Courtesy The Daily Mirror he Police released a set of photographs of a group of suspects wanted over the incident of setting fire to President Ranil Wickremesinghe’s private residence in Colombo on July 9. Police said the investigations into the arson attack on the President’s private residence was being carried out by the Criminal Investigations […]

Courtesy The Daily Mirror A leading Galle Face protest site activist Dhaniz Ali has been arrested by the CID while trying to leave for Dubai on a flight from the BIA this evening, Police said. He was accused of entering the Sri Lanka  Rupavahini Corporation and attempted to disrupt telecasts on July 13. The Police […]

Courtesy Adaderana Dhaniz Ali, the person who forcibly entered Sri Lanka Rupavahini Corporation and attempted to disrupt telecasts on July 13, has been arrested. He was taken into custody while trying to leave for Dubai on a flight from the Bandaranaike International Airport in Katunayake. On July 13, a group of protesters including Dhaniz Alia […]

Courtesy The Daily Mirror A suspect was produced before Galle Magistrate Pavitra Sanjeewani Pathiran today on the charge of sharing a Facebook post showing solidarity to the ‘Aragalaya’ struggle and containing malicious statements against the police and security forces was remanded till August 8. The suspect Ahmed Niswar of Galle Fort had been arrested and […]

Courtesy The Daily Mirror Three persons who stormed into the President’s House at Fort on July 9 during protest, had been arrested with 40 gold-plated brass sockets that were fixed on the walls to hang window curtains. The Welikada Police arrested the suspects while attempting to sell the stolen items yesterday. Police launched investigations after […]

Lanka Lead News ඉකුත් 09 දින රාත්‍රියේ වැඩබලන ජනාධිපති රනිල් වික්‍රමසිංහ මහතාගේ පෞද්ගලික නිවසට ගිනි තබා හානි කිරීමට මුල්වූ බවට සැක , අත්අඩංගුවට ගැනීමට සොයමින් සිටි හිටපු නියෝජ්‍ය අමාත්‍යවරයකුගේ පුතකු රටින් පලාගොස් ඇති බව අපරාධ පරීක්ෂණ දෙපාර්තමේන්තු ආරංචි මාර්ග පවසයි. ඒ අනුව අදාල නියෝජ්‍ය අමාත්‍යවරයාගේ පුතා ඉකුත් (10) දින රාත්‍රියේ ඩුබායි රාජ්‍ය බලා පිටත්ව ගොස් […]

උපුටා ගැන්ම ලංකා සී නිව්ස් ගාලු මුවදොර අරගල භුමියේ රැඳී සිටින අරගලයේ ප්‍රධාන භූමිකාවක් දරන සමාජ මාධ්‍ය ක්‍රියාකාරීන් තිදෙනකු තම බැංකු ගිණුම්වලින් රුපියල් හාරකෝටි පනස් ලක්ෂයක් රැගෙන යාම සම්බන්ධයෙන් මේ වන විට ආරක්ෂක අමාත්‍යාංශයෙන් විමර්ශනයක් ආරම්භ කර ඇත. මෙම පුද්ගලයන් තිදෙනා මෑතකදී ලංකා බැංකුවේ යුනියන් ප්ලේස් ශාඛාවේ නව ගිණුම් තුනක් අරඹා තිබේ. එම ගිණුම්වලට පසුගිය […]

උපුටා ගැන්ම  හිරු පුවත් අරගලකරුවන් ඉවත් වීමෙන් පසුව කොළඹ කොටුව ජනාධිපති මන්දිරයේ වත්මන් තත්ත්වය අද මාධ්‍ය වෙත ප්‍රදර්ශනය කෙරුණා. අනතුරුව අපරාධ පරීක්ෂණ දෙපාර්තමේන්තුවේ නිලධාරීන් ජනාධිපති මන්දිරයේ ඇඟිලි සලකුණු ලබා ගන්නා අයුරු ද දක්නට ලැබුණා. කොළඹ කොටුව ජනාධිපති මන්දිරය අරගලකරුවන් විසින් අත්පත් කර ගත්තේ පසුගිය 09 වැනිදා පැවති විරෝධතාවය අතරතුරයි. අරගලකරුවන්ගේ ග්‍රහණයට නතු වූ ජනාධිපති මන්දිරය […]

Fair Dinkum A Russian film crew was given access to the home of Ranil Wickremesinghe and his brother, who lived in a neighbouring house that was also destroyed by protestors according to him, appears describing what occurred, and the damage caused, including the destruction of artworks and 2,600 books which had been handed down from […]

Courtesy The Daily News The investigation into the incident of setting fire to Prime Minister Ranil Wickremesinghe’s private residence in Colombo last night has been handed over to the Criminal Investigations Department (CID), police said. The Kollupitiya Police were investigating the incident and the probe will now be taken over by the CID. Earlier, the […]

Courtesy The Daily Mirror The Walasmulla Magistrate on Thursday directed the Weeraketiya Police to launch an inquiry into the complaint that the Officer-in-Charge (OIC) of the Weeraketiya Police Kelum Sangeeth has received death threats warning him not to investigate the charges filed against SJB MP Dilip Wedaarachchi’s son and daughter-in-law.  Ravindu Wedaarachchi and his wife […]

Courtesy Adaderana Fourteen suspects in total are currently under arrest in connection with the killing of MP Amarakeerthi Athukorala and his security officer earlier this month, Sri Lanka Police says. Two of them, reported to be drug addicts, were taken into custody yesterday (May 25). One of them is a 28-year-old from Nittambuwa, employed in […]

Courtesy The Daily Mirror Power and Energy Minister Kanchana Wijesekera said that some organized groups are preventing fuel trucks to pass certain areas demanding they be unloaded at different fuel stations and threatening to set fire to them. The Minister said that If the organized groups continue to do so, they will have to suspend […]

By Nicole Johnston, news reporter, Sri Lanka Courtesy Sky News It’s difficult to fathom the fury that people must have felt to not only set fire to it and smash it to pieces, but also loot everything they could get their hands on. An hour’s drive from Colombo, a luxury hotel wedding venue was utterly […]

Courtesy The Daily Mirror The buses that were provided to support the struggle by our association on May 9 were burnt as if they were destroyed during the height terrorist activities. Therefore, the police should take action to arrest those involved the incidents, Lanka Private Bus Owners’ Association (LPBOA) Chairman Gemunu Wijeratne said. He told […]

Courtesy Adaderana Four suspects have been arrested on charges of the murder of MP Amarakeerthi Athukorala and his security officer during the recent unrest earlier this week. The arrests were made today (May 15). Two of the accused have been handed over to the Criminal Investigation Department for further investigations. The other two were produced […]

Courtesy News18 The MP’s death was due to multiple injuries, fractures and internal bleeding, but he had no gunshot wounds, the autopsy report said A Sri Lankan lawmaker who shot dead an anti-government protester this week was later lynched by a mob, a forensic report showed Friday, contradicting a police report that he died by […]

BY Dinitha Rathnayake  Courtesy Aruna The Police have commenced investigations in connection with the damage to a number of homes and other properties owned by former Ministers, incumbent Government MPs, and Local Government (LG) members, following attacks that also led to acts of arson by protestors on Monday (9) and yesterday (10). The attacks followed […]

Courtesy Daily Mirror Police said violence throughout the island on Monday has resulted in eight deaths and number of arson attacks on houses and properties. They said eight men including a Parliamentarian, a Pradeshiya Sabha Chairman, a Sub Inspector of Police and a Police Seargent had died during the riots and violent activities that took […]

Courtesy Adaderana Sri Lanka Police says that two suspects have been arrested in connection with the assault on Senior DIG in charge of Western Province, Deshabandu Tennakoon. The suspects have been arrested by Kollupitiya Police, a short while ago.  Earlier today, it was reported that Senior DIG Deshabandu Tennakoon has been injured in an attack […]

Courtesy Adaderana At least 141 people have been admitted to the Colombo National Hospital following the violent situation that erupted near Temple Trees and spread out to the Galle Face Green protest site and other parts of the country. An unruly group of SLPP supporters today (May 09) attacked the GotaGoGama anti-government protest site set […]

Courtesy Adaderana Polonnaruwa District MP Amarakeerthi Athukorala and his personal security officer are reported dead amidst the unrest in Nittambuwa today. A shooting incident was reported in the area this evening, following which a total of six injured people were rushed to the Wathupitiwala Base Hospital. Hospital sources confirmed that three of them have sustained […]

Courtesy Hiru News The youth taken into custody by the CID for allegedly attempting to set fire to the fuel bowser at Rambukkana, has been released on two surety bails of Rs.100,000 each by Kegalle Magistrate Court. However, no one placed bail. The youth who was arrested for allegedly setting fire to or attempting to set fire […]

Courtesy Adaderana An anti-terrorism court in Pakistan awarded death sentences to six accused over their role in the lynching of Sri Lankan national Priyantha Kumara at a Sialkot factory, Pakistani reported on Monday. As per details, the verdict was announced after hearing of the high-profile lynching case concluded at the Kot Lakhpat prison. Statements of […]

Courtesy The Daily Mirror Former Mrs. Sri Lanka for Mrs. World’ Pushpika de Silva has been summoned to the Piliyandala Police to record a statement regarding the investigations into the attack on journalist Chamuditha Samarawickrema’s residence in Piliyandala. Police said Pushpika had been informed  to appear before the police at 10.00 am tomorrow. They said […]

Courtesy The New Indian Express The ganja seized on Tuesday night is valued at Rs 1.25 crore, and with the vehicles used to smuggle which included a mini-lorry, two cars, and a scooter, the total value of seizure is Rs 2 crore. By Express News Service THANJAVUR: Ganja packets weighing 250 kg and bound for Sri […]

By Express News Service Courtesy The Indian Express The National Investigation Agency (NIA) has taken over investigation of the case involving the arrest of a Sri Lankan woman with a fake Indian passport, in Chennai. CHENNAI: The National Investigation Agency (NIA) has taken over investigation of the case involving the arrest of a Sri Lankan woman […]

Ashish Pandey New Delhi Courtesy India Today Three arrests in Tamil Nadu in October 2021 over fake passports have drawn the NIA into the investigation. TN Police revealed that LTTE cadres are behind the fake passport racket. Three arrests in Tamil Nadu over fake passports in October 2021 has put the NIA on alert. (Representative image) […]

Courtesy Adaderana Police have reportedly arrested the person who allegedly provided the hand grenade to the retired doctor from Piliyandala, who was recently arrested in connection with the grenade recovered from a church in Borella.  The suspect has been arrested at Ranna in Hambantota, according to Ada Derana reporter.  Investigations have uncovered that the same […]

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