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320 field officers to be recruited to Mahaweli Development and environment Ministry Crime

320 field officers to be recruited to Mahaweli Development and environment Ministry

Mahaweli Development and environment Deputy Minister Anuradha Jayarathne said steps have been taken to recruit 320 field officers to the Ministry to fill the…

09 Mar 2018
81 suspects arrested over Kandy violence, four during curfew Crime

81 suspects arrested over Kandy violence, four during curfew

Eighty one suspects, including 10 personnel who had allegedly created communal disharmony using social media, had been arrested by the Police so far over…

09 Mar 2018
Violence reported from Ambatenna, Pujapitiya and Katugastota At least 2 deaths reported Crime

Violence reported from Ambatenna, Pujapitiya and Katugastota At least 2 deaths reported

A 24-hour curfew was imposed under emergency regulations in the Kandy Administrative District yesterday, following several isolated violent incidents, which…

08 Mar 2018
US expert commends Lankan bank officer who thwarted global money laundering attempt Crime

US expert commends Lankan bank officer who thwarted global money laundering attempt

It has been found that cyber-crimes across the world have shot up drastically in the past few years compromising the security of many organisations. According…

06 Mar 2018
Gang rob American professor's home in Dubai, court hears Crime

Gang rob American professor's home in Dubai, court hears

The men allegedly stole jewellery, cash and electronics Five men broke into an American professor’s villa and stole jewellery, electronics and Dh15,000 cash,…

06 Mar 2018
Drug cartel busted, Lankan national, aide arrested Crime

Drug cartel busted, Lankan national, aide arrested

Accused held a fake Indian passport, had been staying in Mannady for five years The city police claimed to have busted a major drug cartel with the arrest of a…

06 Mar 2018
SriLankan taken to courts over in-flight duty concessionaire Crime

SriLankan taken to courts over in-flight duty concessionaire

SriLankan Airline’s in-flight duty free concessionaire DFP (Canada Ltd.) has filed legal action claiming $ 750 million in damages for breaching the five-year…

05 Mar 2018
Ampara attacks Govt launches probe into Police inaction Compensation to be paid for damaged properties Crime

Ampara attacks Govt launches probe into Police inaction Compensation to be paid for damaged properties

The Government has launched a special investigation into complaints of Police inaction and the submission of an incomplete 'B' report on the attack on several…

05 Mar 2018
Susith Nirmal’s murderer arrested. Crime

Susith Nirmal’s murderer arrested.

https://youtu.be/GKGfRGAr-4s The suspect over the killing of the 10 year old boy at Iranawila in Chilaw was arrested at Nayaru fishing village in Mullaitivu…

05 Mar 2018
The Consumer and Gas Prices in Sri Lanka Crime

The Consumer and Gas Prices in Sri Lanka

The consumer in Sri Lanka is not organized as in other parts of the world in protecting and enhancing their due rights under the legal system. They accept…

02 Mar 2018
Sathosa rice import case CIABOC grills Ravi Crime

Sathosa rice import case CIABOC grills Ravi

Former Finance Minister Ravi Karunanayake was yesterday (27) grilled, for nearly five hours, by the Commission to Investigate Allegations of Bribery or…

28 Feb 2018
Mahendran not in Singapore address - Courier service Crime

Mahendran not in Singapore address - Courier service

An international courier service, which was tasked to hand over the Notice issued by the Colombo Fort Magistrate, to former Central Bank Governor Arjun…

27 Feb 2018
Sinhala Only Act destroyed peaceful Sri Lanka: Prof. Rohan Gunaratna Crime

Sinhala Only Act destroyed peaceful Sri Lanka: Prof. Rohan Gunaratna

Sri Lanka must have a Sedition Act or Maintenance of Religious Harmony Act to prevent people insulting other people, especially different ethnic groups, Prof.…

27 Feb 2018
Soldier involved in blast was heading for duty – Police Crime

Soldier involved in blast was heading for duty – Police

A grenade explosion inside a packed private operated passenger bus at a location in Kahagolla, Diyathalawa early Wednesday that left 19 persons injured, some…

26 Feb 2018
Asela Gunaratne ruled out of T20 tri-series Crime

Asela Gunaratne ruled out of T20 tri-series

Sri Lanka batsman Asela Gunaratne's injury woes continue, having now been ruled out of next month's T20 tri-series - the Nidahas Trophy - with an injury to his…

23 Feb 2018
One injured in shooting at Cotta Road Crime

One injured in shooting at Cotta Road

https://youtu.be/Bdvd-5tMf88?t=14 One person has been injured and hospitalised following a shooting incident near the railway crossing on Cotta Road in…

21 Feb 2018
Niece of businessman killed in warehouse collapse suspects foul play Crime

Niece of businessman killed in warehouse collapse suspects foul play

A woman, named Sharida Shabri (40) giving evidence at the inquest into death of businessman Abbas Ghulam Hussein (51) on Wednesday at Grandpass, due to the…

16 Feb 2018
CID team sent to arrest Udayanga comes back empty handed Crime

CID team sent to arrest Udayanga comes back empty handed

UAE blocks teams from recording statements from wanted former diplomat Interpol Red Notice issued but arrest not yet possible CID waiting for AG’s advice to…

15 Feb 2018
Lasantha murder – Alleged withholding of evidence CID to summon two former top cops Crime

Lasantha murder – Alleged withholding of evidence CID to summon two former top cops

The Criminal Investigations Department (CID) is set to summon former Inspector General of Police (IGP) Jayantha Wickremaratne and former Deputy Inspector…

08 Feb 2018
UNCIEF report reveals digital gap and risky behaviour among children online Crime

UNCIEF report reveals digital gap and risky behaviour among children online

In addition to revealing what it called a significant digital divide among young Sri Lankans, a new UNICEF study has highlighted disconcerting statistics on…

07 Feb 2018
Australian personal budget management service to enter Sri Lanka Crime

Australian personal budget management service to enter Sri Lanka

MyBudget Pte Ltd, Australia’s largest and most trusted firm for providing personal budget management services has announced that it will be officially entering…

05 Feb 2018
Former Mt. Lavinia Crimes OIC detained over Lasantha’s murder Crime

Former Mt. Lavinia Crimes OIC detained over Lasantha’s murder

The CID had taken into custody the former Crimes OIC of the Mount Lavinia Police on a 48 hour detention order over the killing of Sunday Leader Editor Lasantha…

03 Feb 2018
SL’s budget related reporting seen as falling short of world standards Crime

SL’s budget related reporting seen as falling short of world standards

The Fiscal Management (Responsibility) Act, which governs budget related reporting in Sri Lanka, is falling short of international standards when considering…

31 Jan 2018
Presidential Secretariat clarifies withholding of bond report documents Crime

Presidential Secretariat clarifies withholding of bond report documents

Several documents of the bond report containing sensitive information were withheld to be used for court proceedings, Secretary to the President Austin…

30 Jan 2018