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Crime LNP - Court employee arrested with ‘ice’ in Wellampitiya
A court employee has been arrested by the police while in possession of 10 grams and 800 milligrams of ‘ice’ drugs (crystal methamphetamine). The arrested…
Crime LNP - Minister of Trade addresses Red Rice shortage, blames past policies
Minister of Trade, Commerce and Food Security Wasantha Samarasinghe stated that the current shortage of Red Rice in the market emerged as a result of…
Crime LNP - Cigarette prices increased
The prices of cigarettes have been increased from tomorrow (January 11) in line with the increase in the Excise Duty imposed on cigarettes, according to the…
Crime LNP - Liquor prices increase with excise duty hike
The prices of liquor will also increase by approximately 6% following the hike in Excise Duty imposed on liquor with effect from tomorrow (January 11). The…
Crime LNP - Former Ambassador Udayanga Weeratunga arrested
Former Sri Lankan Ambassador to Russia, Udayanga Weeratunga, has been arrested by the Mirihana Police. He has been arrested for allegedly assaulting his…
Crime LNP - Two new Court of Appeal Justices sworn in
Two newly appointed Court of Appeal Justices were formally sworn in before President Anura Kumara Dissanayake at the Presidential Secretariat this morning…
Crime LNP - Rice imports deadline to end tomorrow
The deadline of the period where permission was granted for the import of rice by the private sector is scheduled to end tomorrow (10). To address the rice…
Crime LNP - Vehicle prices to shift with changes in import tax limits: Importers
If the current tax limits on vehicle imports are changed, the selling prices of vehicles in the market will also be affected, according to vehicle importers.…
Crime LNP - Bus strike called off after talks with police chief
The bus associations have decided to call off their island-wide strike following successful discussions with the Acting IGP. This decision was reached after a…
Crime LNP - Private bus strike called off after discussions with police
The discussion held today between private bus associations and the Acting Inspector General of Police regarding traffic operations conducted under the Clean…
Crime LNP - Overseas Sri Lankans can now obtain birth, marriage, death certificates via e-service
he Ministry of Foreign Affairs, Foreign Employment and Tourism in collaboration with the Registrar General’s Department, has launched a pilot project aimed at…
Crime LNP - Suspect arrested at BIA for smuggling gold
The Airport Police have arrested a suspect at Bandaranaike International Airport (BIA) in Katunayake for illegally smuggling gold into the country. The arrest…
Crime LNP - Nearly 300,000 dog bites reported annually in Sri Lanka
The Public Health Veterinary Service reports that nearly 300,000 dog bites are recorded annually in Sri Lanka, leading to the administration of approximately…
Crime LNP - Navy seizes 11.3 kg of gold, arrests three suspects
The Sri Lanka Navy has arrested three suspects with 11.3 kg of gold who were attempting to smuggle it out of Sri Lanka at the sea area off…
Crime LNP - No change in Litro Gas prices for January
The Litro Gas Company says that the prices of its domestic LP Gas cylinders will remain unchanged for the month of January 2025. Accordingly, the current…
Crime LNP - Two arrested at BIA for smuggling cigarettes worth Rs. 50.9 million
Two suspects were arrested at the Bandaranaike International Airport (BIA) this morning by Police Narcotics Bureau personnel while smuggling in foreign…
Crime LNP - Court extends freeze on Keheliya’s family accounts holding Rs. 93 Mn
The Colombo High Court today further extended its order to freeze for three months 16 fixed deposit accounts and three insurance policies belonging to the…
Crime LNP - Backlog of 130,000 driving license cards to be cleared by January
Steps will be taken to print and issue the 130,000 accumulated driving license cards, delayed due to previous printing backlogs, within January. …
Crime LNP - Labour Ministry introduces WhatsApp number to streamline services
The Ministry of Labor has introduced a new WhatsApp number, 070 7227877, to speed up the responses by the Ministry of Labour and the Labour Department to the…
Crime LNP - Suspect arrested with illegally assembled vehicles worth over Rs. 50 mln
The Police Fraud Investigation Bureau has successfully dismantled a criminal network involved in illegally assembling and selling vehicles. Accordingly,…
Crime LNP - Sri Lanka Police launches e-Traffic mobile app to combat traffic violations
Sri Lanka Police have launched the e-Traffic mobile application, a cutting-edge tool aimed at reducing traffic violations and improving road safety in line…
Crime LNP - Inclusion of fake Dr. title before Justice Minister’s name: CID to grill more parliamentary officials
The Criminal Investigation Department (CID ) will interrogate three more officials of the parliamentary staff over the inclusion of the 'Dr' title in front of…
Crime LNP - Grade 5 Scholarship Exam: Supreme Court declares State has violated Fundamental Rights of students
The Supreme Court today declared that the Fundamental Rights of the student candidates and petitioners have been violated by the State through the breach of…
Crime LNP - ‘Kiribath’ in jeopardy as rice shortage hits
With the shortage of Nadu and white raw rice varieties in the market, Sri Lankans will find it difficult to prepare traditional milk rice to welcome the dawn…