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Customs arrests Sri Lankan with 2.07kg of Kush Cannabis at Airport
Officers of the Narcotics Control Unit (NCU) of Sri Lanka Customs have arrested a 28-year-old Sri Lankan national who arrived from Bangkok, Thailand, via Chennai, India, for attempting to smuggle 2,079 grams (2.07kg) of Kush Cannabis into the country.

Supreme Court dismisses petitions Keheliya Rambukwella's family
The Supreme Court dismisses three petitions filed by former minister Keheliya Rambukwella's family seeking an order to overturn the Colombo High Court order freezing their assets.

CIABOC granted bail two former senior state officials
Former General Manager Railway Department Sumathipala Abeywickrema and former Working Director of the State Engineering Corporation Sarathchandra Gunaratne arrested by the Commission to Investigate Allegations of Bribery or Corruption (CIABOC) were produced in courts and granted bail.

A/L  tuition classes prohibited from midnight tomorrow
The 2025 G.C.E. Advanced Level (A/L) Examination is scheduled to commence on November 10 and continue until December 5 and all promotional activities related to the examination including tuition classes, specialist seminars, lectures, workshops, and discussions of mock question papers will be prohibited from midnight tomorrow, the Commissioner General of Examinations, A. K. S. Indika Kumari Liyanage, said.

Two suspects arrested for verbally abusing a female monk

Two suspects have been arrested by Wattala Police for allegedly engaging in disorderly conduct in a public place in connection with an incident in which a female Buddhist monk was threatened and verbally abused.