPWFp
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Despite Supreme Court judgements against them, torturers remain in police service, and sometimes even get promoted. Neither the police department nor the national police commission takes discipline...
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For all the AI and tech talk, most schools still don't offer A Level science
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We increased the share of A level schools offering science by over a third between 2008 and 2018. Progress stalled, and then reversed. Today, fewer schools offer A Level science than a decade ago....
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Seven candidates are contesting to become the next Diyawadana Nilame. They include a university lecturer, a war veteran, and the incumbent â whoâs accused of fraud. Women are still barred from voting.
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The Kandyans will elect the next Diyawadana Nilame this evening. He will oversee the tooth relic and the Maligawaâs worldly affairs. Seven candidates are contesting, including a university lecturer,...
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Despite Supreme Court judgements, torturers remain in police service
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Despite Supreme Court judgements against them, torturers remain in police service, and sometimes even get promoted. Neither the police department nor the national police commission takes discipline...
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Everyone on the tour has a relationship to the military: one lady grieves for her friend who died with Kobbekaduwa, while another recounts a book she kept as a girl, with cutouts of soldiers. âThe Army was my entire heart back then,â she says. https://t.co/P3pDgs1D8t
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This week, Lonely Planet included Jaffna in its list of best cities to visit in 2026. Three months ago, The Examiner accompanied a tour group, travelling to Jaffna from the south. The three-day tour...
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As the police scoured the country looking for the suspects, a video of the main suspect being caught and questioned began to circulate. With his face in full view, lawyers confirm that an identification parade becomes useless. The public is now biased against him.
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The SJB must replace Wickramasekaraâs position in the council, which the Election Commission will then gazette. If the election commissionâs gazette isnât out in time, both sides â the NPP and opposition â will each have exactly 22 members.
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Jayawickreme also believes that Wickramasekara was targeted because he was attempting to crack down on extortion rackets in Mirissa. He feels that the government also âlet the murder happenâ because Wickramasekara was a âheadacheâ for the ruling party.
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"Although the chairman had charges against him, he never served prison time,â says Rehan Jayawickreme, the SJBâs Weligama organiser. He says Wickramasekara was a school mate of notorious gang world leader Harak Kata.
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Police detained the suspected Weligama under the PTA. The evidence is likely inadmissible in court. đ§”
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