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, […]

SEPAL – short clips

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 […]

Sri Lankan TV

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 […]

Courtesy Adaderana

Madyawediya

Neth News

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 […]

News Center

By D.B.S.Jeyaraj/DailyFT Courtesy NewsIn.Asia Colombo, November 29: November 13 is a date of great significance as far as the Janatha Vimukthi Peramuna(JVP) – known as the Makkal Viduthalai Munnani in Tamil and People’s Liberation Front in English-is concerned. It was on 13 November 1989 that the JVP’s charismatic founder-leader Rohana Wijeweera. Since 1994 the JVP […]

Courtesy The Daily Mirror Colombo, November 6 (Daily Mirror) – Two individuals were arrested by the Wildlife Conservation Department’s Emergency Raid Unit while attempting to sell ten rare Rath-Dothalu flowers in the Moragahayata area of Ratnapura. According to wildlife officials, these flowers are often used as offerings to the Buddha. The suspects, who were apprehended […]

උපුටා ගැන්ම  ලංකා ලීඩර් මැතිවරණ කොමිසමේත් කනෙන් රිංගා රාජකාරි අවශ්‍යතා මත යනුවෙන් සඳහන් කර සී අයිද්ධියේ ප්‍රධාන පොලිස් පරීක්ෂක ඉන්දුක ද සිල්වා මහතාව සීඅයිඩියෙන් පොලිස් මුලස්ථානයට මාරු කිරීමට රවි සෙනෙවිරත්න මහතා ක්‍රියාකළ බවත්,  රාජකාරි අවශ්‍යතා මත යැයි පැවසූවද කිසිම රාජකාරියක් ඔහුට පවරා නැති බවත් සර්වජන බලය කොළඹ දිස්ත්‍රික් අපේක්ෂක සහ පිවිතුරු හෙළ උරුමය නායක නීතිඥ […]

Courtesy PIME Asia News The annual document for Pope Francis on initiatives for the prevention of child abuse was presented today. The Commission calls on local Churches to overcome a culture of silence, a reluctance to report abuse, and a general lack of education and awareness concerning safeguarding practices.” Vatican City (AsiaNews) – The first Annual […]

Source: Computer Crime Research Center Sri Lanka’s foreign minister Vijitha Herath acknowledged the growing problem of the island becoming a hub for international cybercrimes, warning that its shaky economic recovery might be impacted. “We have to see if Sri Lanka is a cyber crimes hub,” Herath told reporters,”and whether our financial system is being affected by […]

Courtesy Adaderana Pivithuru Hela Urumaya (PHU) leader and former MP Udaya Gammanpila says that former Senior DIG Ravi Seneviratne, who has been named as a main accused in an investigative committee reports on the Easter Sunday attacks, should be immediately removed from the post of Secretary to the Ministry of Public Security. He made these […]

Courtesy Hiru News Former Member of Parliament Udaya Gammanpila stated that the second report concerning the Easter Sunday attack will be released on October 28. He made this announcement during a special press conference held today (21) to address the findings related to the attack. At the event, Gammanpila unveiled the first committee report, which […]

උපුටා ගැන්ම ලංකා සී නිව්ස් යුක්ක්‍රේන, ඉන්දීය සහ බල්ගේරියන් සයිබර් අපරාධකරුවන් රටට ඇතුළු වී කරන මුදල් වංචා හේතුවෙන් මෙරට බැංකු පද්ධතිය කඩා වැටී ජාතික ආර්ථිකයට විශාල බලපෑමක් එල්ල විය හැකි බව රහස් පොලිසිය කොළඹ ප්‍රධාන මහේස්ත්‍රාත් තිළිණ ගමගේ මහතාට (30) දැනුම් දුන්නේය. අන්තර්ජාලය හරහා සිදුවන වංචා හේතුවෙන් මෙරට බැංකු පද්ධතිය කෙරෙහි ජනතා විශ්වාසය බිඳ වැටීමට […]

Hiru News The Divisional Crimes Detective Bureau of Panadura Police has arrested the second gunman and the driver involved in the double murder case in Athurugiriya, known as the “Club Wasantha” murder. The suspects were apprehended in the Pinwatta area of Panadura. The arrested individuals, aged 29 and 32, are residents of Nagoda and Ahugalla. […]

Courtesy Adaderana The Terrorism Investigation Division (TID) has arrested one of the suspected gunmen involved in the recent killing of two persons including businessman Surendra Wasantha Perera’ also known as’Club Wasantha’, in the Athurugiriya area. The suspect, identified as 31-year-old Patty Arambage Ajith Rohana, was apprehended by the TID in the Kawdana area of Dehiwala.  […]

Pramod Madhav Courtesy India Today A key suspect in a Sri Lankan human trafficking case that came to light in 2021 was arrested in Tamil Nadu on Saturday. He has been on the run for the past three years. The investigation revealed that Aabulkhan, along with his associates, was involved in confining trafficked victims on […]

Courtesy Adaderana The main suspect in the killing of ‘Club Wasantha’ at Athurugiriya, Sujeewa Ruwankumara alias ‘Loku Patty’ has been arrested in Belarus, according to police sources. He has reportedly been arrested by security service personnel in Belarus, the source said. Several accomplices of ‘Loku Patty’, who is said to be an organized criminal and […]

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 […]

Neth Fm Balumgala

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 […]