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Crime Police sniper gun goes missing – UPFA MP
UPFA MPs, yesterday, demanded that DIG Nalaka Silva be arrested over an alleged plot to assassinate President Maithripala Sirisena and former Defence Secretary…
Crime World Bank commits $ 200 m to elevate Sri Lanka’s public health services
The World Bank has committed $ 200 million to upgrade the standards of performance of Sri Lanka’s public health system under the Second Health Sector…
Crime Admiral Wijegunaratne’s involvement with murder suspect:
Continuing controversy over Chief of Defence Staff (CDS) Ravi Wijegunaratne, wanted by the Criminal Investigation Department (CID) in connection with allegedly…
Crime Sri Lanka's pharma firms call for depreciation linked price controls
Sri Lanka's pharmaceutical firms, hit by rising costs from currency deprecation are calling for controlled prices to be hiked every six months to reflect the…
Crime SLC Chief Finance Officer says his e-mail was hacked
US$ 5.5 Million Fraud Sri Lanka Cricket’s Chief Financial Officer has informed investigators looking into one of the biggest financial scandals in the country…
Crime Fuel prices increased from last night: Finance Ministry
The Retail Prices of Fuel have been revised with effect from midnight today based on the Fuel pricing formula, the Finance Ministry said. Accordingly, the…
Crime Navy recovers 284.5kg Kerala Cannabis floating in sea
Some 284.5kg of Kerala Cannabis which has a street value of more than Rs. 30 million was recovered by the Navy in the seas off Iranativu island. Navy said this…
Crime CDS Wijegunaratne summoned to CID today
Former Navy Commander and Chief of Defence Staff (CDS) Admiral Ravindra Wijegunaratne had been summoned by the Criminal Investigation Department (CID) to give…
Crime Ex-military officers’ diplomatic service more immense than others: Gota
The service rendered by retired military officers as Sri Lanka’s envoys abroad was more immense and better than that of the others, former defence secretary…
Crime OMP wants officers accused of enforced disappearances suspended
In its first interim report, the Office on Missing Persons (OMP) recommended the government to suspend state officials including members of the armed forces…
Crime SLC issues Gunathilaka ‘severe warning’
Sri Lanka Cricket has asked opening batsman Danushka Gunathilaka to pull up his socks following his repeated off the field troubles. The 27-year-old was fined…
Crime Decks cleared for arrest of Sri Lanka’s top military chief
Arrangements are in place for the long-awaited arrest of Sri Lanka’s senior-most military officer in connection with an extortion racket and the horrific…
Crime Kandy Riots 2018: Were Police biased or not? – Kodagoda
The Sinhala-Muslim riots that occurred in 1915 had been repeated 103 years later and consideration needs to be given to whether the Police acted as…
Crime SLC anti-corruption unit arrests two Indians
On match-fixing suspicion: Sri Lankan cricket’s anti-corruption unit detained two Indian spectators on suspicion of match-fixing during a domestic Twenty20…
Crime Rejected Delimitation Report costs Rs. 21.2 million
A total of Rs.21.2 million had been incurred in the process of creating the Provincial Council Delimitation Report, sources revealed yesterday. The report was…
Crime COPE stops service extension of Peoples' Bank GM
The Peoples' Bank (PB) General Manager is under fire for asking for an extension of service, drawing an 'exorbitant salary' and drawing salary arrears to the…
Crime MAIN PARTIES TO VOTE AGAINST DELIMITATION REPORT
Report needs to be passed with a two thirds majority in House: UNP for holding PC elections under old electoral system The United National Front (UNF), Joint…
Crime Human Rights Commission Chair criticises media for sensationalising crime
Sri Lanka Human Rights Commission (HRC) Chairperson Deepika Udagama was critical of the media for its lack of social responsibility for sensationalising crime,…
Crime Sri Lanka coconut prices plunge 30-pct at auction; export ban may be lifted
Sri Lanka's fresh coconuts dropped to an average 30 percent to 30,793 rupees for 1,000 nuts at the latest auction in August 2018 from a month earlier, amid a…
Crime Prisons Police has been set up -Thalatha
Minister of Justice and Prison Reforms Thalatha Athukorala says a prisons police has been set up instead of the prisons intelligence unit. Speaking to media…
Crime Sri Lanka navy chief funded mass-murder suspect: CID
Sri Lanka's chief of defence staff Admiral Ravindra Wijegunaratne gave half a million rupees in cash to help the main suspect in the abduction and murder of 11…
Crime Suspect alleged to have fled country with Admiral’s help arrested in Colombo
Wartime abductions, killing of TNA MP Raviraj A high profile-government inquiry into the alleged abduction and disappearance of 11 Tamil youth by the Navy…
Crime CONTEMPT OF COURT ESTABLISHED
The Court of Appeal yesterday found Bodu Bala Sena (BBS) General Secretary Ven. Galagoda Atte Gnanasara Thera guilty on all four charges and sentenced to…
Crime Liquor price increases
The prices of fast-moving locally manufactured liquor products of Distilleries Company of Sri Lanka (DCSL) have been reportedly increased between Rs. 30 to 40…