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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...
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...
Patients 'chained' at Sri Lankan nursing home where 13 died in fire
Patients 'chained' at Sri Lankan nursing home where 13 died in fire Sat 6 Jun 2026 at 12:19pm In short: A fire at an unregistered nursing home in western Sri Lanka killed 13 residents and injured eight others. One of the residents killed in a fire at the home had been chained. Another was untied so they could be rescued, a staff member said.
Sri Lanka’s top monk suspended over alleged child sex abuse
Sri Lanka’s top monk suspended over alleged child sex abuse Police arrested the 71-year-old on May 9 over allegations that he had sexually abused an 11-year-old girl in 2022 Sri Lanka’s Buddhist hierarchy suspended on Saturday 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...
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...
92.62m! Sri Lanka's Tharanga goes past Neeraj Chopra with Asia's second-best throw
Sri Lanka's Rumesh Tharanga Pathirage produced the second-best javelin throw ever by an Asian athlete, going past both Chinese Taipei's Chao-Tsun Cheng and Neeraj Chopra with a 92.62m effort to win the Diamond League meet in Rome on Thursday. His throw now trails only Arshad Nadeem's Olympic gold-winning mark of 92.97m from Paris 2024 in the Asian all-time list. While Pathirage grabbed the headlines, India's Sachin Yadav had a difficult Diamond League debut, finishing eighth in a 10-man...
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.
The terrifying day the U.S.-Iran war reached a sleepy Sri Lankan town
The terrifying day the U.S.-Iran war reached a sleepy Sri Lankan townA deadly strike during the first days of the Iran war hit far away in the Indian Ocean, jolting a quiet seaside town and showing how far the conflict's reach extends. A deadly strike during the first days of the Iran war hit far away in the Indian Ocean, jolting a quiet seaside town and showing how far the conflict's reach extends.
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...