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  • Metal crusher nabbed
    Officers of the Tangalle Police Environment Unit raided an illicit metal crusher in Palapotha.The suspect has been operating the workshop without a licence for many years,...
  • Illicit sand transportation: six suspects held
    Tangalle Police arrested six suspects illegally transporting sand at Moderawana in Middeniya, recently. Four tippers and a backhoe were also seized.The suspects were to be...
  • Hambantota District Secretary Bandula Harischandra and others invoke merits to the tsunami victims.
    people in Hambantota commemorate tsunami victims
    Hambantota District Secretary Bandula Harischandra said 3,064 locals and 144 foreigners died and 964 disappeared in Hambantota in the tsunami that devastated Sri Lanka 14...
  • Police shoot at lorry transporting teak logs
    A lorry which was transporting a consignment of teak logs was shot at by the Walasmulla Police when it failed to stop. The consignment of teak logs were being transported to...
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  • Cattle owners in quandary
    The lack of fodder for cattle in the Hambantota district has compelled cattle owners to take their herds to distant places such as Siyabalanduwa, Ampara and Potuvil for grazing.This has posed a...
  • Four treasure hunters arrested
    Tangalle police arrested four alleged treasure hunters from a house at Pallikkudawa in Tangalle recently.The suspects were produced before Tangalle Magistrate Lilantha Warshavithana and remanded till...
  • Helicopter damages roofs
    Winds from a helicopter had damaged the roofs of a number of houses in Tangalle, recently. The helicopter had been transporting a group of tourists to the Mahinda Rajapaksa Playground.The roof of the...
  • Aquatic plants disrupt freshwater fishing
     Freshwater fisherfolk in Hambantota have been left high and dry as most tanks in the district have been overrun by aquatic plants.Fisherfolk said that they found it impossible to use fishing...
  • Distillery raided
    Matara police raided an illegal distillery in Muwagamuyaya in Weeraketiya recently and arrested a suspect. Over 100,000 ml of goda, 7,500 ml of liquor, a gas cylinder and a gas cooker were seizedThe...
  • Aquatic plants disrupt freshwater fishing
    Freshwater fisherfolk in Hambantota have been left high and dry as most tanks in the district have been overrun by aquatic plants.Fisherfolk said that they found it impossible to use fishing nets...
  • Helicopter landing damages roofs
    A number of houses in Tangalle were damaged recently when a helicopter transporting a group of tourists was landing in the Mahinda Rajapaksa playground.The roof of the stadium was damaged as well....
  • ‘Temple lands encroached’
    Kirinda Raja Maha Vihara Chief Incumbent Ven. Yatagala Saddamangala Thera said that a large extent of land belonging to the temple had been encroached recently.Tissamaharama Divisional Secretary...
  • Tangalle Base Hospital receives CU
    For the first time in the history of the Southern Province, a Cardiology Unit (CU) has been set up at the Tangalle Base Hospital.Hambantota Regional Director of Health Services Dr. A.P.R.D.S....
  • Undergrads possessing cannabis held
    Two university students who had cannabis in their possession were taken into custody by the Matara-Tangalle Drug Eradication Unit at Midddeniya, recently. The suspects are residents of Colombo and...
  • UC Chairman rejects request to increase funds
    United National Party (UNP) members of the Ambalantota Urban Council (UC) had requested the ruling party to increase the members’ fund from Rs.50,000 to Rs.100,000 during a recent meeting. They had...
  • Moonshine brewer apprehended
    Ambalantota Special Task Force officials arrested a liquor distiller possessing moonshine and goda, recently.The suspect was identified as a 28-year-old resident of Hedilla, Hambantota. He had been...