Crime LNP - Five leading liquor manufacturers to face licence cancellation by Nov 30th
Five leading liquor manufacturers including W. M. Mendis and Co. Limited will face imminent risk of losing its liquor production licence, if an accumulated tax…
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Crime LNP - Two defendants acquitted from murder case after 27 years
The North Central Province Predecessor High Court Judge and incumbent Kuliyapitiya High Court Judge, Manoj Thalgodapitiya, has ordered the acquittal of two…
Crime LNP - Notice on issuing exam certificates
The Department of Examinations has issued a special notice regarding the issuance of exam certificates. Accordingly, the department announces that the issuing…
Crime LNP - Court orders to expedite tax probes on Piumi Hansamali and Aura Lanka chairman
Colombo Additional Magistrate Bandara Ilangasinghe has ordered the Inland Revenue Department today (11) to expedite its investigations into actress Piumi…
Crime LNP - Over 3,000 driving licenses temporarily suspended so far this year
The Department of Motor Traffic (DMT) says that the courts have temporarily suspended over 3,000 driving licenses during the time elapsed this year (2024). The…
Crime LNP - Man arrested for attempting to transport woman to Italy with wife’s passport
In a classic case of human smuggling, a man attempting to transport an unknown woman to Italy with his wife’s travel documents was stopped by the Immigration…
Crime LNP - Lohan Ratwatte and wife further remanded
Former Minister Lohan Ratwatte and his wife have been ordered to be remanded further until November 18 by the Nugegoda Magistrate’s Court. The former Minister…
Crime LNP - Rice shortage, price surge fueled by increased beer production?
The Small and Medium Scale Rice Mill Owners’ Association stresses that the growing rice shortage in the market is caused by the increased use of raw rice for…
Crime LNP - Court to review injunction against e-passport purchase; Ex-President Ranil named respondent
Former President Ranil Wickremesinghe has been named as a respondent of the writ petition filed with the Court of Appeal challenging the previous government’s…
Crime LNP - Four ex-Customs officers sentenced to 35 years RI over bribery charges
The Colombo High Court has sentenced four former officials of Sri Lanka Customs to 35 years of rigorous imprisonment each after they were found guilty of the…
Crime LNP - Government will take legal action if rice not sold at controlled prices: President
Claiming that the government had held discussions with rice millers on the prices of rice, President Anura Kumara Dissanayake said today that legal action will…
Crime LNP - Spouse can claim damages from adulterer without filing for divorce: Supreme Court
In its recent judgement, the Supreme Court held that a party in a divorce case can pursue a claim against a co-defendant (the adulterer—a third party outside…
Crime LNP - Rice prices average above rate stipulated by Govt
Despite the government regulating prices for Nadu rice at Rs. 220, prices have averaged Rs.235 a kilo in the market, according to recent reports. At a recent…
Crime LNP - Sri Lanka makes $503 million in debt service payments in first half 2024
The external debt of the government as of end of June 2024 amounted to USD 37.5 billion, according to the Mid-Year Fiscal Position Report issued by Sri Lanka’s…
Crime LNP - Another jeep suspected to belong to Lohan Ratwatte seized
The Theldeniya police seized a suspicious jeep with a forged number plate, allegedly used by former State Minister Lohan Ratwatte. The jeep was found parked in…
Crime LNP - Failing to represent client as assigned counsel: Supreme Court suspends lawyer for five years
In a landmark disciplinary action, the Supreme Court suspended a lawyer from practicing law for five years following findings that he failed to appear before…
Crime LNP - Fuel prices reduced
The Ceylon Petroleum Corporation (CPC) has announced a revision of fuel prices effective from midnight today (31). Accordingly, the price of Petrol 95 Octane…
Crime LNP - Enter Air commences flight services between Poland and Sri Lanka
Enter Air, the largest private airline operating in Poland has commenced flight services from Poland’s Warsaw to Colombo, marking the start of a new series of…
Crime LNP - Former State Minister Lohan Ratwatte arrested
Former State Minister Lohan Ratwatte has been arrested by police this afternoon (31). Police said that the former state minister was arrested in Kandy over an…
Crime LNP - Sri Lanka to probe ‘corruption’ in handling of X-Press Pearl disaster - report
Sri Lanka’s new government, led by President Anura Kumara Dissanayake, will launch a fresh investigation into the handling of the MV X-Press Pearl cargo ship…
Crime LNP - Accomplices of ‘Army Chooty’ arrested with drugs worth over Rs. 285 mln
The Police Special Task Force (STF) has arrested two accomplices of the underworld figure known as “Army Chooty,” who is responsible for managing the drug…
Crime LNP - Arugam Bay incident suspects held for 90 Days under Detention Order
Two suspects arrested in connection with security threats to foreign tourists in the Arugam Bay area are being detained for 90 days for further questioning,…
Crime LNP - Sri Lanka’s Central Bank responds to reports of ‘money printing’
The Central Bank of Sri Lanka (CBSL) today rejected as ‘completely baseless’ the recent reports claiming that the CBSL has printed currency notes to the value…
Crime LNP - Two arrested with large stock of commercial explosives in Padaviya
Padaviya Police Station has arrested two suspects who were in possession of a stock of commercial explosives. Based on information received by a team of…