LNP - CAA to take legal actions against 135 traders for selling rice at inflated prices
The Consumer Affairs Authority (CAA) has stated that legal proceedings have been initiated against 135 traders across the country for selling rice at ...
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LNP - Passenger arrested at BIA while attempting to smuggle foreign cigarettes worth over Rs. 4.5 mln
A Sri Lankan passenger has been arrested at the Bandaranaike International Airport (BIA) by officers of the Police Narcotics Bureau (PNB) while attemp...
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LNP - CID confirms ‘Kajja’ followed Wasim Thajudeen’s car before murder
The Criminal Investigation Department (CID) has confirmed that Aruna Vidanagamage, also known as “Kajja”, was travelling in the jeep that followed...
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LNP - Bribery Commission cracks down on hidden assets under new crime act
The Commission to Investigate Allegations of Bribery or Corruption (CIABOC) is probing several properties, including a hotel and multiple houses conne...
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LNP - Over 8,000 child-related complaints reported: NCPA
The National Child Protection Authority (NCPA) said that over 8,000 complaints related to children have been reported from across the country. NCPA of...
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LNP - Court grants permission to detain and question ‘Beliatte Sana’
The Tangalle Magistrate’s Court has granted permission for police to detain and interrogate Sanath Weerasinghe, also known as ‘Beliatta Sanaa,’ ...
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LNP - JKCG seeks court relief as BYD EV shipments remain detained by customs
John Keells CG Auto (JKCG), the authorized distributor of BYD electric vehicles (EVs) in Sri Lanka, issued a fresh statement late evening regard...
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LNP - Fuel prices reduced
The Ceylon Petroleum Corporation (Ceypetco) has announced a revision of fuel prices effective from midnight today (30). According to the announcement,...
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LNP - Appeals court issues directive on vehicles detained by Sri Lanka Customs
The Court of Appeal today (30) ordered Sri Lanka Customs to investigate and report to court by October 10, whether the vehicles currently being detain...
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LNP - Institutional corruption persists even under new Govt- key U.S. report
Institutional corruption persists, particularly within sectors protected by entrenched vested interests, even under the current government, though hig...
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LNP - Three Sri Lankans involved in crimes arrested in Bengaluru
Three Sri Lankans who were allegedly involved in crimes have been arrested by the Central Crime Branch of Bengaluru. The three Sri Lankans were allege...
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LNP - Temporary Driver’s licences now issued from Nugegoda Medical Institute
The temporary driver’s licence issued during the renewal process will now be provided by the National Transport Medical Institute in Nugegoda, effec...
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LNP - CAA raids over 100 shops for selling rice above control price
The Consumer Affairs Authority (CAA) has raided a total of 105 shops over the past two weeks for selling rice above the government-imposed control pri...
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LNP - Two suspects arrested over Rs. 6 mln gold jewelry heist
Two suspects have been arrested in Kiribathgoda in connection with the investigation into the robbery of gold jewelry worth Rs. 6 million after assaul...
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LNP - Former army officials to be arrested over Easter Sunday attacks: President
President Anura Kumara Dissanayake said that investigations into the 2019 Easter Sunday bomb attacks are continuing and advancing and that one or two ...
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LNP - Two persons linked to yesterday’s Tangalle drugs seizure arrested
Police have arrested two sons of an individual who died after being hospitalised from a house in Seenimodara, Tangalle, yesterday (22), where a large ...
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LNP - Three Pakistanis arrested for robbing driver using chemical-laced currency note in Peradeniya
In what appeared to be a rare tactic employed in robberies, three Pakistani nationals have been arrested for allegedly robbing a lorry driver of Rs.90...
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LNP - Immigration Controller Harsha Ilukpitiya sentenced to two years in prison for contempt of court
The Supreme Court today (23) sentenced Harsha Ilukpitiya, the Controller General of Immigration and Emigration, to two years of imprisonment after bei...
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LNP - Another lorry with 200kg of substances believed to be ‘Ice’ and heroin found in Tangalle
A large stock of narcotics, including over 200 kilograms of crystal methamphetamine or commonly known as ‘Ice’ and eroin, has been discovered in S...
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LNP - Kush and Hashish worth over Rs. 16.8M found in bathroom at BIA
A large consignment of narcotics estimated to be worth approximately Rs. 16.84 million was discovered today (20) in the men’s bathroom of the arriva...
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LNP - All passenger transport drivers required to obtain ‘PT License’ by December 31 – Transport Minister
Minister of Transport, Highways, Ports and Civil Aviation Bimal Rathnayake has stated that it is mandatory to all drivers engaged in passenger transpo...
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LNP - SLAF intelligence officer arrested over Rs. 20M gold smuggling attempt at BIA
In a major enforcement success, the Narcotics Control Unit of Sri Lanka Customs apprehended an intelligence officer of the Sri Lanka Air Force (SLAF) ...
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LNP - Gunman and two suspects arrested in murder of Dan Priyasad
The alleged shooter in the murder of political activist Dan Priyasad was arrested last night, along with two others—including a woman—in Ranwala t...
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