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Sri Lanka president warns against unlawful anti-government protests

President says there is a move to initiate another round of protests

November 23, 2022 2 min read

Sri Lanka analysts frown upon Wickremesinghe's high defence budget 

Sri Lanka's defence budget is almost equal to the total of education, health allocations

November 15, 2022 3 min read

Sri Lanka court travel ban won't bar state minister from traveling abroad-lawyer

Sri Lanka lawmakers cannot hold duel citizenship after the recent constitutional amendment

November 12, 2022 3 min read

Sri Lanka business chambers call to cancel Nov. 2 protest amid growing public anger

Chambers say protests may adversely impact economy, tourism

November 1, 2022 2 min read
Sri Lanka Police to take street children into custody

Sri Lanka Police will continue to take street children into State custody, eventually place them with guardians

Sri Lanka Police Minister raps UN over anti-drug campaign concerns

Yukthiya operation has led to arrest nearly 39,000 people in 1 month - police

Five-member committee to probe Mahara prison riots; govt suspects "invisible hand"

Justice Minister Ali Sabry appointed a five-member committee on Monday (Nov 30) to investigate the riots and violence th...

Imesh Ranasinghe
December 1, 2020 4 min read

Govt suspects invisible hand behind Mahara prison riots; CID to investigate

The government suspects that an “invisible hand” was behind the riots that broke out at the Mahara prison last eveni...

Imesh Ranasinghe
November 30, 2020 2 min read

Internal issues in his administration did not cause Easter attacks - Sirisena

Former President Maithripala Sirisena is rejecting the notion that tensions within the Yahapalanaya administration led t...

November 26, 2020 2 min read

Sarath Weerasekara likely new Cabinet Minister for Public Security

Sri Lanka’s President is expanding his Cabinet of Ministers by creating two new portfolios that of Public Security and...

November 23, 2020 2 min read

Sri Lanka Embassy in Moscow advises Sri Lankans not to fall victim to human trafficking

Sri Lanka’s Embassy in the Russian capital Moscow is warning Sri Lankans not to fall victim to the fake promises of hu...

November 20, 2020 2 min read

CID questions MP Eran over statements made about Easter attacks

Opposition Member of Parliament, former Minister Eran Wickremeratne is claiming that he was summoned to the Criminal Inv...

November 16, 2020 1 min read

Bogambara Prison Covid infections threatening Kandy - Kiriella

Opposition MP Lakshman Kiriella is charging that said that the Prison turned quarantine centre in Bogambara Prison is po...

Imesh Ranasinghe
November 16, 2020 2 min read

Police nab man for allegedly posting fake Covid story

Sri Lanka’s police have issued a stern warning to Social Media users who create and share fake news about the Covid 19...

November 14, 2020 2 min read
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CID probing “false” Social Media posts of people dying by the wayside of COVID

The Criminal Investigation Department (CID) is probing the instances where there were postings on social media showing p...

November 13, 2020 1 min read

Seven inmates at the Bogambara Prison transit centre test positive for Covid

Seven inmates of a transit centre for transferring prisoners in Bogambara in have tested positive for the Covid 19 virus...

November 7, 2020 1 min read
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Covid 19 outbreak at the Welikada jail probably confined to one Ward – Prison’s Chief

Sri Lankan authorities are conducting mass testing for the Coronavirus in its largest jail after at least two dozen inma...

Arjuna Ranawana
November 7, 2020 3 min read

Police hunting down people who left the Western Province before the curfew

Sri Lanka’s Police has launched an operation to hunt down people who left the Covid hit Western Province for holidays ...

Imesh Ranasinghe
October 30, 2020 2 min read

Rishad Bathiudeen arrested in Dehiwela early this morning

Police investigators arrested former Minister Rishad Bathiudeen at an apartment in Dehiwela in the early hours of this m...

October 19, 2020 2 min read

Director CID post changes hands for the third time in 11 months

For the third time since the present government came to power the Director of the Criminal Investigation Department has ...

October 17, 2020 1 min read

Tough regulations to prevent the spread of Covid 19

Sri Lanka yesterday issued the Coronavirus Disease 2019 (Covid 19) (Preventive Measures) Regulations gazette notificatio...

Imesh Ranasinghe
October 16, 2020 6 min read

Dappula faults CID for not nabbing Bathiudeen – AG’s Spokeswoman

The Attorney General Dappula de Livera has upbraided the Criminal Investigation Department over Police actions over the ...

Arjuna Ranawana
October 15, 2020 2 min read

From today you can be jailed or fined for breaking Covid prevention guidelines

The Health Department’s guidelines to prevent the spread of Covid 19 has become law through regulations Gazetted by th...

October 15, 2020 2 min read

Police still looking for MP Bathiudeen, arrest accountant and bodyguard

Police looking to arrest former Minister Rishad Bathiudeen in connection with the alleged misuse of government funds to ...

October 14, 2020 2 min read

FMM demands action after two more journalists probing deforestation are assaulted

Media activists are condemning physical assaults on reporters who have investigated alleged illegal deforestation after ...

October 13, 2020 1 min read
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Dozens detained for breaking quarantine curfews - Police

Police have arrested 80 people for violating quarantine curfew as at 6 am this morning since the curfew was implemented ...

October 8, 2020 1 min read
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