LNP - Five Chinese cybercrime suspects detained at BIA and deported

2025-08-13   |   Crime

Five Chinese nationals suspected of attempting to enter Sri Lanka to engage in cybercrime activities have been arrested today (13) by officers of the ...

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LNP - Former Deputy Director of Prison Hospital Dr. Hemantha Ranasinghe arrested

2025-08-13   |   Crime

Former Deputy Director of the Prison Hospital, Dr. Hemantha Ranasinghe, has been arrested on bribery charges. This is in connection with an incident t...

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LNP - 120 foreigners obtain temporary driving licenses at BIA service counter

2025-08-06   |   Crime

A total of 120 foreign nationals have been issued temporary driving licenses through the newly established service counter at the Bandaranaike Interna...

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LNP - Former State Minister Shasheendra Rajapaksa arrested

2025-08-06   |   Crime

Former State Minister Shasheendra Rajapaksa has been arrested by the Commission to Investigate Allegations of Bribery or Corruption (CIABOC). Former S...

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LNP - Keerthibandarapura Traffic OIC arrested for soliciting bribe

2025-08-05   |   Crime

The Officer-in-Charge of the Keerthibandarapura Traffic Division has been taken into custody by officials of the Commission to Investigate Allegations...

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LNP - 703 individuals arrested during special island-wide police raids

2025-08-05   |   Crime

A total of 703 individuals have been arrested on suspicion of being involved in criminal activities and also over illicit liquor and drug-related offe...

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LNP - ’’I will die, but not alone, if my pension is touched’’ - Ex. JVP MP Nandana Gunathilake warns

2025-08-04   |   Crime

"I will die, but not alone, I was a guerrilla," former JVP Parliamentarian and candidate for the 1999 Presidential election Nandana Gunathilake has wa...

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LNP - DMT launches new service counter at BIA for foreign tourists

2025-08-04   |   Crime

A new branch office of the Department of Motor Traffic (DMT) has been launched today (03) at the arrivals terminal of Bandaranaike International Airpo...

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LNP - Rohitha Abeygunawardhana’s daughter granted bail

2025-07-31   |   Crime

The daughter of Sri Lanka Podujana Peramuna (SLPP) Parliamentarian Rohitha Abeygunawardhana has been granted bail by the Mathugama Magistrate’s Cour...

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LNP - Ex-LTTE member arrested with T-56 firearm in Peliyagoda

2025-07-22   |   Crime

A 30-year-old individual has been arrested in Peliyagoda by the Kiribathgoda Police last evening (21), based on a tip-off. During the arrest, police r...

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LNP - Travel ban issued on MP Rohitha Abeygunawardena’s daughter and son-in-law

2025-07-21   |   Crime

A travel ban has been imposed on the daughter and the son-in-law of New Democratic Front (NDF) Member of Parliament Rohitha Abeygunawardena, based on ...

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LNP - Businessman, Excise officer arrested in pre-dawn nightclub showdown with revolver shooting

2025-07-19   |   Crime

A businessman and an Excise officer involved in a pre-dawn showdown outside a nightclub in Thalawathugoda while firing rounds from a revolver were arr...

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LNP - Shah Rukh Khan injured on ‘King’ sets? Advised one-month rest: Reports

2025-07-19   |   Crime

Actor Shah Rukh Khan recently suffered a back injury while filming an action sequence for his upcoming film, ‘King’.  Sources told India Today th...

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LNP - Temporary driving licenses for tourists to be issued at BIA

2025-07-19   |   Crime

The Department of Motor Traffic (DMT) has announced that a new system for issuing temporary driving licenses to tourists arriving in Sri Lanka will be...

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LNP - SL woman trying to smuggle in Rs.4.9 Mn worth cigarettes nabbed at BIA

2025-07-14   |   Crime

A Sri Lankan woman trying to smuggle in foreign cigarettes worth Rs.4.9 million concealed in her baggage was arrested by the Police at the Bandaranaik...

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LNP - Imported milk powder prices increased

2025-07-10   |   Crime

The price of a 400g pack of imported milk powder has been increased by Rs. 100, according to the Milk Powder Importers’ Association. Meanwhile, the ...

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LNP - Student held under PTA for nine months to be produced in court

2025-07-09   |   Crime

The case of a 21-year-old student detained for nearly nine months under the Prevention of Terrorism Act (PTA) will be taken up in court today (July 9)...

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LNP - Suspect arrested with smuggled cigarettes at BIA

2025-07-07   |   Crime

An individual has been arrested at the Bandaranaike International Airport (BIA) in Katunayake for smuggling a total of 3,200 sticks of foreign-made ci...

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LNP - Bypass patient compelled to bring drugs worth over Rs. 100,000 from outside

2025-07-04   |   Crime

Patients seeking life-saving procedures such as bypass surgeries at the Colombo National Hospital are compelled to bring surgical and pharmaceutical i...

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LNP - Former Minister S.M. Chandrasena arrested

2025-07-04   |   Crime

Former Minister S.M. Chandrasena was arrested by the Commission to Investigate Allegations of Bribery or Corruption (CIABOC) a short while ago.  ...

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NLP - Ex-DMT Commissioner General Nishantha Weerasingha arrested

2025-07-01   |   Crime

Former Commissioner General Nishantha Weerasingha and two other former officials of the Department of Motor Traffic have been arrested by the Commissi...

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LNP - Fuel prices increased

2025-07-01   |   Crime

The Ceylon Petroleum Corporation (CPC) has announced a revision of fuel prices, effective from midnight today (30). Accordingly, the price of Petrol 9...

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LNP - “Podi Zaharan’’ arrested for filming Dawoodi Bohra Convention in Colombo

2025-06-30   |   Crime

A 27-year-old Mohamed Shafrool, alias “Podi Zaharan, was arrested by police for allegedly filming the Dawoodi Bohra community’s spiritual conventi...

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LNP - Police seize several properties of alleged drug traffickers in Borella

2025-06-29   |   Crime

Several properties worth millions of rupees believed to have been purchased by a male and a female from Borella by using earnings from drug traffickin...

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LNP - Public warned against paying brokers for passport services

2025-06-28   |   Crime

The Immigration and Emigration Department has warned the public not to pay any brokers or outsiders to speed up passport services. In an official noti...

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