Courtesy Rajje.mv MNDF Air Corps UAV detected an illegal vessel in Maldivian waters. Intercepted by the MNDF Coast Guard Special Boat Squadron – November 7, 2025 A joint operation by Maldivian and Sri Lankan authorities intercepted a fishing vessel carrying 58.6 kg of heroin and 297.3 kg of methamphetamine in the Maldives EEZ Five Sri […]

Courtesy Hiru News The National People’s Power (NPP) Councillor of the Peliyagoda Urban Council, whose husband and son faced drug charges, has resigned from her post. Accordingly, she has submitted her resignation letter to the Gampaha District Returning Officer, with a copy directed to the Chief Secretary of the National People’s Power. Disna Niranjala Kumari, […]

උපුටා ගැන්ම  හිරු පුවත් පෑලියගොඩ නගර සභාවේ ජාතික ජන බලවේගයේ නාගරික මන්ත්‍රී දිස්නා නිරංජලා කුමාරි යන අය නමගිය මත්ද්‍රව්‍ය ජාවාරම්කරුවකු වන කොස්ගොඩ සුජීගේ” සමීපතම ඥාතියෙකු බවට තොරතුරු හෙළිව ඇතැයි පොලිසිය කියයි. මෙම තොරතුරු අනාවරණය වී ඇත්තේ එප්පාවල කටියාව යාය 10 ප්‍රදේශයේ පාසලක විදුහල්පතිවරයෙක් සම්බන්ධ සිද්ධිය විමර්ශනය කරන අවස්ථාවේදී බවද පොලිසිය සඳහන් කරයි. එප්පාවල කටියාව යාය […]

Courtesy Hiru News Acting on information received by the Anuradhapura Police Division Crime Investigation Unit, a raid conducted in the Eppawala area resulted in the arrest of a school principal from a main school in the Eppawala area and one other individual. They were arrested with 1 kilogram and 20 grams of heroin that was […]

By Bhagya Silva Courtesy Daily Mirror Colombo, Nov. 3 (Daily Mirror) – Colombo Chief Magistrate Asanga S. Bodaragama today imposed a three-month suspended prison sentence for five years and a fine of Rs.10,000 on a Saudi Arabian national who pleaded guilty to assaulting a Sri Lankan Airlines flight attendant on board a flight. The incident […]

Courtesy Hiru News Wattala Police arrested two suspects connected to a video circulating on social media which shows two individuals scolding and threatening a Buddhist nun. The arrested suspects are two men aged 57 and 67, residents of the Wattala area. Police stated the incident occurred yesterday (2) near the Rathnawalee Hermitage in the Kerawalapitiya […]

Courtesy The Daily Mirror The pertinent question before  Sri Lankan political parties is whether electability or popularity should warrant a repeat offender, a known underworld criminal, or an accomplice being placed on their electoral lists. Such individuals defile the sanctity of the elected office The killing of Wickremesekara saw allegations by SJB that the government […]

Courtesy Adaderana A female lawyer from the Kadawatha area has been arrested for allegedly  for providing a copy  of the Penal Code for Ishara Sewwandi to conceal the pistol used in the killing of underworld figure Sanjeewa Kumara Samararatne alias ‘Ganemulla Sanjeewa’, police said.  The infamous gang leader known as Ganemulla Sanjeewa” was fatally shot […]

Courtesy Hiru News A person suspected of being the shooter in the murder of the Weligama Pradeshiya Sabha Chairman has been arrested by the Special Task Force (STF) in Nawinna, Maharagama. Furthermore, two other individuals suspected of aiding and abetting the murder have been arrested in the Matara area. Several individuals have already been arrested […]

Courtesy The Daily Mirror Three police teams have been deployed to arrest attorney-at-law Gunaratne Wanninayake, who was involved in a confrontation with a police constable at the Mount Lavinia Court premises, Assistant Superintendent of Police (ASP) F.U. Wootler said today. He told the weekly briefing to announce Cabinet decisions that further investigations have been launched […]

By Palitha Ariyarathna On the morning of 9 October 2025, a disturbing incident unfolded at Dharmasoka Mawatha, Arupola, Kandy, raising urgent questions about animal welfare, civic safety, and constitutional accountability in Sri Lanka. Mrs. D. Hearath, a concerned citizen and practicing Buddhist, was riding past the area when she witnessed a group of monkeys confined […]

උපුටා ගැන්ම ලංකා සී නිව්ස් ඝාතනයට ලක්වූ අරුණු විධානගමගේ හෙවත් කජ්ජාගේ පවුලෙන් ඥාතීන් සමඟ මාධ්‍යවේදී චමුදිත සමරවික්‍රම මහතා සාකච්ඡාවක් සිදුකර තිබේ. මියගිය කජ්ජාගේ මවත් සහෝදරයන් තිදෙනකුත් සමග මෙම සාකච්ඡාව ඔහු මෙහෙයවයි. පවුලේ සාමාජිකයන් හත් දෙනෙකු සිටිනා බවත් ඉන් තුන්දෙනෙකු පමණක් එම සාකච්ඡාවට සහභාගී වීමට හැකියාව ලැබූ බවත් ඔවුන් එහිදී සඳහන් කළහ. ඔවුනට අමතරව කජ්ජාගේ මවද […]

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By Yohan Perera and Ajith Siriwardana Courtesy The Daily Mirror Colombo, Sept. 25 (Daily Mirror) – Two intelligence officers who neglected the prior warnings on the Easter Sunday bomb attacks have engaged in a repeat performance by neglecting prior warnings on two containers comprising narcotic drugs, SLPP MP Namal Rajapaksa told Parliament today. “The Department […]

lankacnews හිටපු පළාත් සභා මන්ත‍්‍රී වරුණ රාජපක්‍ෂ මහතා විසින් ජනාධිපතිවරයාට අත්‍යවශ්‍ය, වැදගත් සහ බරපතල කාරණාවක් දැනුම් දීම අරමුණු කරගනිමින් අදහස් පළ කර ඇත. ජනාධිපතිවරයාට පුද්ගලිකව දැනුම් දීමට ක්‍රමයක් නොතිබුණු බවත්, දුරකථන අංක ක්‍රියාත්මක නොවූ බවත්, ජනතා විමුක්ති පෙරමුණේ විජිත හේරත් මහතාගේ දුරකථන අංකයද වැඩ නොකළ බවත් ඔහු සඳහන් කරයි. මෙම කාරණය කල් තැබීමට නොහැකි තරම් […]

උපුටා ගැන්ම ලංකා සී නිව්ස් මිද්දෙණිය තෝරයාය ප්‍රදේශයේ ඉඩමක වළ දමා තිබියදී ගොඩ ගන්නා ලද රසායන ද්‍රව්‍ය තොගයේ සාම්පල බහුතරයක මෙතෆෙටමින් අඩංගු බව අනාවරණය වී ඇත. ඒ බව එහි සාම්පල ජාතික අන්තරායකර ඖෂධ පාලක මණ්ඩලය විසින් සිදු කරන ලද පරීක්‍ෂණ වාර්තාවේ සදහන්ය. අදාල වාර්තාව මේ වනවිට බස්නාහිර පළාත් උතුර අපරාධ කොට්ඨාසයට භාර දී ඇත. 2008 […]

Courtesy The Daily Mirror Colombo, Sept. 8 (Daily Mirror) – While alleging that two containers comprising raw material used to produce narcotic drugs have been cleared despite prior warnings by foreign intelligence units, Opposition Leader Sajith Premadasa today urged the government to reveal how they have reached the producers. There are many issues pertaining to […]

Courtesy Adaderana The United National Party (UNP) has filed a complaint with the Criminal Investigation Department (CID) today (22), requesting an investigation into a statement made by YouTuber Sudaththa Thilaksiri on his channel, claiming that former President Ranil Wickremesinghe would be arrested today and remanded for 14 days. On August 21, Thilaksiri had stated on […]

Xinhua Colombo: Sri Lankan authorities have arrested 122,913 individuals for drug-related offenses between Jan. 1 and July 29, 2025, according to a statement released by the Ministry of Public Security and Parliamentary Affairs on Wednesday. During this period, law enforcement officials seized large quantities of drugs, including more than 928 kg of heroin, 1,396 kg […]

Courtesy The Daily Mirror Cyberattacks are becoming an increasingly serious issue in Sri Lanka, with the number of computer crime complaints rising sharply in 2025. According to the Sri Lanka Computer Emergency Readiness Team (SLCERT), over 5,400 cybercrime incidents have been reported so far this year. The majority of cases involve social media platforms such […]

Courtesy Hiru News Police have stated that further investigations are underway regarding the three individuals, including two police sergeants, arrested for allegedly shooting and killing a pregnant deer in a forest reserve in Matale. The incident occurred early this morning (25), and the suspects were apprehended by a group of local youths. Residents tied the […]

Courtesy AdaDerana The academic activities of 11 students of Sabaragamuwa University of Sri Lanka have been suspended over the death of a student allegedly due to ragging, the police said. It was reported that the students include the four third year students arrested by the Criminal Investigation Department on Sunday (04). Meanwhile, four more students […]

Courtesy Adaderana President Anura Kumara Dissanayake says that the investigations into the Easter Sunday terror attacks are being carried out speedily, and that several of those responsible will be exposed before Easter Sunday this year.  He made these comments while addressing the gathering at a public meeting in Deiyandara today (30). Further commenting on this […]

උපුටා ගැන්ම ලංකා සී නිව්ස් හිටපු ජනාධිපති රනිල් වික්‍රමසිංහ මහතාගේ කොල්ලුපිටියේ පස්වන පටුමගේ පිහිටි පෞද්ගලික නිවසට 2022 ජූලි 09 වන දින එල්ල වූ ප්‍රහාරයේ සහ ගින්න නිවා දැමීමට පැමිණි ගිනි නිවන හමුදාවට බාධා කිරීමේ සිද්ධියේ සැකකරුවෙකු තරුණ කටයුතු නියෝජ්‍ය අමාත්‍ය එරංග ගුණසේකර මහතා නම් කර තිබේ. ඒ අනුව එම නඩුව ඊයේ දින කැඳවූ අවස්ථාවේදී කොටුව […]

Courtesy The Island Matale Dirstrict SJB MP Rohini Kumari Wijerathna yesterday tabled a list in Parliament naming 1,300 members, leaders, trade unionists, and activists of the UNP, who were allegedly assassinated by the JVP. The list was submitted during a parliamentary session as part of the government’s ongoing effort to document victims of political violence. Along with […]

Courtesy Adaderana A Jailor at the Boossa Prison, who had brought underworld figure Sanjeewa Kumara Samararathne also known as Ganemulla Sanjeewa” to court on the day he was killed inside the Hulftsdorp court premises, has been arrested by the Colombo Crimes Division (CCD). Subsequently, he has been ordered to be remanded until March 21, after […]

Courtesy The Daily Mirror Security tightened outside Hulftsdorp court complex moments after underworld kingpin alias Ganemulla Sanjeewa was shot dead inside a courtroom Last week, underworld kingpin Sanjeewa Kumara Samararathne, alias ‘Ganemulla Sanjeewa’, was shot dead inside the Colombo magistrate court by a gunman disguised as a lawyer. The killing, as shocking as it was, […]

by Shamindra Ferdinando Courtesy The Island Spokesman for the Frontline Socialist Party (FSP) Pubudu Jagoda yesterday said that the government owed an explanation regarding the circumstances the courtroom killing took place on 19 February and two suspects who died in police shooting two days later. Jagoda pointed out that Ganemulle Sanjeewa had been produced in […]

Courtesy The Daily Mirror By DARSHANA SANJEEWA BALASURIYA    Shortly after the shocking murder of underworld drug lord ‘Ganemulla Sanjeewa’ inside the Colombo Magistrate’s Court on Wednesday morning which left the government rocked over a serious security lapse, and the tragic death of two innocent children and their father in Middeniya, killings have continued to […]

Courtesy Adaderana Acting Inspector General of Police (IGP) Priyantha Weerasuriya stated that criminal activities in the Western and Southern provinces have increased.  However, he assured that security has now been strengthened in these provinces. He made these remarks during a special press conference held at the Government Information Department today (22). The Acting IGP also […]