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 […]

Courtesy The Island Sajith Opposition and SJB Leader Sajith Premadasa yesterday called on the government to ensure increased security for judges, as well as the public, and especially journalists. Premadasa said that protection must be given to journalists such as Chamuditha Samarawickrama acing threats at present. Referring to Tuesday’s shooting inside a courthouse, the Opposition […]

Courtesy The Island Two shooting incidents could not be described as collapse of national security, Minister of Public Security Ananda Wijepala told Parliament yesterday. Making a special statement to the House, Minister Wijepala said: We regret these unfortunate incidents. The government has taken severe measures following these incidents. The investigations are in progress and I […]

Courtesy The Daily Mirror Colombo, Feb 21 (Daily Mirror) – A man was shot dead this afternoon at Galpotta Junction, Kotahena, in a targeted attack carried out by two assailants on a motorcycle, police said. The gunmen fled the scene immediately after the attack.  Kotahena Police have launched an investigation into the incident.

Courtesy The Daily Mirror Colombo, Feb 21 (Daily Mirror) – A shooting attempt in the Negombo area failed this afternoon when the gunman’s firearm malfunctioned, police said. The intended target was the eldest son of Chaminda, alias ‘Miris Anthony’, and the attack was allegedly planned near a shop owned by the family.   According to police, […]

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නඩු විභාග පැවැත්වෙන අතරවාරයේ නීතිඥවරුන් ලෙස සැරසී අවි ආයුධ හෝ වෙනත් දෙයක් සහිතව අපරාධකරුවන් අධිකරණ ශාලාවට ඇතුළු විය හැකි බවට මීට පෙර බුද්ධි වාර්තා ලැබී තිබූ බව හිටපු අධිකරණ රාජ්‍ය අමාත්‍ය අනුරාධ ජයරත්න අද (20) පාර්ලිමේන්තුවේදී අනාවරණ කළා. එහිදී ඔහු සඳහන් කළේ, 2022 වර්ෂයේදී පාස්කු චූදිතයින් අධිකරණය හමුවට ඉදිරිපත් කරන අවස්ථාවේදී “අදාල නඩු විභාග අවස්ථාවේදී […]

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Courtesy AdaDerana The death toll in the Middeniya shooting incident has risen to three, as the 9-year-old son of the 39-year-old victim has also succumbed to his injuries while receiving treatment at  hospital, police confirmed. He had succumbed to gunshot injuries this evening while receiving treatment in the Intensive Care Unit (ICU) of the National […]

Courtesy Adaderana The suspected gunman who shot and killed notorious drug trafficker and criminal gang leader Sanjeewa Kumara Samararathne, also known as Ganemulla Sanjeewa”, inside the Hulftsdorp Court Complex this morning (19) has been arrested.  He has been arrested in the Palaviya area in Puttalam by Police Special Task Force (STF) personnel while fleeing in […]

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LAKMAL SOORIYAGODA Courtesy The Daily Mirror Colombo, Jan 18 (Daily Mirror) – The Attorney General yesterday (17) provided an undertaking before the Supreme Court that any further complaints not yet considered could be forwarded by the petitioners to the Attorney General and these complaints will be reviewed when making a final and independent decision regarding potential […]

BY Buddhika Samaraweera Courtesy The Morning Statements from recently arrived Rohingya immigrants have revealed that they sold their property in Myanmar and left with the specific intention of reaching Sri Lanka, claims concerning which the relevant authorities, according to the Ministry of Foreign Affairs, have launched an investigation into, in the context of potential human […]