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Crime LNP - Australia lowers travel advice on Sri Lanka
Australia has reviewed and lowered a travel advice on Sri Lanka due to the reduced impacts of COVID-19 in the country, the latest travel advisory issued on…
Crime LNP - Court order blocking payment for Chinese fertilizer shipment extended
The Colombo Commercial High Court today (November 09) extended the enjoining order issued against the Chinese company that shipped fertilizer containing…
Crime LNP - Guests now allowed to visit inmates at prisons twice per week
Guests will be allowed to visit inmates at prisons twice a week now, the Prisons Department said today. Prisons Spokesman Chandana Ekanayake said that guests…
Crime LNP - Joint raid nabbed 8 suspects with narcotics and cash in Keselwatta
Eight suspects have been arrested with narcotics including 75 kilos of Cannabis and Rs. 790,000 in cash during a joint raid by the Police and the STF in…
Crime LNP - Cigarette prices to go up in the next budget
The price of cigarettes is to be increased after the next budget for the year 2022, National Authority on Tobacco and Alcohol (NATA) Chairman, Dr. Samadhi…
Crime LNP - Mount Lavinia brothel owner yet to be arrested
The owner of the luxury brothel in Mount Lavinia from where five Indonesian women were arrested, is yet to be arrested and produced before court. The Mount…
Crime LNP - 21 more COVID-19 deaths reported
A total of 21 more COVID-19 related deaths that occurred yesterday (02) were confirmed by the Director-General of Health Services today pushing the death toll…
Crime LNP - Driver escaping with over Rs. 67Mn cash of private bank arrested
A driver who has fled with over Rs.67 million in cash which was being transported to be deposited in ATM trailers of a private bank, had been arrested by the…
Crime LNP - 17 more COVID-19 deaths reported
A total of 17 more COVID-19 related deaths that occurred yesterday (31) were confirmed by the Director-General of Health Services today pushing the death toll…
Crime LNP - STF arrests doctor for selling drugs
The Special Task Force of Police (STF) has arrested a doctor who worked at the Panadura Base Hospital for selling drug pills worth over Rs. 3 million at a…
Crime LNP - Payment to Chinese Company halted following court decision: People’s Bank
Responding to the moves taken by the Economic and Commercial Office of the Chinese Embassy in Sri Lanka to blacklist People's Bank,the People's Bank said the…
Crime LNP - Provide relief for private bus owners to restart services: Minister tells NTC Head
Transport Minister Pavithra Wanniarachchi today instructed the National Transport Commission (NTC) Chairman to provide all possible relief for private bus…
Crime LNP - Police to offer Rs.2.5 mn reward for information on main Mulleriyawa suspect
The Police Headquarters announced that a Rs. 2.5 million cash reward will be awarded for any information on the main suspect in the shooting incident in which…
Crime LNP - Cement prices skyrocket: Minister
The cement dealers have started selling cement at higher prices notwithstanding there is a shortage, Coperative Services, Marketing Development and Consumer…
Crime LNP - Probe launched after video of senior police officer assaulting civilian goes viral
The Police Headquarters has commenced an investigation into the incident where a senior police officer in charge of the Sabaragamuwa Province had assaulted a…
Crime LNP - 29 more COVID-19 deaths reported
A total of 29 more COVID-19 related deaths that occurred yesterday (24) were confirmed by the Director-General of Health Services today pushing the death toll…
Crime LNP - No intention to increase fuel prices, says Gammanpila
There is no intention to increase the fuel prices in the near future, Energy Minister Udaya Gammanpila assured. He expressed these views after a meeting which…
Crime LNP - NIC one-day service from Monday: DRP Comm. Gen.
The Department of Registration of Persons (DRP) today said that the one-day service for issuing National Identity Cards (NICs) which was suspended due to the…
Crime LNP - Doing what’s right is a challenge:President tells Agrarian Service officers
President Gotabaya Rajapaksa has emphasised that doing what's right is a grave challenge and added that despite the magnitude of a challenge, the desired goals…
Crime LNP - LIOC to increase Diesel and Petrol prices by Rs.5
The Lanka IOC has increased its retail selling prices for both Diesel (Lanka Auto Diesel) & Petrol (LP 92 ) by Rs. 5 per litre from tonight due to huge…
Crime LNP - Supreme Court orders police to probe Lohan Ratwatte’s incident
The Supreme Court has ordered the IGP to carry out an investigation, under the Code of Criminal Procedure and on the advice of the Attorney General, into the…
Crime LNP - India’s Kushinagar airport to be opened with flight from SL on October 20
Kushinagar International Airport in Uttar Pradesh, India will be inaugurated next Wednesday with a flight of a 125-member delegation including 100 Buddhist…
Crime LNP - Rice Millers’ Assn. urge govt to impose price control
The Sri Lanka Rice Millers' Association requested the government to impose control price again for rice, as there would be a tendency to increase the price of…
Crime LNP - MILCO increases Highland milk powder prices
The price of a 400 gram pouch of Highland milk powder has been increased by Rs. 90 and a 1 kg pouch has been increased by Rs. 225, state-run dairy producer…