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Year-long prices expected at mid-single digit levels; short-term pressure seen due to supply disruptions Crime

Year-long prices expected at mid-single digit levels; short-term pressure seen due to supply disruptions

Prices could see a short-term uptrend in April and May amid sputtered supply due to coronavirus-induced lockdowns, but overall prices in the economy for the…

22 Apr 2020
COVID- 19: AG’s Department closed until further notice Crime

COVID- 19: AG’s Department closed until further notice

The Attorney General's Department has been closed until further notice after a private female security officer at the Department was infected with COVID- 19.…

21 Apr 2020
Dialog gives all mobile customers free emergency relief data, voice and SMS Crime

Dialog gives all mobile customers free emergency relief data, voice and SMS

To ensure that Sri Lankans across the country stay connected during these unprecedented times and to further assist the customers who are unable to pay and use…

20 Apr 2020
Rishad Bathiudeen’s brother arrested over Easter Sunday attacks Crime

Rishad Bathiudeen’s brother arrested over Easter Sunday attacks

Former Minister Rishad Bathiudeen's brother Riyaj Bathiudeen had been arrested by the CID over the Easter Sunday bomb attacks, Police Spokesman SP Jaliya…

15 Apr 2020
Seven arrested for spreading false information on Covid-19 Crime

Seven arrested for spreading false information on Covid-19

Seven persons had been arrested over the last two days for spreading false information on Covid-19 over social media, police said. They said 16 individuals had…

14 Apr 2020
1,724 curfew violators arrested within 24 hours Crime

1,724 curfew violators arrested within 24 hours

A total of 1,724 individuals have been arrested and 496 vehicles seized within a 24-hour period which ended 6.a.m today for curfew violation, the Police said.…

09 Apr 2020
Fraudsters found collecting money using COVID-19 Fund as cover: PMD Crime

Fraudsters found collecting money using COVID-19 Fund as cover: PMD

The Presidential Secretariat had received information about several instances of fraudsters collecting money using COVID-19 Healthcare and Social Security Fund…

02 Apr 2020
UNP PS member arrested for obstructing duties of Navy Crime

UNP PS member arrested for obstructing duties of Navy

A member of the Arachchikattuwa Pradeshiya Sabha (UNP) has been arrested for obstructing a group of naval personnel from performing their duties during the…

30 Mar 2020
Around 1600 arrested for violating curfew Crime

Around 1600 arrested for violating curfew

A total of 1589 persons have been arrested with 362 vehicles including motorcycle and three-wheelers during the weekend for violating the curfew, police said.

23 Mar 2020
Neville Fernando Hospital to care for Covid-19 suspected pregnant mothers Crime

Neville Fernando Hospital to care for Covid-19 suspected pregnant mothers

The Neville Fernando Hospital in Malabe and the Borella Castle Street Hospital are to be used to treat pregnant mothers suspected of having contracted the…

22 Mar 2020
Update: 338 arrested for violating curfew Crime

Update: 338 arrested for violating curfew

A total of 338 individuals had been arrested by the police since Saturday for violating the curfew which was imposed island-wide, the Police Headquarters said.…

22 Mar 2020
Maximum retail price for Masoor Dhal, Big Onions and Canned Fish Crime

Maximum retail price for Masoor Dhal, Big Onions and Canned Fish

While issuing an extraordinary gazette notification the Consumer Affairs Authority (CAA) today declared a maximum retail price for Masoor Dhal, Big Onions…

19 Mar 2020
SriLankan Airlines officer tested positive Crime

SriLankan Airlines officer tested positive

A First Officer of SriLankan Airlines tested positive for Coronavirus and some of the staff members asked to undergo self-quarantine process, SriLankan…

17 Mar 2020
Fuel price reduction within next few days: Minister Crime

Fuel price reduction within next few days: Minister

The government would pass the benefit of fuel price reduction in the global market to the consumer in the next few days after deciding the way it should be…

13 Mar 2020
Prima KottuMee to spice up the Royal – Thomian Big Match Crime

Prima KottuMee to spice up the Royal – Thomian Big Match

Image caption: Mr. Sajith Gunaratne – Deputy General Manager, Ceylon Agro Industries Limited (Prima Group Sri Lanka) handing over the sponsorship to the Sub…

11 Mar 2020
Possible sets of drugs for coronavirus treatment Crime

Possible sets of drugs for coronavirus treatment

A group of scientists led by Dr. Sameera R. Samarakoon at the Institute of Biochemistry Molecular Biology and Biotechnology, University of Colombo has recently…

20 Feb 2020
Raw deal on young guns as SLC finalise annual contracts Crime

Raw deal on young guns as SLC finalise annual contracts

Lanka Cricket, whose latest feat is to sideline some of the most promising young cricketers from national cricket contracts–continue to baffle. Kamindu Mendis,…

23 Oct 2019
Bus drivers ‘slipping’ on ice? Crime

Bus drivers ‘slipping’ on ice?

Private bus drivers often get cursed by people for their haphazard ways of doing things such as excessive speeding, being negligent of road signs and violating…

02 Oct 2019
Gota faces court test over nationality Crime

Gota faces court test over nationality

(Colombo) REUTERS: A court in Sri Lanka set up a three-judge panel yesterday to hear a petition challenging the citizenship of presidential nominee Gotabaya…

02 Oct 2019
Politicking has begun! Crime

Politicking has begun!

Now that the big poll is close at hand, the political authorities have begun demonstrating their generosity towards the voters. For instance, a high political…

30 Sep 2019
They want Easter Sunday carnage suspect reinstated! Crime

They want Easter Sunday carnage suspect reinstated!

Some prominent politicos are said to be making a bid to have a former employee of the august assembly arrested in connection with the Easter Sunday carnage,…

18 Sep 2019
Vote-buying has begun? Crime

Vote-buying has begun?

A prominent politico of a main political party planning to contest a seat at the coming general poll, has begun doling out Rs. 2 lakh each to party supporters…

09 Sep 2019
Production of smart driver licence: RMV’s contract extension to private firm causes Rs 4 Bn loss Crime

Production of smart driver licence: RMV’s contract extension to private firm causes Rs 4 Bn loss

The Government suffered a loss of around Rs. 4 billion due to a decision made by the Department of Registration of Motor Vehicles (RMV) to extend a contract…

05 Sep 2019
Springboks roll out big guns for Japan World Cup warm-up Crime

Springboks roll out big guns for Japan World Cup warm-up

Springbok coach Rassie Erasmus named a full-strength side to play Japan, as the two-time champions bid to put down a World Cup marker and avenge the biggest…

04 Sep 2019