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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'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’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...
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.
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...
Sri Lanka Emerging as a New Base for Asia’s Scam Networks
Prison guards escort detained Chinese nationals suspected of running cyberscam centers to a prison after their arrest in Colombo on May 9.
IND A vs SL A: Prabhsimran's costly blunder sparks controversy; Gaikwad furious
A moment of high drama and controversy unfolded during the Tri-Nation A Series clash between India A and Sri Lanka A at the Rangiri Dambulla International Stadium on Tuesday, with India A left fuming over a run-out decision that could have dramatically altered the course of the match. The incident occurred in the 42nd over of Sri Lanka A's chase when Vipraj Nigam bowled a length delivery outside off stump to Chamika Karunaratne. The batter dabbed the ball towards backward point and set off...
Sciver-Brunt 'ready to go' for T20 World Cup - but 'probably' won't bowl
England captain Nat Sciver-Brunt 'ready to go' for T20 World Cup - but 'probably' won't bowl, says coach Charlotte Edwards Nat Sciver-Brunt to bat at No 3 for England at T20 World Cup; all-rounder, 33, has not played for her country so far this summer after calf injury but "hitting the ball well" in the nets; England begin home World Cup campaign against Sri Lanka at Edgbaston on June 12, live on Sky Sports Tuesday 2 June 2026 23:02, UK England head coach Charlotte Edwards says captain Nat...
England suffer five-wicket defeat to Australia in T20 World Cup warm-up
England vs Australia: Hosts suffer five-wicket defeat in Women's T20 World Cup warm-up in Cardiff England face India in Cardiff on Wednesday before starting Women’s T20 World Cup campaign against Sri Lanka at Edgbaston on Friday; watch every ball of the ICC Women's T20 World Cup exclusively live on Sky Sports and NOW Monday 8 June 2026 18:15, UK England succumbed to a five-wicket defeat to rivals Australia in their first T20 World Cup warm-up game in Cardiff. Inserted after losing the toss,...