Crime Prez tells Navy Commander to arrest illegal sand miners
President Maithripala Sirisena has said he instructed the Navy Commander to arrest sand racketeers. He said this while addressing the Environmental Pioneer…
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Crime Political weight suppresses inquiries into the fraud!
A zonal administrative high-up in the education sector, a buddy of high political authority, has reportedly diddled public funds obtained purportedly for…
Crime British Court case against Brigadier; Not informed: Army
The Sri Lanka Army said today that neither the Army nor Brigadier Priyanka Fernando had been informed with regard to any court case filed against the Brigadier…
Crime The Sri Lankan guns out to ruin Australia
It’s a Test series many expect Australia to win and just the tonic needed for a lift ahead of the World Cup and Ashes. But Sri Lanka, ranked one spot behind…
Crime Ring-leaders are yet to be arrested!
A group of politicos has come forward to shield the goons who led a mob attack on a hospital in a locality that has gone into history as the place where the…
Crime Licences of all 9mm firearms suspended
Defence Secretary Hemasiri Fernando today said licences of all 9mm firearms had been suspended and new licences would be issued from January 23. Mr. Fernando…
Crime ICC grant 14-day amnesty to report on match fixing approaches to Sri Lankans
The International Cricket Council (ICC) will, for the first time ever, start a two-week amnesty period for Sri Lankan cricketers and others involved in the…
Crime Shadow cast of a coming event
This person known to be an underworld character has made it a practice to forcibly collect the earth dug up for laying water mains and carrying it away loaded…
Crime Two Bangladeshis arrested with heroin worth Rs.3.3bn
Sri Lanka’s largest-ever heroin haul, weighing 278 kg and worth Rs.3,336 million, was detected in Dehiwala today, in a New Year’s Eve raid conducted jointly by…
Crime Made a fortune out of their gullibility
A former private secretary of a prominent central province political authority has defrauded some Rs.200 million from unsuspecting job seekers promising them…
Crime Kabir Hashim condemns attacks
Minister Kabir Hashim yesterday condemned the recent acts of violence at religious places of worship in Mawanella. “As soon as I heard about the recent…
Crime CH overcome Police by a whisker
In what turned out to be a close game, CH & FC managed to beat Police SC 29-24 in their Dialog Rugby League 2018/19 matchweek seven fixture played at the…
Crime Four killed, eight injured in Kudawella Fishery Harbour shooting
At least four people were killed and eight injured when two gunmen opened fire inside the Kudawella Fishery Harbour in Tangalle last morning, police spokesman…
Crime Saga of how a high office went a-begging!
The origin of this story has been traced to a very high place in the country. According to the story, a well- known political heavyweight had given his…
Crime SC issues notices on Ranjan
The Supreme Court today issued notices on UNP Parliamentarian Ranjan Ramanayake and the Attorney General to appear in court on December 7 over an incident of…
Crime Will appeal in Supreme Court: MR
Former Prime Minister Mahinda Rajapaksa said that they do not agree with the interim order which was issued by Court of Appeal today and that they would file…
Crime Police seek help to locate ‘Koombiyo’ Scriptwriter
The Police today released a photograph of 40-year-old Damitha Sagara Chandrasiri, the missing editor and scriptwriter of the ‘Koombiyo’ teledrama and sought…
Crime Drive For Justice
‘Yukthiye Yaathrawa’ (Drive for Justice), a vehicle parade, organized by the UNP, calling to restore democracy, was launched by UNP leader Ranil Wickremesinghe…
Crime Admiral docked !
After months of evading arrest, burly CDS surrenders to court; refused bail Remanded till 5 December; special protective custody ordered CDS reprimanded for…
Crime Govt. attempts to counter curtailment of funds to PM's office
Ahead of another parliamentary vote to curtail expenditure to the Office of Prime Minister, the government is making fresh efforts to muster the simple…
Crime 122 MPs challenge MR in court
As many as 122 Sri Lankan lawmakers on Friday challenged former President Mahinda Rajapaksa at the court of appeal, asking on whose authority he occupied the…
Crime Rashid, Stokes send Sri Lanka crumbling after tea
England 336 (Bairstow 110, Stokes 57, Sandakan 5-95) and 3 for 0 (Burns 2*, Jennings 1*) lead Sri Lanka 240 (Karunaratne 83, Dhananjaya 73, Rashid 5-49, Stokes…
Crime Rajapaksa administration owes SriLankan Rs.122mn: Officer
A total of Rs.122.3 million is owed to SriLankan by the Presidential Secretariat, the Foreign Affairs Ministry and the Commonwealth Games Committee for charted…
Crime President Can't Act like Alice in Wonderland"- Counsel tell SC
Challenging all arguments in favour of the dissolution of Parliament, the Supreme Court (SC) yesterday heard ten petitions arguing that President Maithripala…