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Sri Lanka's top monk suspended over alleged child sex abuse
Sri Lanka's top monk suspended over alleged child sex abuse COLOMBO: Sri Lanka's Buddhist hierarchy suspended on Saturday (May 30) a senior monk accused of sexually abusing an 11-year-old girl, in a high-profile case that has shocked the religiously conservative nation. In a rare disciplinary move, 71-year-old Pallegama Hemarathana was stripped of his responsibilities as the chief custodian of a highly venerated ficus grown from a sapling of a tree believed to have sheltered the Buddha. "The...
Sri Lanka nursing home fire kills 12
Advertisement Sri Lanka nursing home fire kills 12 51 people were rescued from the facility and the home’s director has been arrested 1-MIN READ1-MIN Listen A dozen people have died in a fire at a home for older people in Sri Lanka, police said on Thursday, while another eight have been hospitalised. The fire, which broke out at a home in Anguruwatota 55km (34 miles) from the commercial capital Colombo, has been put out and the director of the establishment has been arrested, police said. “A...
Sri Lanka nursing home fire kills 12, owner arrested over negligence claims
A devastating fire at an elderly care home in western Sri Lanka has killed at least 12 residents and left seven others injured, police said on Thursday. The blaze broke out at around 5.30pm on Wednesday at the Mawpiya Sevana Elderly Care Home in Anguruwatota, about 65 kilometres southeast of Colombo in Kalutara district. More than 70 elderly residents were at the privately run facility when the fire started.
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Sri Lanka care home owner in custody after overnight fire kills 12, officials say
Police said initial witness accounts suggested that the fire originated in a storeroom where dozens of mattresses were stacked. The owner of an illegally operated care home in Sri Lanka was remanded in custody on Thursday, a day after a fire killed 12 residents and injured six others, officials said. Isuru Anushka, of the Maupiya Sewana home located south of the capital Colombo, was ordered to be held until 11 June as investigations opened into Wednesday's fire, one of the deadliest on the...
Senior Sri Lankan monk suspended over child sex abuse allegation
Senior Sri Lankan monk suspended over child sex abuse allegation Pallegama Hemarathana is accused of abusing an 11-year-old girl in a Buddhist temple in 2022. Sri Lanka’s Buddhist hierarchy has suspended a prominent senior monk accused of sexually abusing a child, in the religiously conservative nation’s highest-profile case involving a local clergyman. In rare disciplinary action, 71-year-old Pallegama Hemarathana was stripped of his responsibilities on Saturday as the chief custodian of a...
'I am hopeful': RCB's Krunal Pandya sets sights on India comeback after five years
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Tulsi Gabbard reveals husband's 'very rare sacral chordoma': 'In a lot of pain' after 7-hour surgery
Outgoing Director of National Intelligence Tulsi Gabbard, in a heartfelt X post Thursday, revealed her husband Abraham Williams is recovering at home after undergoing nearly seven hours of surgery for what she described as a "very rare sacral chordoma. ""My husband Abraham was diagnosed with a very rare sacral chordoma," Gabbard wrote Thursday on X. "The surgery to remove bone and surrounding tissue lasted almost seven hours and was successful. "He had a rough night and is in a lot of pain...
Tulsi Gabbard reveals husband's 'very rare sacral chordoma': 'In a lot of pain' after 7-hour surgery
Outgoing Director of National Intelligence Tulsi Gabbard, in a heartfelt X post Thursday, revealed her husband Abraham Williams is recovering at home after undergoing nearly seven hours of surgery for what she described as a "very rare sacral chordoma. ""My husband Abraham was diagnosed with a very rare sacral chordoma," Gabbard wrote Thursday on X. "The surgery to remove bone and surrounding tissue lasted almost seven hours and was successful. "He had a rough night and is in a lot of pain...
John Gotti's grandson allegedly attacked girlfriend days before reporting to prison for COVID fraud
The grandson of the late Mafia boss John Gotti is facing assault charges after allegedly attacking his girlfriend—just days before he was slated to report to prison to serve time for stealing COVID-19 relief funds. Carmine Gotti Agnello, 39, allegedly attacked his girlfriend in a jealous rage just before 10:30 p.m. Tuesday in his Long Island, New York, home after accusing her of cheating on him, the New York Post reported. The woman eventually fled the house.