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Thailand will continue to help repatriate trafficked Sri Lankans: envoy

Sri Lankans trafficked for illegal cyber scamming activities in Myanmar

March 4, 2025 1 min read

Sri Lanka to establish independent prosecutor unit ‘very soon’: Justice Minister

The NPP government in its manifesto promised an independent prosecution office

February 24, 2025 2 min read

Suspect assassinated in daring shooting inside Sri Lanka court in the capital

Daring shooting inside main court complex

February 19, 2025 1 min read

Sri Lanka's Attorney General makes U-turn in row over emblematic case

The release order sparked public outrage

February 12, 2025 1 min read
Sri Lanka to spend Rs4.3bn on new Kandy prison amid severe overcrowding

"300% over-capacity and we are looking at the possibility of housing some prisoners in designated government buildings"

Highway highjinks: Police track down miscreants

Police has tracked down the owner of a car that was being driven recklessly on the southern expressway last Saturday (10...

Imesh Ranasinghe
April 12, 2021 1 min read

India intercepts Sri Lankan fishing boat carrying 300kg of high grade heroin

Indian authorities seized a Sri Lankan fishing vessel carrying 300kg of heroin worth USD 408 million, five AK-47 rifles ...

March 31, 2021 3 min read

Police arrest journalist who claimed he was assaulted

The Police are accusing free-lance Journalist Sujeewa Gamage of cooking up the story that he was abducted and assaulted ...

March 18, 2021 2 min read

RaviK, Aloysius and five others remanded over alleged Bonds Scam

Former Finance Minister Ravi Karunanayake and seven others have been remanded by the Special High Court hearing the alle...

March 17, 2021 2 min read

Sri Lanka's Drug menace needs a new approach

Crime surrounding the increased use of hard drugs in Sri Lanka is a major societal and law and order concern, but are we...

Imesh Ranasinghe
March 17, 2021 8 min read

Police investigating journalist’s claim he was abducted and assaulted

Police Colombo Crimes Division (CCD) is probing an allegation by journalist Sujeewa Gamage, a web journalist who says he...

March 16, 2021 2 min read

Swiss Embassy employee indicted under Penal Code

Garnier Francis, the Swiss Embassy employee has been indicted under the Penal Code by the High Court for allegedly provi...

March 9, 2021 2 min read
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Peliyagoda Police assault: AG orders all Cops involved arrested

Attorney General Dappula de Livera has ordered the Police to arrest all the police officers allegedly involved in the as...

March 3, 2021 2 min read
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Headless body case: Main suspect Cop commits suicide

A Sub-Inspector of Police working at the Buttala Police station is suspected to be the killer of the 30-year old woman w...

March 3, 2021 1 min read

No more clues about headless girl found on Dam Street

The headless body that was found last evening in an abandoned travel bag in Dam Street, Colombo has not been taken for p...

March 2, 2021 1 min read
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Minister Weerasekere orders interdiction of cops who assaulted law student at Peliyagoda police

Public Security Minister Adm. (Ret) Sarath Weerasekara has ordered the interdiction of a group of Police officers who al...

February 26, 2021 2 min read
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Police nab gang repackaging expired jumbo peanuts

Police have nabbed a group repackaging expired packets of jumbo peanuts into packets with a new expiry date printed on t...

February 17, 2021 1 min read

Sumanthiran’s STF guard withdrawn

“No reason to withdraw security has been given to me,” the TNA MP told reporters

February 8, 2021 1 min read
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Police probing Settikulam incident where a civilian is injured in encounter with troops

Police are investigating an incident where a civilian sustained injuries in an incident involving troops on patrol in th...

February 2, 2021 1 min read

Political victimization commission releasing criminals – Vijitha Herath

National Peoples’ Power (NPP) is accusing the Presidential Commission of Inquiry into political victimization (PCOI) o...

Imesh Ranasinghe
January 27, 2021 3 min read

Doctor allegedly assaulted by Shaman Dhammika Bandara of Covid potion fame

Police say a complaint by a doctor from the Peradeniya hospital that he was assaulted by Dhammika Bandara and his associ...

January 20, 2021 3 min read

Police rule out extremism in the attack on Mawanella Buddha statue

Police are ruling out any extremism or terrorism associated with the minor attack on a Buddha statue in Hingula, Mawanel...

January 5, 2021 2 min read

Fear that ethnic tensions may be sparked in Mawanella

Activists fear that unknown persons are attempting to stoke ethnic tensions in Mawanella similar to the incident in Dece...

December 30, 2020 2 min read

CID probing alleged theft of explosives from Mawanella quarry

Police are yet to find those responsible for investigations for the alleged theft of a stock of explosives from a rock q...

December 28, 2020 1 min read

Alleged “Baby Farmer” given bail in Moratuwa

A 47-year-old man arrested in Matale for allegedly maintaining ‘baby farms’ was released on conditional bail and two...

December 23, 2020 2 min read
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