LNP - Court extends freeze on Keheliya’s family accounts holding Rs. 93 Mn

2025-01-03   |   Crime

The Colombo High Court today further extended its order to freeze for three months 16 fixed deposit accounts and three insurance policies belonging to...

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LNP - Backlog of 130,000 driving license cards to be cleared by January

2025-01-03   |   Crime

Steps will be taken to print and issue the 130,000 accumulated driving license cards, delayed due to previous printing backlogs, within January. ...

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LNP - Labour Ministry introduces WhatsApp number to streamline services

2025-01-02   |   Crime

The Ministry of Labor has introduced a new WhatsApp number, 070 7227877, to speed up the responses by the Ministry of Labour and the Labour Department...

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LNP - Suspect arrested with illegally assembled vehicles worth over Rs. 50 mln

2025-01-02   |   Crime

The Police Fraud Investigation Bureau has successfully dismantled a criminal network involved in illegally assembling and selling vehicles.  Acco...

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LNP - Sri Lanka Police launches e-Traffic mobile app to combat traffic violations

2025-01-02   |   Crime

Sri Lanka Police have launched the e-Traffic mobile application, a cutting-edge tool aimed at reducing traffic violations and improving road safety in...

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LNP - Inclusion of fake Dr. title before Justice Minister’s name: CID to grill more parliamentary officials

2025-01-01   |   Crime

The Criminal Investigation Department (CID ) will interrogate three more officials of the parliamentary staff over the inclusion of the 'Dr' title in ...

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LNP - Grade 5 Scholarship Exam: Supreme Court declares State has violated Fundamental Rights of students

2024-12-31   |   Crime

The Supreme Court today declared that the Fundamental Rights of the student candidates and petitioners have been violated by the State through the bre...

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LNP - ‘Kiribath’ in jeopardy as rice shortage hits

2024-12-31   |   Crime

With the shortage of Nadu and white raw rice varieties in the market, Sri Lankans will find it difficult to prepare traditional milk rice to welcome t...

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LNP - General Shavendra Silva bids farewell to active service

2024-12-30   |   Crime

General Shavendra Silva, the 8th Chief of Defence Staff (CDS) of Sri Lanka, will retire from his position and active service in the Sri Lanka Army on ...

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LNP - Sri Lanka Customs clears 75,000 MT of imported rice

2024-12-29   |   Crime

Sri Lanka Customs announced that 75,000 metric tons of imported rice have been and cleared for distribution as of this morning (29).   It wa...

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LNP - Five arrested in connection with three-wheeler thefts

2024-12-29   |   Crime

The Colombo Central Divisional Crime Detective Bureau has arrested five individuals in connection with the theft of several three-wheelers. Police sai...

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LNP - Unusual activities reported in areas of elephant-human conflicts: Veterinarians’ Association

2024-12-28   |   Crime

Unusual activities are being reported in the areas where the elephants are being cased or captured to prevent elephant-human conflicts, advisor to the...

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LNP - New maximum retail price set for canned fish

2024-12-28   |   Crime

The Consumer Affairs Authority (CAA) has announced new maximum retail prices for specific types of canned fish, effective today. This directive, issu...

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LNP - Special police operation targeting reckless long-distance bus drivers

2024-12-28   |   Crime

Sri Lanka Police have implemented a special traffic operation during the festive season aimed at reducing traffic accidents across the island. This op...

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LNP - Couple nabbed at BIA over Rs. 1.6 billion financial fraud

2024-12-27   |   Crime

A couple who are alleged to have committed financial fraud amounting Rs. 1,600 million and fled the country three years ago, have been arrested upon r...

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LNP - National consumer prices dip once again

2024-12-26   |   Crime

National consumer prices continued their descent for the third month in a row in November 2024, at a pace much deeper than a month ago as prices eith...

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LNP - Excise proposes settlement of 50% defaulted tax to restore production licence of W. M. Mendis and Co.

2024-12-26   |   Crime

Making a fresh approach towards the stagnating tax issue of staggering Rs.5.8 billion defaulted by the local liquor giant W. M. Mendis and Co. Ltd. th...

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LNP - Police take action against over 8,700 traffic law violators in 24 hrs

2024-12-25   |   Crime

Sri Lanka Police says legal action has been taken against a total of 8,747 motorists for violating traffic laws, including 251 individuals driving und...

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LNP - Licence ready, Elon Musk’s Starlink yet to import devices to start operation

2024-12-23   |   Crime

Despite Elon Musk's Starlink, the satellite unit of SpaceX, being granted licence to operate in Sri Lanka, the organization is yet to apply for the im...

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LNP - Two arrested over threatening woman and demanding Rs. 1 mln ransom

2024-12-23   |   Crime

The Western Province North Crime Division has arrested two individuals involved in an incident of demanding a ransom from a woman after issuing death ...

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LNP - Surprise raid exposes alarming hygiene violations in Pettah restaurants

2024-12-22   |   Crime

A surprise inspection conducted by the officers of the Jinthupitiya Medical Officer of Health (MOH) office and Public Health Inspectors (PHIs) this mo...

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LNP - President Dissanayake to visit China mid-January: Report

2024-12-22   |   Crime

Sri Lankan President Anura Kumara Dissanayake will travel to the island’s largest bilateral lender China for talks in January, he said on Saturday, ...

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LNP - Private sector rice imports total 67,000 MT as deadline ends

2024-12-21   |   Crime

Sri Lanka Customs confirmed that a total of 67,000 metric tons of rice were imported by traders before the private sector’s rice import deadline exp...

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LNP - Gold prices surge in Sri Lanka

2024-12-21   |   Crime

Gold prices in Sri Lanka have seen a notable increase, according to the latest market data from the Colombo Gold Centre.   As of this morning (21), ...

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LNP - Govt. extends license-free rice import period until January 10

2024-12-20   |   Crime

The government has extended the temporary lifting of rice import restrictions, allowing private importers to bring in rice without a license until Jan...

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