Courtesy Adaderana Former Secretary of Health Ministry Janaka Chandragupta, who was arrested by the CID over the controversial human Immunoglobulin import issue, has been remanded until 27 December by the Maligakanda Magistrate’s Court. Mr. Chandragupta was arrested by the Criminal Investigations Department (CID) after he had arrived at the CID this morning (18) to record […]

Courtesy Adaderana The Sri Lanka Navy has held 14 Indian fishermen along with an Indian trawler for poaching in Sri Lankan waters off the Kovilan Lighthouse, Kareinagar last night (17). The Northern Naval Command had deployed its Fast Attack Craft to chase away a cluster of Indian poaching trawlers, after having spotted they were engaging […]

උපුටා ගැන්ම  හිරු පුවත් වැඩබලන පොලිස්පති දේශබන්දු තෙන්නකෝන්ගේ උපදෙස් මත දිවයින පුරා මේ වනවිට සිදු කෙරෙමින් පවතින යුක්තිය මෙහෙයුමට අදාළව වැල්ලම්පිටිය පොලිස් බල ප්‍රදේශයේ පමණක් සැකකරුවන් 55 දෙනෙකු අත්අඩංගුවට ගෙන තිබෙනවා. මත්ද්‍රව්‍ය ජාවාරම සහ සංවිධානාත්මක අපරාධ මැඩලීම සඳහා මෙම විශේෂ මෙහෙයුම ආරම්භ කෙරුණේ අද (17) අලුයම හතරේ සිටයි. දිවයින පුරා පොලිස් කොට්ඨාස 45 ක් ආවරණය […]

Courtesy Adaderana දේශබන්දු තෙන්නකෝන් මහතා පොලිස්පති ලෙස පත්කිරීමට විරුද්ධ වූ ප්‍රමුඛපෙළේ නීතිඥයින් බිලියන ගණනින් මුදල් ගෙන කුඩු ජාලයේ අය වෙනුවෙන් අධිකරණයේ පෙනී සිට ඇති බව මහජන ආරක්ෂක අමාත්‍ය ටිරාන් අලස් මහතා පවසයි.   මාතර පොලිස් කොට්ඨාසයේ පැවති වැඩසටහනක දී අමාත්‍යවරයා මේ බව ප්‍රකාශ කළේය. එහිදී අමාත්‍යවරයා වැඩිදුරටත් පැවසුවේ පසුගිය අරගල සමයේ අරගල කරුවන් සමග ගැටෙමින් සිටි […]

Courtesy The Daily Mirror The special police operations that commenced this morning (17) across the island have resulted in the arrest of 83 suspects thus far, Minister of Public Security Tiran Alles said. The Minister stated that this includes 45 suspects who had been wanted in connection with narcotics-related offences. Sri Lanka Police commenced a […]

Courtesy The Daily Mirror Ambalangoda, Dec. 16 (Daily Mirror)- Steps will be taken to confiscate all property and wealth earned illegally through drug smuggling and underworld activities within the next three months, Acting IGP Deshabandu Tennakkon said today. He made this remark at an event held in Ambalangoda today. He said underworld activities are rampant […]

Courtesy The Daily Mirror lpitiya, Dec 16 (Daily Mirror) – Public Security Minister Tiran Alles said that a special operation targeting drug-related activities and the underworld is set to commence tomorrow. Minister Alles has directed Police to take stringent measures against individuals engaged in drug smuggling and underworld operations. The Minister made these directives during […]

Courtesy The Daily Mirror Ambalangoda, Dec. 16 (Daily Mirror)- Steps will be taken to confiscate all property and wealth earned illegally through drug smuggling and underworld activities within the next three months, Acting IGP Deshabandu Tennakkon said today. He made this remark at an event held in Ambalangoda today. He said underworld activities are rampant […]

Courtesy Adaderana The Maligakanda Magistrate Lochani Abeywickrama has emphasized that the court finds the actions of the former Secretary of the Ministry of Health Janaka Chandragupta with regard to the process of purchasing the batch of ‘substandard’ human intravenous immunoglobulin (IVIG), as suspicious. Therefore, the Magistrate has ordered that all responsible parties must be arrested […]

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Courtesy The Daily Mirror Colombo, Dec 13 (Daily Mirror) – The Court of Appeal in its majority decision today affirmed the convictions and the sentences imposed on three accused in connection with South Asia’s largest VAT scam.  The Colombo High Court had convicted and sentenced these three accused for committing criminal misappropriation of nearly Rs. […]

Courtesy Hiru News Colombo, December 13, 2023 In response to the rising concerns over religious hate crimes propagated on social media platforms, Acting Inspector General of Police (IGP) Deshabandu Tennakoon has taken proactive measures by directing the Police Computer Crimes Division to set up a dedicated unit for the investigation of such allegations. The newly […]

Courtesy Adaderana The police have arrested a saffron-robed monk called ‘Vishwa Buddha’ for behaving in a manner offensive to Buddhism. The 34-year-old, who is originally from Ratnapura, was taken into custody in the area of Kalagedihena. While the arrestee is slated to be produced before the Colombo Magistrate’s Court tomorrow (Dec.13), the Criminal Investigation Department […]

Courtesy Hiru News Galle, December 4, 2023 In a disturbing incident that unfolded on the night of December 2nd, an Australian hotel owner in the picturesque Ahangama area of Galle was viciously attacked by a group of individuals. The victim, identified as 57-year-old Mark Williams, had recently acquired the hotel, which had been closed for […]

Courtesy Adaderana Pastor Jerome Fernando has been remanded until December 13 over his controversial remarks on several religions. The self-styled ‘prophet’ was produced before the Colombo Fort Magistrate this afternoon following his arrest by the Criminal Investigation Department (CID), a few hours after he arrived at the premises to record a statement for the second […]

by Arundathie Abeysinghe  courtesy PIME Asia News  An organised crime cartel allegedly brought 13 children ‘regularly’ from Sri Lanka to Malaysia and from there, using false documents, they were trafficked to the rest of the world, including Europe. The chairman of the National Child Protection Authority, Udayakumara Amarasinghe: ‘Parents are given a certain amount of […]

BY YOHAN PERERA AND AJITH SIRIWARDANA Courtesy The Daily Mirror PARLIAMENT (Daily Mirror)- A sum of USD 50,000 donated by Asian Cricket Council chief Jay Shah and USD 5,000 given by Indian cricket star Siraj for the ground staff of Pallekele and R. Premadasa stadiums have not been paid yet, Opposition Leader Sajith Premadasa told […]

BY AJITH SIRIWARDANA AND YOHAN PERERA Courtesy The Daily Mirror PARLIAMENT (Daily Mirror)- President Ranil Wickremesinghe said today that he will look into the three letters that were sent by Sri Lanka Cricket (SLC) to the International Cricket Council (ICC). The President requested Opposition Leader Sajith Premadasa to send him the three letters and assured […]

Courtesy The Daily Mirror KATUNAYAKA (Daily Mirror) – Darshani, a Sri Lankan maid who returned from Saudi Arabia said she was forced to swallow screw nails with water by her employer which resulted in her being hospitalized. Making an emotional statement at the Katunayake airport upon her arrival, the housemaid said she was continuously abused […]

Courtesy Adaderana Minister of Transport and Highways Bandula Gunawardena has slammed the token strike launched by the expressway employees this morning (Nov.22) as a deliberate attempt at incurring a loss to the government. This is not a trade union action, but a subversive move,” the lawmaker said addressing the parliamentary session earlier today. The All-Island […]

Courtesy The Daily Mirror COLOMBO (Daily Mirror) – The Committee on Public Accounts (COPA) will initiate a probe into incidents in which stocks of coal imported for the Norochcholai thermal power plant have been under-invoiced for the evasion of due amount of Value Added Tax (VAT), an official said. COPA Chairman Lasantha Alagiyawanna told Daily […]

By Shamindra Ferdinando Courtesy The Island Wijeyadasa Justice Minister Dr. Wijeyadasa Rajapakshe, PC, has said the Foreign Exchange Act No 12 of 2017, enacted during the Yahapalana administration was meant to facilitate the operations of those who exploited the system for their benefit. The new Act had repealed the Exchange Control Act of 1953, Dr. Rajapakshe said, adding […]

Courtesy The Daily Mirror Several important documents at the National Medicines Regulatory Authority (NMRA) have been reportedly destroyed, the Society of Government Pharmacists alleged. Its President Thushara Ranadeva told the Daily Mirror that NMRA Chief Executive Officer Dr. Vijith Gunasekera has intervened in the destruction of these documents. The CEO has been disposing of certain […]

Courtesy Adaderana The owner of the company, which allegedly used forged documents to import a batch of substandard human intravenous immunoglobulin (IVIG), has been remanded until November 15. The accused known as Aruna Deepthi, who was arrested by the Criminal Investigations Department (CID), was produced before Maligakanda Magistrate’s Court earlier today. On Monday, the court […]

Courtesy The Daily Mirror The owner of the company, which stands accused of importing 22,500 substandard immunoglobulin vials, and two top government employees who approved the importation have been imposed a foreign travel ban by the Maligakanda Magistrate’s Court yesterday. Accordingly, the three persons, who were imposed with foreign travel bans in the case pertaining […]

Courtesy The Island A gang made-up of former and serving army commandos had been hired to facilitate the escape of underworld leaders Harak Kata and Kudu Salindu from the CID custody and they were to be paid one billion rupees, police said. Security has been beefed at the CID headquarters. It has been revealed that four serving commandos, too, […]

Courtesy Adaderana At least 13 employees of Milco (Pvt) Ltd. have been arrested for holding the company’s chairman Renuka Perera hostage. The arrests were made by the officers of Kollupitiya Police amidst the chaos at the Milco head office in Colombo this afternoon (Oct. 25). Perera was released following the intervention of the police, reports […]

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Courtesy Adaderana The Civil Defence Department officer attached to the Mapakada Wewa Wildlife Regional Office, who was arrested in relation to the shooting of a female elephant that had participated in the annual Randoli Perahera of Mahiyanganaya Rajamaha Viharaya has been granted bail this evening (30). The officer in question had shot ‘Sita’ after mistaking […]

උපුටා ගැන්ම  හිරු පුවත් ලව් කරන එකයි සිප් එක පාත් කරන් ඉන්න එකයි දෙකක් මහත්තයෝ “ හෝමාගම නගරයේ පවත්වාගෙන යනු ලබන පෞද්ගලික ආයතනයකට අයත් උද්‍යානයක ආවරණය කළ කුඩා කාමර තුල බාලවයස්කාර දරැවන් ලිංගික කටයුතු සිදු කරන බවට ලද පැමිණිලි මත එම ස්ථානය අද (24) දින වැටලූ බව හෝමාගම මූලස්ථාන පොලිසිය පවසනවා. පොලිසිය පවසන්නේ තම දරැවන් […]