Courtesy Adaderana Nine students of the University of Kelaniya have been arrested by the Police today (22) over the incident of removing CCTV cameras at the university premises in February, 2020. On February 24, certain members of the Student Union of the University of Kelaniya had forcibly removed the CCTV cameras fixed at university premises […]

Courtesy Hiru News Police Inspector Neomal Rangajeewa of the Police Field Force Headquarters revealed at the Presidential Commission to Investigate Political Victimization that original evidence has disappeared regarding the Welikada Prison incident in 2012. He also presented two CDs containing the voice of a drug dealer, Velesuda.

Courtesy Hiru News It was revealed today at the Presidential Commission probing into the Easter Sunday Attacks, that two ministers had attended the wedding of Ibrahim Ilham, a suicide bomber on Easter Sunday. This was through a statement from Fatima Jeffery the mother in law of Ibrahim Ilham. She testified before the commission that her […]

Courtesy Adaderana Three suspects have been arrested by the Western Province Intelligence Unit over a drug racket operated within the Negombo Prison. Investigations on a tip-off received that a narcotics racket is in operation at the Negombo Prison had led to the arrest of a Sri Lanka Air Force (SLAF) Sergeant attached to the Air […]

Courtesy Adaderana The Criminal Investigations Department (CID) submitted a report pertaining to the Easter Attacks of last year to the Fort Magistrate’s Court on Friday (19). During the investigations, revelations have been made that 24 students were sent to a Madrasa in Puttalam by suicide bomber Zahran Hashim and his clan. The report said that […]

Meera Srinivasan 200 suspects have been arrested; inquiry is now focusing on financial networks connecting suicide bombers; role of foreign groups suspected Sri Lanka’s probe into the April 2019 Easter terror bombings is in its final stages”, authorities have said, while raising suspicion that the suicide bombers were funded by two foreign outfits”. The Colombo Crime Division, […]

උපුටා ගැන්ම  හිරු පුවත් පාස්කු ඉරුදින එල්ල වූ ත්‍රස්ත ප්‍රහාරය මෙහෙය වූ සහරාන් හසීම් සහ අපරාධ පරීක්ෂණ දෙපාර්තමේන්තුව භාරයේ සිටින නීතීඥ හිජාස් හිස්බුල්ලා පුත්තලම ප්‍රදේශයේ මද්‍රසා පාසල් ළමුන්ට විදුහල්පති ඉදිරියේම අවි පුහුණුව ලබා ඇති බව අනාවරණ වී තිබෙනවා. ඒල එම සිසුන් අපරාධ පරීක්ෂණ දෙපාර්තමේන්තුවට ලබා දී ඇති ප්‍රකාශවලට අනුවයි. එම ප්‍රකාශ ඇතුළත් විශේෂ වාර්තාවක් අපරාධ […]

Courtesy Hiru News The sinister political hand in the obstruction of the archaeological survey at the Pottuvil Muhudu Viharaya was exposed today. This was with the actions of a candidate contesting the forthcoming general election from the All Ceylon Makkal Congress Party led by former minister Rishad Bathiudeen. Today, the CIA disclosure is about this sinister […]

Courtesy Adaderana Investigations into the coordinated terror attacks on Easter Sunday have revealed that the brother of former Minister Rishad Bathiudeen, Bathiudeen Mohamed Riyaj, has had maintained direct links with the bombers, says the Police Spokesperson. SSP Jaliya Senaratne stated this during ‘BIG FOCUS’ programme on TV Derana this morning (19), responding to a question […]

Courtesy Adaderana The Secretary to the Ministry of Sports has called for an immediate probe into the allegations made by Mahindananda Aluthgamage on ‘match-fixing’ at the 2011 World Cup final. Mahindananda recently made a controversial statement, claiming that he does not accept Sri Lanka’s defeat in the 2011 World Cup (final) as a defeat. According […]

Courtesy Adaderana Attorney General, today (19), told the court that issuance of arrest warrants by the Colombo Fort Magistrate’s Court on former Finance Minister Ravi Karunanayake and several other bond scam suspects has followed a lawful procedure. The writ applications filed by Ravi Karunanayake, PTL owner Arjuna Aloysius, Central Bank employees Sangarapillai Pathumanapan and Indika […]

Courtesy Adaderana An individual who handled Rs 490 million worth transactions of a bank account belonging to an organized criminal figure has been arrested when he surrendered to the Western Province (South) Crimes Division yesterday (17). On May 22 an individual was arrested in Ratmalana over the possession of 9 g 500 mg of heroin. […]

Courtesy Adaderana The case against IGP Pujith Jayasundara and former Defence Secretary Hemasiri Fernando over the 2019 Easter attacks have been set to be taken up on October 23, as per an order of the Colombo Magistrate’s Court. The duo is accused of allegedly committing a criminal offense by failing to prevent the coordinated terror […]

Courtesy Hiru News When archaeological officers visited the site to identify historical sites after Hiru exposed the land plunder at Muhudu Maha Viharaya , an organized group has obstructed the work of the  government officials.  Meanwhile, archaeological officers are currently working to mark 30 acres of land without demarking the 72 acres of land that […]

Courtesy Adaderana The Colombo Additional Magistrate has issued warrants on four directors of the Edirisinghe Trust Investments (ETI) holdings, for failure to appear before the court. When the case filed by ETI depositors was taken up for hearing before the court today, the Additional Magistrate issued arrest warrants on ETI Directors Jeewaka Edirisinghe, Nalaka Edirisinghe, […]

Courtesy Adaderana Interpol has informed Sri Lanka that former Central Bank (CBSL) Governor Arjuna Mahendran, who is currently wanted over the Bond Scam, has changed his name. Accordingly, Mahendran has changed his name to ‘Harjan Alexander’. The Attorney General has informed this to the Special High Court, when the Bond Scam case was taken up […]

Courtesy Hiru News Defence Secretary Retired Major General Kamal Gunaratne said that a special program has been launched to curb the crimes that are organised from inside the prisons. The defence secretary stated this at a press conference today Meanwhile, a new unit called the Prisons Intelligence Unit has been set up and the public […]

Courtesy The Daily Mirror As the method adopted by the leasing companies to seize vehicles of those who had failed to pay their loan installments is unlawful, President Gotabaya Rajapaksa has ordered the Police that no room should be left to continue this practice, the President’s Media Division said. Leasing companies do not inform the […]

Courtesy Hiru News It has been revealed that the doctor had used a toy pistol for the purpose to threaten the cashier of the Colombo National Hospital Accounts Division and had robbed 7.9 million rupees. Police Media Spokesperson SP Jaliya Senaratne stated that he was a doctor attached another hospital and has come to the […]

උපුටා ගැන්ම ලංකා සී නිව්ස් හිටපු නාවික හමුදාපති රවීන්ද්‍ර විජේගුණවර්ධන මහතා තමන් ඝාතනය කිරීමට සූදානම් වූ බව ඇවන්ගාඩ සමාගමේ සභාපති නිස්සංක සේනාධිපති මහතා චෝදනා කරයි. තමන් ඒ සම්බන්ධයෙන් නුගේගොඩ පොලිසියට ද පැමිණිලි කර ඇති බව ද ඔහු පැවසීය. ඇවන්ගාඩ් සමාගමෙන් කප්පම් මුදල් තමන්ගෙන් ඉල්ලූ බවත් ඔහු පැවසුවේ ජනාධිපති කොමිසමේ සාක්ෂි දීමෙන් පසු මාධ්‍ය වෙත අදහස් […]

උපුටා ගැන්ම  හිරු පුවත් හිටපු නාවික හමුදාපතිවරයෙකු වන රවීන්ද්‍ර විජේගුණවර්ධන හා හිටපු අමාත්‍ය රාජිත සේනාරත්න යන මහත්වරුන් තමා ඝාතනය කිරීමේ කුමන්ත්‍රණය දියත් කළ බව ඇවන්ට්ගාඩ් සමාගමේ සභාපති නිශ්ශංක සේනාධිපති මහතා පවසනවා. ඔහු ඒ බව සඳහන් කළේ දේශපාලන පලිගැනීම් සම්බන්ධයෙන් සොයාබැලීම ස්ථාපනය කළ ජනාධිපති කොමිසම හමුවේ සාක්ෂි ලබාදෙමින්. />2015.01.15 සිට 2019.11.16 දක්වා සිදුවූ බව කියන දේශපාලන […]

උපුටා ගැන්ම ලංකා සී නිව්ස් අභාවප‍්‍රාප්ත හිටපු අමාත්‍ය ආරුමුගම් තොණ්ඩමන් මහතාගේ අවමඟුල් කටුයුතුවලට සහභාගි වූ කිසිවෙකුට හෝ කොවිඞ් 19 ආසාදනය වී නව රෝගීන් පොකුරක් මතුවුවහොත් නිරෝධායන පනතේ රෙගුලාසිවලට පටහැනිව යමින් කටයුතු කිරීම පිළිබදව ජාතික හා ජාත්‍යන්තර වශයෙන් නඩු පවරන බව ශ්‍රී ලංකා මහජන සෞඛ්‍ය පරික්ෂකවරුන්ගේ සංගමයේ සභාපති උපුල් රෝහණ මහතා අනතුරු අඟවයි. එම අවමඟුලේ කටයුතු […]

Senaka Weeraratna Sri Lanka has now become the killing fields of rare and exotic animals There is no end in sight for poor animals. Last year ( 2019) alone 384 elephants died mostly at the hands of humans. The British killed 10, 000 wild elephants during the heyday of the British Raj. With a dwindling number […]

Courtesy Hiru News Hatton District Judge and Magistrate J. Trotsky, today ordered a post mortem examination of the black panther who died while undergoing treatment at the Udawalawa Veterinary Hospital to be conducted in the Peradeniya Veterinary faculty. This was after considering a request made by Prabash Karunathilaka of the Wildlife Conservation Department of the […]

Courtesy Adaderana Six including the main suspect who assaulted the Ada Derana journalist Atulugama, Bandaragama have been placed under arrest, the police said. The assault took place this morning (24) when the journalist in question went to Atulugama area to make coverage on Muslim devotees celebrating the Ramazan festival while adhering to social distancing regulations. […]

Courtesy Adaderana The case filed regarding the shooting of a pet dog to death in Negombo was taken up at the Negombo Magistrate’s Court today (18). A pet dog named ‘Max’ was shot dead in the Dalupotha area in Negombo, on the Vesak Full Moon Poya Day (May 07). President’s Counsel Ashan Fernando made submissions […]

Courtesy  Hiru News. The Coast Conservation Department today took action against the forcible acquisition of lands in the coastal belt surrounding the ‘Muhudu Maha Viharaya’ following the revelations through the Hiru CIA program. Accordingly, the unlawful barbed wire fences were removed. Muhudu Maha Viharaya which is situated in Pottuvil, in the Eastern Province, is a […]

Courtesy Adaderana The Defence Ministry has urged the public to be aware of an ongoing scam using a mobile-based digital e-wallet cash transfer system and ransom by threatening individuals. It has been revealed that an organized group is operating a mobile-based cash transfer scam to take ransom by urging them to pay money to take […]

Courtesy Adaderana Investigations have revealed that Riyadh Bathiudeen –brother of former Minister Rishad Bathiudeen–has had direct links with an Easter Sunday suicide bomber. Police Media Spokesman SP Jaliya Senaratne revealed this at a special press conference held at the Department of Government Information today (15). On a day close to April 21, Riyadh Bathiudeen had […]

Courtesy Adaderana Sri Lanka Navy deployed its Offshore Patrol Vessel (OPV) SLNS ‘Samudura’ to seize a vessel loaded with a large consignment of drugs in high seas about 548 nautical miles (985km) off Sri Lankan shores.  The drug carrying vessel along with the suspects in connection to this drug racket were brought to the Dikkowita […]