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A sub-inspector and a sergent who made the arrest were interdicted for negligence.
The spokesman said that one more suspect has yet to be arrested based on information available to the police.
Police said 50,000 stickers were distributed on June 02 valid only for that day.
Eight arrests have been arrested in total so far.
Cash strapped Sri Lanka raised tobacco taxes three times since mid last year
"Jeeps are being excluded because they are well known for being used in police work."
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The deaths of three elderly women caused by a stampede during an aid distribution event on Thursday in Colombo central i...
President Gotabaya Rajapaksa has vowed he will not permit officers and other ranks who fought in the separatist war to b...
Holding Parliamentary General Elections at this time when the COVID 19 pandemic is claiming victims is dangerous and “...
Sri Lanka Police department media spokesman is saying a letter circulating in the social media warning of an imminent te...
Hearings into the Fundamental Rights applications challenging the date of the elections and President Gotabaya Rajapaksa...
Two leading members of the United National Party-led former government were grabbed by the long arm of the Law yesterday...
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Three minors, all students of the Al-Zuhairiya Arabic School in Karaitivu have filed Fundamental Rights petitions before...
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A CID investigation has begun into a fake press release written on a Presidential Secretariat letterhead offering allowa...
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The Constitutional Council is to meet tomorrow at the residence of former Speaker Karu Jayasuriya to primarily discuss t...
Former Speaker Karu Jayasuriya is warning the government that creating a constitutional crisis at this time would danger...
Sex-workers, homeless and migrant workers without a fixed abode are increasingly at risk of contracting COVID 19 and are...
Sri Lanka’s Roman Catholic Church is ready to “spiritually forgive” the plotters and the perpetrators of last year...
Curfews are lifted at 6 am tomorrow in all districts of the country except for the districts of Colombo, Gampaha, Kaluta...
The government has ordered that all public and private sector employees should work from home until April 20, a statemen...
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