DARSHANA SANJEEWA BALASURIYA   Courtesy The Daily Mirror Colombo, July 13 (Daily Mirror) – As many as 45 Sri Lankan criminals –red noticed by Interpol are stationed overseas – mostly in the United Arab Emirates (UAE) – and carry organised criminal activities in Sri Lanka, a top police source said.    The government has initiated action […]

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Courtesy Adaderana President Ranil Wickremesinghe stressed the importance of those entering the teaching profession dedicating themselves to the future generation, noting that education in a country cannot thrive without discipline. He declared that no one would be permitted to disrupt school education between 7:30 am and 1:30 pm and he has directed the Attorney General […]

MEERA SRINIVASAN Courtesy The Hindu A Sri Lankan Navy sailor was killed in an operation targeting Indian fishermen and their fishing vessel off Kankesanthurai in the Jaffna peninsula, in the island’s nation’s Northern Province The death of a Sri Lankan naval sailor has brought a long-standing fisheries conflict between India and Sri Lanka into the […]

Courtesy The Daily Mirror Colombo, June 28 (Daily Mirror) – The Criminal Investigations Department (CID) has conducted a widespread operation resulting in the apprehension of 137 Indian nationals suspected of being involved in a large-scale online financial scam across multiple locations in the country. According to Police Media Spokesman DIG Nihal Thalduwa, the arrests took […]

Courtesy Adaderana Sri Lanka Navy says that the 10 Indian fishermen who were arrested while poaching in Sri Lankan waters off Kankesanthurai in the early hours of Tuesday (25) will also face charges for causing the death of a naval person and for causing damage to naval property. The Sri Lanka Navy had conducted a […]

උපුටා ගැන්ම  ලංකා ලීඩර් ශ්‍රී ලංකා රජය ලබා ගත් විදේශ ණය මුදලක් ගෙවීම සඳහා 2023 වසරේදී ඩොලර් එකක් ලබා ගෙන ඇත්තේ රුපියල් 524.6050ක විදේශ විනිමය අනුපාතකියකට බව විගණකාධිපතිවරයා හෙළිකර ඇති බව වාර්තා වේ.  මුදල් අමාත්‍යංශයේ 2023 වාර්ෂික වාර්තාවට ඇතුලත් කර තිබෙන විගණකාධිපති නිරීක්ෂණ වාර්තාවෙන් මේ බව හෙළිකර ඇත. එම විදේශ විනිමය අනුපාතිකය යටතේ ඇමරිකානු ඩොලර් […]

උපුටා ගැන්ම  ලංකා ලීඩර් බුද්ධ චරිතය හා සම්බුද්ධ දේශනාවන් විකෘති කරමින් කටයුතු කරන මීවනපලානේ සිරි ධම්මාලංකාර නම් භික්ෂු ප්‍රතිරූපකයාගේ සාවද්‍ය හා විකෘති දේශනාවන් ප්‍රවර්ධනය කිරීම හා මහා විහාර ධර්ම සම්ප්‍රදායන්ට හා ක්‍රිපිටක දේශනාවන්ට පටහැනිව බුදුන් වහන්සේ ලංකාවේ ඉපදීම යන සාවද්‍ය මතවාදය ප්‍රචාරණය කිරීම ඇතුළු කරුණු ගණනාවක් සම්බන්ධයෙන් එල්ලවී ඇති චෝදනා හේතුවෙන් බදුල්ලගම්මන සුමනසාර හිමියන් වෙල්ලස්ස […]

 By Latheef Farook Four Sri Lankans were arrested  on Monday 20 May 2024  at the  Ahmadabad Airport in India  for  smuggling of gold and drugs.  According to Daily Mirror of 23 May 2024  Sri Lanka’s state intelligence has asked for further information from India’s state intelligence  to verify the background of these alleged suspects, as […]

Courtesy EasternEye A judge has now ordered him to be extradited to France, where he was convicted of people-smuggling and sentenced to five years in prison. Sathasivam Sivagankan, a refugee from Sri Lanka, who was granted asylum in the UK, managed a people-smuggling ring while employed at a chicken shop. The 58-year-old organised illegal Channel […]

Courtesy The Telegraph online Sri Lanka Police recently announced a cash award of Rs. 2 million for any credible information on the whereabouts of the wanted suspect. The four Sri Lankan nationals after being arrested by the Gujarat Anti-Terrorist Squad (ATS) for their alleged links to the Islamic State (IS), during a press conference, in […]

Courtesy India Today The individuals were apprehended during a recent raid on a house by Department of Immigration and Emigration officials in the upscale residential area of Cinnamon Gardens in Colombo. In Short Sri Lankan immigration authorities have detained eight Indian nationals, including one woman, for abusing their tourist visas by operating an IT business […]

60 Minutes Australia Gangsters’ Paradise (2024) It might sound strange, but the crime capital of Australia is currently Dubai. That’s because this glitzy mega city in the Persian Gulf has become home to nearly all of our biggest organised crime bosses. Their thinking in moving offshore is that they’re out of reach of federal and […]

Courtesy The Daily Mirror Colombo, May 16 (Daily Mirror)- The hotel ‘Soul Beach,’ which was located in Dehiwala and later demolished, is suspected to have belonged to Shiran Basik, an alleged major drug smuggler currently operating from abroad, was alleged to have been built on government land, it was revealed. The hotel’s structures were removed […]

Courtesy Adaderana Actress Damitha Abeyratne and her husband, who was arrested by the Criminal Investigation Department (CID) over an alleged financial fraud, has been remanded on the orders of the Colombo Fort Magistrate’s Court. Accordingly, the couple will be behind bars on remand until April 17. The actress and her spouse, who had been wanted […]

Courtesy Adaderana The Central Bank of Sri Lanka (CBSL) has raised concerns about the recent trend of using currency notes to prepare ornaments and gift items and promotion of such activities through social media. In a special notice issued to the members of the public, the CBSL’s Superintendent of Currency advised against wilful mutilation or […]

Courtesy Adaderana The Police Special Task Force (STF), in a raid conducted on Tuesday night (March 19), has managed to arrest three suspects involved in organized crimes. Accordingly, a close associate of the infamous gangster Keselwatte Dinuka”, identified as Tharindu Ruwan Kumara, was apprehended in Borella. The STF personnel found 6.5 grams of heroin on […]

Courtesy Adaderana The Criminal Investigation Department (CID) has arrested Dr. Thusitha Sudarshana, the Deputy Director of the Health Ministry’s Medical Supplies Division on arrival in Sri Lanka at the Bandaranaike International Airport in Katunayake. Police Media Spokesman DIG Nihala Thalduwa said the arrest was carried out in connection with the import of substandard Human Immunoglobulin […]

Courtesy Hiru News Taking into account the daily complaints reported to the police stations that children and women are being sexually abused in public transport services, a special operation was carried out across the island yesterday (07) as per the instructions of Acting Inspector General of Police Deshabandu Tennakoon. In response to mounting concerns over […]

Courtesy Adaderana The Criminal Investigations Department (CID) has arrested a 46-year-old suspect in connection with the torching of President Ranil Wickremesinghe’s private residence in 2022. The suspect has been identified as a tuition class teacher in the Boralesgamuwa area, according to police. On 09 July 2022, then-Prime Minister Wickremesinghe’s private residence in Cinnamon Gardens was […]

Courtesy Times Malta Former health minister detained over fake medicines scandalWorldSri LankaHealth Former Sri Lankan health minister Keheliya Rambukwella is being investigated in connection with the scam. Photo: AFP A Sri Lankan court remanded a senior cabinet minister in custody Saturday over the purchase of fake medicines for state hospitals when he was in charge […]

Courtesy Adaderana The saffron-robed person claiming to be ‘Vishwa Buddha’ has been ordered to be further remanded in custody until 16 February, 2024. This order was issued when he was produced before the Gangodawila Magistrate’s Court in Nugegoda, Ada Derana reporter said. The suspect, who was out on bail, was re-arrested on 23 January by […]

Courtesy Adaderana Police have recovered the vehicle which is suspected to have been used by the suspects involved in the shooting of a Buddhist monk in Malwathuhiripitiya area of Gampaha earlier today (23 Jan.). The vehicle was found abandoned in a shrubby area at Godella in Kaduwela, Police said, adding that it had been torched […]

Courtesy The Daily Mirror Colombo, Jan 21 (Daily Mirror) –  A total of 987 suspects have been arrested during the islandwide operation ‘Yukthiya’ within the last 24 hours, the Public Security Ministry said. They said 663 suspects have been arrested over drug offenses and 324 suspects who were on the list referred to Crime OICs […]

Courtesy The Daily Mirror Colombo, Jan. 21 (Daily Mirror)- The controvercial saffron-robed monk who identifies himself as ‘Vishwa Buddha’ has been expelled from the Ramanna Maha Nikaya and the monkhood. The Mahanayake Thera of Sri Lanka Ramanna Maha Nikaya, Ven. Makulewe Wimalaabhidana Thera has informed this decision to the Commissioner General of Buddhist Affairs. The […]

Courtesy Adaderana The saffron-robbed monk claiming to be ‘Vishwa Buddha’ has been ordered to be remanded in custody until January 26, after being produced before the Gangodawila Magistrate’s Court in Nugegoda. The suspect, who was out on bail, was re-arrested this morning (21) by the Criminal Investigations Department (CID). Earlier, the monk was arrested on […]

උපුටා ගැන්ම  හිරු පුවත් බෞද්ධයන්ට හා බුදුදහමට අපහාස වන අයුරින් ප්‍රකාශ නිකුත් කර ඒවා අන්තර් ජාලයට මුදාහැරි බවට චෝදනා එල්ලවීම හේතුවෙන් අපරාධ පරීක්ෂණ දෙපාර්තමේන්තුව අත්අඩංගුවට ගත් රත්නපුරේ විමල බුද්ධි හෙවත් විශ්ව බුද්ධ නැමැත්තා මේ මස 26 වනදා දක්වා රක්ෂිත බන්ධනාගාර ගතකතර තිබෙනවා. ඒ, ඔහු නුගේගොඩ වැඩබලන මහේස්ත්‍රාත් සුනිල් හෙට්ටආරච්චි හමුවට ඉදිරිපත් කිරීමෙන් අනතුරුවයි. රත්නපුරේ විමල […]

 By DARSHANA SANJEEWA BALASURIYA Courtesy The Daily Mirror Colombo, Jan 20 (Daily Mirror) – A leaked audio conversation between a police officer and a female lawyer, suspected of representing a relative of organized criminal Ganemulla Sanjeewa who is being held at the Weeragula Police Station, has surfaced.  It is alleged that during the conversation, the lawyer […]

Courtesy Adaderana Sri Lanka Navy on Friday (Jan.19) foiled yet another drug smuggling attempt by intercepting a local multiday fishing trawler carrying a large cache of heroin. The street value of the heroin consignment, weighing over 65kg, is believed to be more than Rs. 1,626 million. Additionally, another multiday fishing trawler, suspected of assisting the […]

උපුටා ගැන්ම ලංකා සී නිව්ස් මෙරට සිදු කෙරෙන බුදු දහමට අපහාස කිරීමේ ක්‍රියාවලිය ඉතා සංවිධානාත්මක ක්‍රියාවලියක් බවත් මේ සදහා කෝටි ගණනින් මුදල් විදෙස් රටවලින් ලැබෙන බවත් පිවිතුරු හෙළ උරුමයේ නායක නීතිඥ උදය ගම්මන්පිල මහතා පවසයි. ඒ මහතා මේ බව සදහන් කර සිටියේ පිවිතුරු හෙළ උරුමය පක්ෂ මූලස්ථානයේ පැවති මාධ්‍ය හමුව අමතමිනි. පිවිතුරු හෙළ උරුමයේ නායකයා […]