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LNP - AIA reports ‘strong 2020 financial results’ Crime

LNP - AIA reports ‘strong 2020 financial results’

AIA’s large and growing in-force portfolio with recurring, high-quality sources of earnings has supported a 5 per cent growth in operating profit after tax…

16 Mar 2021
LNP - Police find nexus between drug dealers and extremists Crime

LNP - Police find nexus between drug dealers and extremists

The Terrorist Investigation Division has commenced an investigation into Rs. 980 million in an account maintained by an extremist group at a bank in…

16 Mar 2021
LNP - AG at meeting with Cardinal stresses need to study all 87 volumes of PCoI report Crime

LNP - AG at meeting with Cardinal stresses need to study all 87 volumes of PCoI report

Attorney General Dappula de Livera, PC, has informed the Archbishop of Colombo Malcolm Cardinal Ranjith that it is futile to proceed with the 2019 Easter…

11 Mar 2021
LNP - PCoI report on Easter Sunday carnage Crime

LNP - PCoI report on Easter Sunday carnage

The Presidential Secretariat has declined to release 22 volumes (each containing about 600 pages) of proceedings to Attorney General Dappula de Livera, PC, on…

03 Mar 2021
LNP - CIPM PMS division inaugurates ‘Service for Sales Excellence’ programme for Lanka Sathosa Crime

LNP - CIPM PMS division inaugurates ‘Service for Sales Excellence’ programme for Lanka Sathosa

CIPM Sri Lanka and Lanka Sathosa officials at the programme launch ceremony The People Management Solutions (PMS) division of CIPM Sri Lanka inaugurated the…

17 Feb 2021
LNP - President’s Office denies ex-US Ambassador’s claim ‘Killing of LTTE leaders who surrendered’ Crime

LNP - President’s Office denies ex-US Ambassador’s claim ‘Killing of LTTE leaders who surrendered’

President Gotabaya Rajapaksa’s Office yesterday (15) strongly denied a claim by former US Ambassador for War Crimes and Global Criminal Justice Stephen Rapp…

16 Feb 2021
LNP - Environment Minister stands by courageous Forest Officer Crime

LNP - Environment Minister stands by courageous Forest Officer

There has been a serious lapse on the part of those who conducted the environmental study of the Central expressway project, and they have not paid attention…

12 Feb 2021
LNP - Wimal sticks to his guns, continues to demand top position for GR in SLPP Crime

LNP - Wimal sticks to his guns, continues to demand top position for GR in SLPP

National Freedom Party (NFF) leader Wimal Weerawansa, MP, has reiterated the urgent need to create a suitable top level position for President Gotabaya…

11 Feb 2021
LNP - ‘Police Kottu’, a new variety of cheaper Kottu! Crime

LNP - ‘Police Kottu’, a new variety of cheaper Kottu!

Kottu Roti is a popular food item served in hotels and restaurants.  By the way, a certain purohita of the government had recently referred to a new kind…

19 Jan 2021
LNP -  news Fresh bid to prevent drugs being pilfered out of custody of Govt. Analyst’s Dept., Police Crime

LNP - news Fresh bid to prevent drugs being pilfered out of custody of Govt. Analyst’s Dept., Police

A new mechanism would be introduced soon to destroy stocks of narcotics after samples are obtained, Public Security Minister Rear Admiral (Retd) Sarath…

06 Jan 2021
LNP - Theft of explosives, act of vandalism jolt police into action Crime

LNP - Theft of explosives, act of vandalism jolt police into action

The police and intelligence services have launched a probe following an attack that broke the glass shield of a Buddha statue near Dadimudda kovil at Hingula,…

31 Dec 2020
LNP - Gunaruwan: ACSA, SOFA, MCC could be part of US Indo-Pacific strategy Crime

LNP - Gunaruwan: ACSA, SOFA, MCC could be part of US Indo-Pacific strategy

The much-touted Millennium Challenge Corporation Compact (MCCC) would have undermined Sri Lanka’s status as a sovereign country, Prof. Lalithasiri Gunaruwan…

18 Dec 2020
LNP - BOC joins police to carry-out COVID 19 precaution campaign Crime

LNP - BOC joins police to carry-out COVID 19 precaution campaign

The Bank of Ceylon took the opportunity to join with the Sri Lanka Police Department to extend its support towards “COVID 19 Precaution awareness campaign” in…

15 Dec 2020
LNP - Govt. Analyst, AG, Police blamed for increase in number of remandees Crime

LNP - Govt. Analyst, AG, Police blamed for increase in number of remandees

President Gotabaya Rajapaksa, yesterday (10) faulted the Government Analyst’s Department, the Attorney General’s Department and the Police over the simmering…

11 Dec 2020
LNP - DHL Express Sri Lanka celebrates 40 years of service excellence and market leadership Crime

LNP - DHL Express Sri Lanka celebrates 40 years of service excellence and market leadership

Since 1980, the company has continuously invested in Sri Lanka and demonstrated its commitment to help local businesses succeed • Marks anniversary milestone…

08 Dec 2020
LNP - SJB holds vigil: Minister receives interim report Crime

LNP - SJB holds vigil: Minister receives interim report

The Special Commission appointed to probe the recent Mahara Prison riot has handed its interim report to Minister of Justice, Mohamad Ali Sabry. The prison…

08 Dec 2020
LNP -Mastermind of prison violence identified – Police Spokesman Crime

LNP -Mastermind of prison violence identified – Police Spokesman

By Saman Indrajith, Norman Palihawadana and Nishan S. Priyantha Police Spokesman DIG Ajith Rohana told The Island yesterday that the Police had identified a…

01 Dec 2020
LNP - PSC action could cripple health services, warns GMOA Secretary Crime

LNP - PSC action could cripple health services, warns GMOA Secretary

There were vacancies for 89 specialist doctors in government teaching hospitals due to certain actions taken by the Public Service Commission (PSC), the…

25 Nov 2020
LNP - Tried to up the price! Crime

LNP - Tried to up the price!

On the day the vote on the 20A was taken, some Diyawanna members behaved like children, they say. A government national list member, a first timer by the way,…

17 Nov 2020
LNP -  Sports SLADA to employ law enforcement officer to fight doping in sports Crime

LNP - Sports SLADA to employ law enforcement officer to fight doping in sports

Obtaining the service of a qualified law enforcement officer and joining hands with the Director General of Health Services and the Public Health Inspectors…

17 Nov 2020
LNP - Selection of Vice Chancellors: Crime

LNP - Selection of Vice Chancellors:

Chief Opposition Whip and Kandy District SJB MP Lakshman Kiriella yesterday accused the government of changing procedures to appoint SLPP henchmen as Vice…

04 Nov 2020
LNP - Mapakada Village Mahiyanganaya awarded 2020 TripAdvisor Travelers’ Choice Award Crime

LNP - Mapakada Village Mahiyanganaya awarded 2020 TripAdvisor Travelers’ Choice Award

Mapakada Village Mahiyanganaya announced that it has been recognized as a 2020 TripAdvisor Travelers’ Choice award-winner recently. This award is presented to…

22 Oct 2020
LNP - ACL Cables launches new Mercury range for circuit protection devices, enhancing portfolio Crime

LNP - ACL Cables launches new Mercury range for circuit protection devices, enhancing portfolio

ACL Cables PLC, the nation’s No. 1 cable manufacturer introduced ‘Mercury’ its latest range of circuit protection devices comprising of trip switches –…

21 Oct 2020
LNP - Six CID teams deployed to arrest Rishad Bathiudeen Crime

LNP - Six CID teams deployed to arrest Rishad Bathiudeen

Six Criminal Investigation Department (CID) teams were deployed to arrest MP Rishad Bathiudeen following the Attorney General’s directive to the police to…

14 Oct 2020