By Sugeeswara Senadhira* Courtesy Euresia Review Indian security officials believe the interception of a Sri Lankan boat carrying 300 kilograms of heroin, five AK-47 guns and ammunition off the coast of Vizhinjam in Kerala in South India on March 25 points to a network of narco-terrorism with strong links to a group in Sri Lanka. […]

Courtesy Adaderana Tests carried out on samples from the two bowser trucks containing coconut oil – which were recently taken into custody at Dankotuwa – have indicated the presence of Aflatoxin, says the spokesperson of Sri Lanka Customs. The two bowser trucks were seized by Dankotuwa Police on the 30th of March, on suspicion of […]

Courtesy Adaderana A container truck has been seized from Dambulla on Thursday night (April 01) on suspicion of carrying a consignment of coconut oil containing carcinogens. The vehicle in question was taken into custody by a team of officers of Dambulla Police, acting on a tip-off received by the Mayor of Dambulla Jaliya Opatha. The […]

Courtesy Adaderana An individual from Chavakachcheri in Jaffna has been arrested on charges of money laundering by hacking into the accounts of banks in the United States. https://adaderana-english-polly.s3.amazonaws.com/adaengmp3-31-03-2021-1617183336.mp3 The 41-year-old has been taken into custody by the officers of Criminal Investigation Department (CID), Police Spokesperson DIG Ajith Rohana said. Investigators have uncovered that the suspect […]

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Courtesy Adaderana Four police officers – 03 Constables and one Inspector – have been interdicted for allegedly assaulting a law student at the Peliyagoda police station. Several offices attached to Peliyagoda Police had reportedly assaulted a law student named Migara Gunaratne yesterday (February 25). The victimized student was identified as the son of former Central […]

– divaina ශ‍්‍රී ලංකාවට වඩාත්ම ජාත්‍යන්තර කීර්තියක් ගෙන ආ ක‍්‍රීඩාව ක‍්‍රිකට් ය. කලක් බොහෝ විදේශිකයන් ශ‍්‍රී ලංකාව හැඳින සිටියේ ‘සනත් ජයසූරියගේ රට’ ලෙසිනි. ශ‍්‍රී ලංකාව ජාත්‍යන්තර ක‍්‍රීඩා තලයේ සලකුණක් තැබුවේ අර්ජුන රණතුංගලා, අරවින්ද සිල්වාලා 1996 ක‍්‍රිකට් ලෝක කුසලානය ජය ගත් පසුවය. වර්තමානයේ නොමැති වූවද මේ රටේ ජනතාව ක‍්‍රිකට් හුස්ම ගන්නා ජනතාවකි. ඔවුන්ගේ ලේ වලටම ක‍්‍රිකට් […]

Courtesy Adaderana The individual who spat at health officials in Atulugama has been sentenced to 6 years rigorous imprisonment by the Panadura Magistrate’s Court and also imposed a fine of Rs. 10,000.  The incident was reported on December 02, 2020 in Atulugama police area when two Public Health Inspectors (PHIs) and two public servants had […]

Courtesy Adaderana The Colombo High Court has served indictments on former minister Rajitha Senaratne and 2 others for causing losses to the state when leasing out Modera Fisheries Harbour in 2014. Indictments were served on the defendants before Colombo High Court Judge Pradeep Hettiarachchi. After the indictments were served, the court ordered the three defendants […]

Courtesy Adaderana The Supreme Court has sentenced parliamentarian Ranjan Ramanayake to 04 years of rigorous imprisonment over a case of Contempt of Court, stated Ada Derana reporter. Last month, the Supreme Court judge bench scheduled further clarifications on the contempt of court case for today (January 12). A three-judge bench comprising Justices Sisira de Abrew, […]

Courtesy The Associated Press Three Sri Lankan men have been charged in California with aiding a terrorist group blamed for 2019 Easter attacks that killed 268 people in Sri Lanka, including five U.S. citizens • LOS ANGELES — Three Sri Lankan men have been charged in California with aiding a terrorist group blamed for 2019 Easter attacks that […]

Courtesy Adaderana Former Directors of Edirisinghe Trust Investments (ETI) Finance Limited, who were arrested yesterday, have been remanded until the 12th of January. The order was delivered by Colombo Additional Magistrate Ruwan Nelumdeniya when the suspects were produced before courts today (January 09). Last evening, the Criminal Investigation Department (CID) arrested four former Directors of […]

Courtesy Adaderana The four former Directors of Swarnamahal Jewellers Ltd and ETI Finance who were arrested by the Criminal Investigation Department (CID) have been granted bail. The former Directors Nalaka Edirisinghe, Jeewaka Edirisinghe, Anjalee Edirisinghe and Asanka Edirisinghe were produced before the Colombo Fort Magistrate today (06) where they were granted bail. Last evening (January […]

Courtesy Adaderana Three former Directors of Swarnamahal Jewellers Ltd. have been arrested for running an unauthorized finance business, says the Attorney General’s Coordinating Officer State Counsel Nishara Jayaratne. Attorney General Dappula de Livera, earlier this evening (05), had directed the Inspector General of Police (IGP) to conduct a criminal investigation against the Directors of the […]

Courtesy Adaderana The Attorney General has directed the Inspector General of Police (IGP) to conduct a criminal investigation against the directors of the ETI Finance and Swarnamahal Jewellers. The Coordinating Officer of the Attorney General, State Counsel Nishara Jayaratne, said that the investigations will be carried out over the unauthorized acceptance of deposits worth Rs […]

Sri Lanka News A suspect has been arrested for vandalizing a Buddha statue in Mawanella, says Police Spokesperson DIG Ajith Rohana. He was identified as Priyantha Sampath Kumara, a 30-year-old who was residing in Hettimulla area in Kegalle. The incident had taken place in the area of Imbula in Mawanella on the night of December […]

Courtesy Adaderana A special operation carried out by Sri Lanka Navy in the seas off Negombo led to the apprehension of 04 suspects with drugs worth over Rs 600 million. The Western Naval Command today (04) intercepted a suspicious multiday fishing trawler off Negombo and apprehended 04 suspects with over 100 kg of Crystal Methamphetamine […]

Courtesy Adaderana Sri Lanka Customs has seized 7,500 kilograms of turmeric illegally imported into the country under the guise of importing wheat flour.  Customs spokesman Sunil Jayaratne said that the stock of turmeric was found inside a container shipped from India on December 20, declared as wheat flour.  The container was searched based on information […]

Courtesy Hiru News The suspect involved in selling 30 new born babies, arrested from Matale, over child trafficking charges – Police Spokesman. The suspect is a 47 year old and has been promoting himself on facebook. He was arrested yesterday and will be produced in court. Police media spokesperson stated that the suspect has been […]

Courtesy Adaderana The two suspects including former MP Abdullah Maharoof, who were arrested over the misuse of vehicles belonging to Lanka Sathosa during the 2015-2019 period, have been remanded until tomorrow (17). The order was delivered by the Colombo Magistrate’s Court when the case was taken up today via Skype, before Colombo Additional Magistrate Kanchana […]

 කැකිරාව – සුදත් ඒකනායක උපුටා ගැන්ම දිවයින ඓතිහාසික විජිතපුර බලකොටුවට අයත් බැලූගල, අලහප්පෙරුමාගම මුස්ලිම් පල්ලිය පිටුපස ස්මාරකය ඩෝසර් කිරීමට සම්බන්ධ පුද්ගලයන් දස දෙනකු පෙරේදා සවස අත්අඩංගුවට ගත් බව (12 දා) ප‍්‍රධාන පොලිස් පරීක්ෂක එච්. එම්. කිත්සිරි හේරත් මහතා ‘දිවයින’ට පැවසීය.  අලහප්පෙරුමාගම මුස්ලිම් පල්ලියේ සභාපතිවරයා ද අත්අඩංගුවට ගත් පිරිස අතර සිටියි.  අනුරාධපුර පළාත් භාර ජ්‍යෙෂ්ඨ නියෝජ්‍ය […]

Darshana Sanjeewa Balasuriya Courtesy The Daily Mirror Prime Minister Mahinda Rajapaksa today directed IGP CD Wickramaratne to conduct an immediate and comprehensive investigation into the death of a Dutch monk who was found at the lagoon in Rathgama. The body of the Buddhist monk, (59) who was engaged in meditation at the Polgasduwa hermitage in […]

Courtesy The Daily Mirror Prime Minister Mahinda Rajapaksa today directed IGP CD Wickramaratne to conduct an immediate and comprehensive investigation into the death of a Dutch monk who was found at the lagoon in Rathgama. The body of the Buddhist monk, (59) who was engaged in meditation at the Polgasduwa hermitage in Rathgama was reported […]

Courtesy Adaderana Justice Minister Ali Sabry says that the Attorney General of Singapore has sought certain clarifications from the Attorney General’s Department of Sri Lanka with regard to the extradition request against former Central Bank governor Arjuna Mahendra. He stated this in parliament today in response to a question pertaining to the present progress of […]

Courtesy Hiru News The Galle Chief Magistrate Harshana Kekunawela today (09) conducted an inquiry into the death of a Dutch monk who was found floating in the Rathgama Lagoon, Dodanduwa The Dutch monk had previously resided at the Polgasduwa Forest Convent. The Hiru local correspondent stated that the body of the 56-year-old monk was found […]

Devesh K. Pandey Courtesy The Hindu Cross-border smuggling of drugs being prepared using ephedrine extracted from Ephedra plants in Afghanistan is on the rise, suspect enforcement agencies. Recent seizures of methamphetamine by the Indian Coast Guard and the Excise Department in Sri Lanka, along with consignments of heroin, have strengthened the suspicion of the enforcement […]

Courtesy The Island * Opposition calls for independent probe * 61 among rioters COVID-19 positive * Tense situation in Negombo Prison By Saman Indrajith, Norman Palihawadana and Nishan S. Priyantha Police Spokesman DIG Ajith Rohana told The Island yesterday that the Police had identified a senior member of the Mahara Prison Hospital staff as the […]

By Shamindra Ferdinando Courtesy The Island * Over 2,400 inmates on their own within complex * Death toll reachers 11, could rise further * Clashes among prisoners injure 80 * Doctor under investigation * Rioters popped more than 21,000 pills A high-level investigation into the Mahara Prison riot took an unexpected turn yesterday (1) following […]

Darshana Sanjeewa Balasuriya Courtesy The Daily Mirror More than 18 tonnes of drugs including heroin have been seized and nearly 72,000 suspects were arrested along with the drugs since November 2019 to date, police revealed. Police Spokesman DIG Ajith Rohana said at a press briefing that those suspects were arrested with 2,000 kg of heroin, […]