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Courtesy Adaderana In continuation of the special island-wide operation ‘Yukthiya’ (Justice) to crack down on narcotics, Sri Lankan security forces have arrested scores of more suspects in a 24-hour mission ending at 12:30 a.m. on Saturday (Dec.23). The Ministry of Public Security said a total of 1,676 suspects were arrested during this period. Financial asset investigations […]

Courtesy The Daily Mirror Colombo, Dec 22 (Daily Mirror) – A total of 10,456 suspects have been arrested as of today in the island-wide special operation ‘Yukthiya,’ launched last Sunday to curb drug-related and underworld activities. The Public Security Ministry said that 517 of these suspects are under further investigation with detention orders in place. […]

Karma මොහු බේරාගැනීමට ආ මේ භික්ෂුව කව්ද? මානසික විකෘතිතාව කුමක් ද? මෙහු ගැන සියළු පැටිකිරිය ගැන උසාවියේදී හෙළි වූ කරුණු මෙවන් එකකට සමාජය කලබන්න තරම් බෞද්ධයා දුර්වල ද —– සිංහල දෙමළ මුස්ලිම් ඇතුළු සියලු ජාති වර්ග එකට ඒකීයත්වයෙන් කටයුතු කළ ද මේ වන විට සිංහල බෞද්ධයන්යාට විරුද්ධව බොහෝ බලවේ බලවේග කරලියට පැමිණ ඇත. එසේ කරලියට […]

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Courtesy The Daily Mirror Colombo, Dec.21 (Daily Mirror) Public Security Minister Tiran Alles has received a threatening call from an overseas underworld figure following a media briefing at the Presidential Media Centres on the progress of the island-wide special operation, Yukthiya” (Justice). Shortly after the briefing concluded, Minister Alles reportedly received an anonymous call, suspected […]

Courtesy Adaderana Moratuwa Police today (Dec.21) apprehended a suspect who was in possession of intoxicating pills. The suspect was taken into custody based on intelligence information received by the Officer in Charge (OIC) of the Crimes Unit of Moratuwa Police. The 30-year-old was tackled when he had made an attempt to flee from the backdoor […]

Hiru News

Courtesy Hiru News The Police Special Task Force apprehended a 23-year-old student enrolled in the Faculty of Medicine at Jaffna University, who was allegedly involved in a drug trafficking racket utilizing the courier system. The arrest took place during a raid conducted in the Kopai police domain on the 19th, where law enforcement authorities detained […]

Courtesy Adaderana Nine vehicles worth Rs. 68 million owned by drug dealers have been taken into custody by the Illegal Assets Investigation Division of the Police during a 24-hour operation. Speaking to the media, Acting Inspector-General of Police (IGP) Deshabandu Tennakoon vowed that all assets belonging to criminals, which they have acquired using ill-gotten money, […]

Courtesy Adaderana Former Secretary of Health Ministry Janaka Chandragupta, who was arrested by the CID over the controversial human Immunoglobulin import issue, has been remanded until 27 December by the Maligakanda Magistrate’s Court. Mr. Chandragupta was arrested by the Criminal Investigations Department (CID) after he had arrived at the CID this morning (18) to record […]

Courtesy Adaderana The Sri Lanka Navy has held 14 Indian fishermen along with an Indian trawler for poaching in Sri Lankan waters off the Kovilan Lighthouse, Kareinagar last night (17). The Northern Naval Command had deployed its Fast Attack Craft to chase away a cluster of Indian poaching trawlers, after having spotted they were engaging […]

උපුටා ගැන්ම  හිරු පුවත් වැඩබලන පොලිස්පති දේශබන්දු තෙන්නකෝන්ගේ උපදෙස් මත දිවයින පුරා මේ වනවිට සිදු කෙරෙමින් පවතින යුක්තිය මෙහෙයුමට අදාළව වැල්ලම්පිටිය පොලිස් බල ප්‍රදේශයේ පමණක් සැකකරුවන් 55 දෙනෙකු අත්අඩංගුවට ගෙන තිබෙනවා. මත්ද්‍රව්‍ය ජාවාරම සහ සංවිධානාත්මක අපරාධ මැඩලීම සඳහා මෙම විශේෂ මෙහෙයුම ආරම්භ කෙරුණේ අද (17) අලුයම හතරේ සිටයි. දිවයින පුරා පොලිස් කොට්ඨාස 45 ක් ආවරණය […]

Courtesy Adaderana දේශබන්දු තෙන්නකෝන් මහතා පොලිස්පති ලෙස පත්කිරීමට විරුද්ධ වූ ප්‍රමුඛපෙළේ නීතිඥයින් බිලියන ගණනින් මුදල් ගෙන කුඩු ජාලයේ අය වෙනුවෙන් අධිකරණයේ පෙනී සිට ඇති බව මහජන ආරක්ෂක අමාත්‍ය ටිරාන් අලස් මහතා පවසයි.   මාතර පොලිස් කොට්ඨාසයේ පැවති වැඩසටහනක දී අමාත්‍යවරයා මේ බව ප්‍රකාශ කළේය. එහිදී අමාත්‍යවරයා වැඩිදුරටත් පැවසුවේ පසුගිය අරගල සමයේ අරගල කරුවන් සමග ගැටෙමින් සිටි […]

Courtesy The Daily Mirror The special police operations that commenced this morning (17) across the island have resulted in the arrest of 83 suspects thus far, Minister of Public Security Tiran Alles said. The Minister stated that this includes 45 suspects who had been wanted in connection with narcotics-related offences. Sri Lanka Police commenced a […]

Courtesy The Daily Mirror Ambalangoda, Dec. 16 (Daily Mirror)- Steps will be taken to confiscate all property and wealth earned illegally through drug smuggling and underworld activities within the next three months, Acting IGP Deshabandu Tennakkon said today. He made this remark at an event held in Ambalangoda today. He said underworld activities are rampant […]

Courtesy The Daily Mirror lpitiya, Dec 16 (Daily Mirror) – Public Security Minister Tiran Alles said that a special operation targeting drug-related activities and the underworld is set to commence tomorrow. Minister Alles has directed Police to take stringent measures against individuals engaged in drug smuggling and underworld operations. The Minister made these directives during […]

Courtesy The Daily Mirror Ambalangoda, Dec. 16 (Daily Mirror)- Steps will be taken to confiscate all property and wealth earned illegally through drug smuggling and underworld activities within the next three months, Acting IGP Deshabandu Tennakkon said today. He made this remark at an event held in Ambalangoda today. He said underworld activities are rampant […]

Courtesy Adaderana The Maligakanda Magistrate Lochani Abeywickrama has emphasized that the court finds the actions of the former Secretary of the Ministry of Health Janaka Chandragupta with regard to the process of purchasing the batch of ‘substandard’ human intravenous immunoglobulin (IVIG), as suspicious. Therefore, the Magistrate has ordered that all responsible parties must be arrested […]

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Courtesy The Daily Mirror Colombo, Dec 13 (Daily Mirror) – The Court of Appeal in its majority decision today affirmed the convictions and the sentences imposed on three accused in connection with South Asia’s largest VAT scam.  The Colombo High Court had convicted and sentenced these three accused for committing criminal misappropriation of nearly Rs. […]

Courtesy Hiru News Colombo, December 13, 2023 In response to the rising concerns over religious hate crimes propagated on social media platforms, Acting Inspector General of Police (IGP) Deshabandu Tennakoon has taken proactive measures by directing the Police Computer Crimes Division to set up a dedicated unit for the investigation of such allegations. The newly […]

Courtesy Adaderana The police have arrested a saffron-robed monk called ‘Vishwa Buddha’ for behaving in a manner offensive to Buddhism. The 34-year-old, who is originally from Ratnapura, was taken into custody in the area of Kalagedihena. While the arrestee is slated to be produced before the Colombo Magistrate’s Court tomorrow (Dec.13), the Criminal Investigation Department […]

Courtesy Hiru News Galle, December 4, 2023 In a disturbing incident that unfolded on the night of December 2nd, an Australian hotel owner in the picturesque Ahangama area of Galle was viciously attacked by a group of individuals. The victim, identified as 57-year-old Mark Williams, had recently acquired the hotel, which had been closed for […]

Courtesy Adaderana Pastor Jerome Fernando has been remanded until December 13 over his controversial remarks on several religions. The self-styled ‘prophet’ was produced before the Colombo Fort Magistrate this afternoon following his arrest by the Criminal Investigation Department (CID), a few hours after he arrived at the premises to record a statement for the second […]

by Arundathie Abeysinghe  courtesy PIME Asia News  An organised crime cartel allegedly brought 13 children ‘regularly’ from Sri Lanka to Malaysia and from there, using false documents, they were trafficked to the rest of the world, including Europe. The chairman of the National Child Protection Authority, Udayakumara Amarasinghe: ‘Parents are given a certain amount of […]

BY YOHAN PERERA AND AJITH SIRIWARDANA Courtesy The Daily Mirror PARLIAMENT (Daily Mirror)- A sum of USD 50,000 donated by Asian Cricket Council chief Jay Shah and USD 5,000 given by Indian cricket star Siraj for the ground staff of Pallekele and R. Premadasa stadiums have not been paid yet, Opposition Leader Sajith Premadasa told […]

BY AJITH SIRIWARDANA AND YOHAN PERERA Courtesy The Daily Mirror PARLIAMENT (Daily Mirror)- President Ranil Wickremesinghe said today that he will look into the three letters that were sent by Sri Lanka Cricket (SLC) to the International Cricket Council (ICC). The President requested Opposition Leader Sajith Premadasa to send him the three letters and assured […]

Courtesy The Daily Mirror KATUNAYAKA (Daily Mirror) – Darshani, a Sri Lankan maid who returned from Saudi Arabia said she was forced to swallow screw nails with water by her employer which resulted in her being hospitalized. Making an emotional statement at the Katunayake airport upon her arrival, the housemaid said she was continuously abused […]