Crime News

Three suspects, including two women, were arrested by the Criminal Investigation Department (CID) for defrauding over Rs. 27 milli…

The Department of Motor Traffic (DMT) has made it mandatory to provide the Taxpayer Identification Number (TIN) in order to receiv…

Parliamentarian Chamara Sampath Dassanayake was brought before the Colombo Magistrate’s Court today (01) in connection with thre…

The price of a cup of milk tea has been increase by Rs. 10, the All-Island Restaurant Owners’ Association announced. This decisi…

The Ceylon Petroleum Corporation (CPC) has announced a reduction in the prices of petrol, with effect from midnight tonight (31). …

A person was shot and injured by two individuals who arrived on a motorcycle in the early hours of this morning (31), at a residen…

The Court of Appeal yesterday issued an order permitting the Katukurunda Circuit Race organized by the Royal Automobile Club Asia …

The report on the recently conducted census of wild animals responsible for crop damage is scheduled to be released today (28). Fo…

Two persons have been killed and another injured after a bowser carrying rubber latex plunged into a 30-foot precipice on the Badu…

According to data released by the Tea Board of India, India has exported 254 million kg of tea in 2024, thus becoming the second-h…

The government plans to develop the Nuwara Eliya Post Office as a tourist attraction while continuing to offer postal services, Ca…

An Extraordinary Gazette Notification has been issued to implement a maximum retail price mechanism for medicines. The notificatio…

A 69-year-old Buddhist monk has been found brutally murdered at a monastery in Kiralogama, within the Eppawala Police Division. Ac…

Police have identified the suspects linked to a violent altercation involving a group accompanying Yoshitha Rajapaksa outside a ni…

Fifty-seven suspects have been arrested during a raid carried out at a hotel in the Uswetakeiyawa area of Pamunugama, following a …

Police have arrested three suspects, including a woman, in connection with the shooting near the Devundara Sri Vishnu Devalaya in …

The Western Province North Crimes Division has arrested two suspects involved in an extortion racket of threatening businessmen ov…

Former Inspector General of Police (IGP) Deshabandu Tennakoon has surrendered to the Matara Magistrate's Court this morning. …

The importers of powdered milk foods have decided to increase the prices by 4.7% with effect from 01 April 2025.  Accordingly, th…

It is not possible to mete out justice for those who were affected by the Easter Sunday attacks within a month or two, Minister of…

Colombo Chief Magistrate Tanuja Lakmali, today issued a warrant on Asha Basnayake, the third witness in the case related to the al…

Sri Lanka’s first supermodel, fashion icon Akushla Sellayah, has passed away.  Fondly known as “Aku,” she was a trailbl…

The Archbishop of Colombo, His Eminence Cardinal Malcolm Ranjith, expressed hope that justice will be served before the sixth anni…

Former Sri Lankan President Ranil Wickremesinghe is set to deliver a special statement today (16) regarding the allegations mentio…

Leader of the House, Minister Bimal Ratnayake said that steps will be taken to forward the ‘Batalanda’ Commission report to th…