Rajitha refutes media reports on RAW plot

2018-10-18   |   Crime

Co-Cabinet spokesperson Minister Rajitha Senaratne refuted media reports that stated that President Maithripala Sirisena had informed Cabinet that the...

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Wiggy wants TNA vote tied to release of LTTE suspects in custody Budget 2019

2018-10-15   |   Crime

Northern Province Chief Minister C.V. Wigneswaran said on Friday said that he had requested the TNA leaders to vote against the budget in Parliament i...

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Justice Nalin Perera likely to be CJ

2018-10-12   |   Crime

Supreme Court Judge Justice Nalin Perera has been nominated by President Maithripala Sirisena to be appointed as the next Chief Justice of Sri Lanka. ...

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Fuel prices to increase with pricing formula

2018-10-11   |   Crime

In accordance with the pricing formula activated by the Ministry of Finance, there is the possibility of the price of fuel being increased from today ...

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Naming Ravi as a suspect in CID investigation ruled unlawful

2018-10-09   |   Crime

Colombo Chief Magistrate Ranga Dissanayake today (09) ruled that, at the moment it is illegal to name MP Ravi Karunanayake as a suspect in the investi...

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CD handed over to court by CID didn't contain Bond report

2018-10-05   |   Crime

The CD which was supposed to carry recordings of Former Minister, MP Ravi Karunanayake giving a statement to the CID the investigations which was prod...

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Mangala claims Ranil saved Mahinda from becoming an international criminal

2018-10-01   |   Crime

Finance and Mass Media Minister Mangala Samaraweera yesterday stated that the current government salvaged Sri Lanka from its status as a drop of blood...

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Knowing your blood report

2018-09-27   |   Crime

Blood tests have become such an integral part of disease diagnosis and treatment process that when you go to a doctor, more often than not, you are...

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Gas price increased

2018-09-27   |   Crime

The prices of Litro and Laugfs gas have been increased from midnight today. The price of a 12.5 kg cylinder of gas has been increased by Rs.195, a 5 ...

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Sri Lanka's coconut prices steady, export ban lifted

2018-09-22   |   Crime

Sri Lanka coconut prices fell 5.4 percent at Thursday's auction in Colombo, to 36,346 rupees for 1,000 nuts, after rising 3.7 percent to 38,428 a we...

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Price hike of sugar not permitted – Finance Ministry

2018-09-20   |   Crime

The Ministry of Finance and Media states that price hike of sugar will not be permitted as the international price of sugar has been drastically red...

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Police sniper gun goes missing – UPFA MP

2018-09-19   |   Crime

UPFA MPs, yesterday, demanded that DIG Nalaka Silva be arrested over an alleged plot to assassinate President Maithripala Sirisena and former Defence ...

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World Bank commits $ 200 m to elevate Sri Lanka’s public health services

2018-09-17   |   Crime

The World Bank has committed $ 200 million to upgrade the standards of performance of Sri Lanka’s public health system under the Second Health Sec...

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Admiral Wijegunaratne’s involvement with murder suspect:

2018-09-14   |   Crime

Continuing controversy over Chief of Defence Staff (CDS) Ravi Wijegunaratne, wanted by the Criminal Investigation Department (CID) in connection with ...

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Sri Lanka's pharma firms call for depreciation linked price controls

2018-09-13   |   Crime

Sri Lanka's pharmaceutical firms, hit by rising costs from currency deprecation are calling for controlled prices to be hiked every six months to refl...

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SLC Chief Finance Officer says his e-mail was hacked

2018-09-12   |   Crime

US$ 5.5 Million Fraud Sri Lanka Cricket’s Chief Financial Officer has informed investigators looking into one of the biggest financial scandals in ...

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Fuel prices increased from last night: Finance Ministry

2018-09-11   |   Crime

The Retail Prices of Fuel have been revised with effect from midnight today based on the Fuel pricing formula, the Finance Ministry said. Accordingly...

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Navy recovers 284.5kg Kerala Cannabis floating in sea

2018-09-10   |   Crime

Some 284.5kg of Kerala Cannabis which has a street value of more than Rs. 30 million was recovered by the Navy in the seas off Iranativu island. Navy...

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CDS Wijegunaratne summoned to CID today

2018-09-10   |   Crime

Former Navy Commander and Chief of Defence Staff (CDS) Admiral Ravindra Wijegunaratne had been summoned by the Criminal Investigation Department (CID)...

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Ex-military officers’ diplomatic service more immense than others: Gota

2018-09-07   |   Crime

The service rendered by retired military officers as Sri Lanka’s envoys abroad was more immense and better than that of the others, former defence s...

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OMP wants officers accused of enforced disappearances suspended

2018-09-07   |   Crime

In its first interim report, the Office on Missing Persons (OMP) recommended the government to suspend state officials including members of the armed ...

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SLC issues Gunathilaka ‘severe warning’

2018-09-04   |   Crime

Sri Lanka Cricket has asked opening batsman Danushka Gunathilaka to pull up his socks following his repeated off the field troubles. The 27-year-old w...

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Decks cleared for arrest of Sri Lanka’s top military chief

2018-09-03   |   Crime

Arrangements are in place for the long-awaited arrest of  Sri Lanka’s  senior-most military officer in connection with an extortion racket and the...

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Kandy Riots 2018: Were Police biased or not? – Kodagoda

2018-09-03   |   Crime

The Sinhala-Muslim riots that occurred in 1915 had been repeated 103 years later and consideration needs to be given to whether the Police acted as ...

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SLC anti-corruption unit arrests two Indians

2018-08-30   |   Crime

On match-fixing suspicion: Sri Lankan cricket’s anti-corruption unit detained two Indian spectators on suspicion of match-fixing during a domestic...

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