Courtesy Adaderana Stand-up comedian Nathasha Edirisooriya, who found herself in hot water over her remarks on religions which stirred much controversy in the country, has been arrested by the Criminal Investigation Department (CID). She was taken into custody at the Bandaranaike International Airport (BIA) in Katunayake while trying to fly out of the country, according […]

Courtesy The Daily Mirror A day after Pastor Jerome Fernando had expressed an apology via a live video stream over his controversial remarks, Public Security Minister Tiran Alles said an apology will not prevent the police from taking action against him. Pastor Fernando who is under investigation over his controversial remarks made against Buddhism, Islam […]

Courtesy The Daily Mirror A mobile brothel operated by an Aragalaya activist has been raided by the Walana Anti-Corruption Unit and seven individuals including four women taken into custody, Police said. The arrests were made following information that a 29-year-old Aragalaya activist in Moratuwa was operating a brothel. The suspect was arrested by a police […]

Courtesy The Daily Mirror Opposition leader Sajith Premadasa should reveal his stand on Pastor Jerome who is at the center of controversy since there are suspicions that he also had connections with the pastor, alleged former MP P. Harrison. Harrison who held a media briefing today questioned why the Leader of the Opposition is silent […]

Courtesy The Daily Mirror Pastor Jerome Fernando, who is facing a CID investigation over his hate comments against Buddhism, Islam and Hinduism, will be arrested upon his arrival at the BIA as there is a travel ban issued against him by the Colombo Fort Magistrate, Police Spokesperson SSP Nihal Thalduwa said.  SSP Thalduwa said that […]

Courtesy Adaderana The notorious criminal figure, Sinharage Saminda Silva alias ‘Ratmalane Kudu Anju’ has been arrested in France, Sri Lanka Police confirmed today. ‘Kudu Anju’ had been wanted for his involvement in multiple crimes including the murder of Dehiwala-Mount Lavinia Municipal Council member Ranjan de Silva, as well as large-scale drug trafficking. The suspect had […]

Courtesy The Daily Mirror The Criminal Investigations Department (CID) today named former Parliamentarian J. Sri Ranga as a suspect regarding the investigations over the incident of setting fire to President Ranil Wickremesinghe’s private residence in Colombo. Accordingly, Colombo Fort Magistrate Thilina Gamage issued an order directing the Prison Authorities to produce J. Sri Ranga before Court […]

උපුටා ගැන්ම  අරුණ පුවත් නිකවැරටිය කොටවෙහෙර පොලිස් වසමට අයත් ඉහළ වීරදඩාන මෙත්සඳ විහාරස්ථානයේ වැඩ වාසය කළ 22 හැවිරිදි පූජ්‍ය කොස්ගොඩ සුදින්න නම් හිමිනමට ලිංගික අතවර කළ කාන්තාවන් අතුරින් කීපදෙ‌නෙකු අත්අඩංගුවට ගෙන ඇති බව විහාරස්ථානයේ විහාරාධිපති කල්පිටිය ශාසනාරක්ෂක බල මණ්ඩලයේ ප්‍රධාන ලේඛකාධිකාරී අස්ගිරි පාර්ශ්වයේ ගාලු දිසාවේ ප්‍රධාන සංඝනායක පූජ්‍ය මිගෙට්ටුවත්තේ සුමිත්ත නා හිමියන් මීට සුළු මොහොතකට […]

Courtesy The Daily Mirror A 21-year-old Moulavi who was arrested by the Criminal Investigation Department (CID) for making two false calls to the 118 emergency call centre about an attack on a mosque in Akurana and an area with a majority of Muslim community, was remanded till May 4 by the Hultsdorf Magistrate’s Court today. […]

Courtesy Adaderana The youth, who was arrested for giving an anonymous false tip-off to the police about a possible bomb threat to Akurana area recently, was remanded until May 04. The 21-year-old was produced before the Hulftsdorp Police earlier today (April 22). On April 19, he had called the 118 online emergency complaint system and […]

Courtesy Adaderana The High Commission of India in Colombo has issued an advisory for travellers to Sri Lanka on fraudulent visa websites. The Controller General of Immigration & Emigration of Sri Lanka has warned travellers to Sri Lanka about misleading websites that charge exorbitant fees for Sri Lanka ETA (Electronic Travel Authorization) visas. The high […]

Courtesy Malay Mail KUALA LUMPUR, April 19 — The Immigration Department has busted a syndicate which used Malaysian international passports to smuggle Sri Lankan children to Europe, following the arrest of a local married couple. Immigration director-general Datuk Ruslin Jusoh said the couple were nabbed last Wednesday (April 12) when they turned up at the […]

Erina Haque, Researcher, Human rights activist, and freelance columnist. Gun violence has once again afflicted USA in Louisville, Kentucky. On Monday morning, a gunman killed at least five people and injured nine more at Old National Bank in downtown Louisville, Kentucky. The gunman was identified later as Connor Sturgeon, an employee at Old National Bank, according […]

Courtesy Adaderana උතුරු මුහුදු තීරයේදී හෙරොයින් මත්කුඩු කිලෝග්‍රෑම් 196ක් ආනයනය කිරීම, සන්තකයේ තබාගැනීම සහ ජාවාරම් කිරීමේ චෝදනා එල්ලවී සිටි විත්තිකරුවන් 05 දෙනෙකු නිදොස් කොට නිදහස් කරන ලෙස කොළඹ ත්‍රිපුද්ගල මහාධිකරණ විනිසුරු මඩුල්ලක් අද (06) නියෝග කර තිබේ. ආදිත්‍ය පටබැඳිගේ, මංජුල තිලකරත්න සහ මහේන් වීරමන් යන මහත්වරුන්ගෙන් සමන්විත ත්‍රිපුද්ගල මහාධිකරණ විනිසුරු මඩුල්ල විසින් මෙම තීන්දුව ලබාදී […]

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Courtesy Aljazeera Sri Lanka’s central bank is considering criminal charges against those accused of running a fake crypto scheme. Colombo, Sri Lanka – The Central Bank of Sri Lanka (CBSL) has announced that it is mulling criminal action against a group that ran a crypto investment scheme dubbed Sports Chain, seven months after an Al Jazeera investigation exposed […]

https://beincrypto.com/ The Sri Lankan Central Bank is considering charging suspects involved in a crypto pyramid scheme that saw investors lose $47 million. During a period of economic turmoil in the country, investors disposed of expensive assets to obtain the funds needed to invest in the scheme dubbed Sports Chain. Countries with high levels of inflation […]

Courtesy Adaderana Further investigations are underway regarding various connections that Salindu Malshitha Gunaratne alias Kudu Salindu”, is alleged to have had with terrorist groups, according to the relevant investigation officers. The officers have informed this to the courts today (April 03). They have stated before the courts that the investigations are being carried out into […]

Courtesy The Daily Mirror ***One company registered in Lagos remains inactive according to the Nigerian Corporate Affairs Commission ***Directors of Petrichor Capital named defendants in $4.6 million US fraud case *** Vitol group repeatedly blacklisted for supplying substandard fuel to Sri Lanka The Daily Mirror conducted a research on the six companies who had submitted […]

Courtesy Adaderana The Colombo Fort Magistrate Thilina Gamage has ordered the former opposition leader of the Kotte Municipal Council, Chandima Nanayanajith to be remanded in custody until April 04. The former opposition leader of the Kotte Municipal Council, Chandima Nanayanajith had been arrested by the Criminal Investigation Department (CID) and produced before the courts today […]

Courtesy Adaderana Police have taken custody of all files in the office of the Chairman of the Public Utilities Commission of Sri Lanka (PUCSL) which was unsealed after 13 days. The unsealing of the office, which was sealed off by the Kollupitiya Police on February 16 based on a court order issued by the Colombo […]

| Lanka Lead News සිරි ලංකාවෙ ලොකුම වී මෝල් හිමියා පසුගිය වසර 5 තුල ගෙවා ඇති ආදායම් බදු මුදල රුපියල් 0 (බින්දුව) යි.. සිරි ලංකාවේ දෙවන විශාලතම වී මෝල් හිමියා වසරකට ගෙවා ඇති ආදායම් බද්ද රුපියල් ලක්ෂ 9 යි.. සිරි ලංකාවේ බිලියන ගණනින් ආදායම් උපදවන කැසීනෝ බලපත්‍ර 4ක් 5ක් ඇත.. ඒ අය ගෙවන ආදායම් බදු […]

Courtesy Adaderana The Central Bank of Sri Lanka (CBSL) has urged all persons to be vigilant of the security of the details of their bank cards, owing to the recent rise in financial scams. Accordingly, CBSL warned all persons to refrain from sharing their usernames, passwords, PIN numbers, One Time Passwords (OTP), Card Verification Values […]

Courtesy The Daily Mirror Indian billionaire Gautam Adani who has his businesses in several countries including investments in Sri Lanka’s wind and renewable energy sector, has been accused of pulling off the ‘largest con in corporate history’ through the Indian-based Adani Group Corporation.  US investor Hindenburg Research, which has begun short selling the conglomerate through […]

Courtesy Adaderana An individual is under arrest for uploading threatening posts on Facebook against the attendees of the 75th Independence Day celebration, Ada Derana correspondent says. The officers of the police cybercrimes division arrested the suspect following an investigation into a complaint received in this regard. During its investigations, the cybercrimes division uncovered that the […]

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Courtesy The Daily Mirror The management of the Lotus Tower urged the public to help preserve the iconic structure by treating it as a national treasure.  The request was made after the observation deck was defaced by several individuals who were later arrested by Police. The management said that legal action will be taken against […]

Courtesy The Daily Mirror Adarsha Karandana arrested for allegedly blackmailing former Parliamentarian Prof. Ashu Marasinghe after threatening to post sexually-explicit videos on websites was ordered to be released on bail by Colombo Chief Magistrate’s Court. Colombo Chief Magistrate Prasanna Alwis ordered Adarsha Karandana to be released on two sureties of Rs.500,000 each. Adarsha Karandana was […]

උපුටා ගැන්ම  හිරු පුවත් ශ්‍රී දළදා වහන්සේට අපහාස වන අයුරෙන් ප්‍රකාශ සිදුකිරීම සම්බන්ධයෙන් අත්අඩංගුවට ගත් සේපාල් අමරසිංහ ලබන 17 වනදා දක්වා යළි රක්ෂිත බන්ධනාගාර ගත කෙරුණා. ඒ කොළඹ ප්‍රධාන මහේස්ත්‍රාත් ප්‍රසන්න අල්විස් හමුවේ අද යළි නඩුව කැඳවූ අවස්ථාවේදීයි. <br /><br />විත්තියේ පාර්ශවයෙන් ඉල්ලා තිබූ ඇප ඉල්ලීම සම්බන්ධයෙන් වන තීන්දුව එදිනට නිකුත් කරන බවද මහේස්ත්‍රාත්වරයා එහිදී […]

The Colombo Magistrate’s Court today (10 Jan.) further remanded YouTuber Sepal Amarasinghe until 17 January. Amarasinghe was remanded until today on 06 January, on orders of Colombo Additional Magistrate Tharanga Mahawatta, over the recent controversial statements he made about the Temple of the Sacred Tooth Relic in Kandy, commonly known as the ‘Sri Dalada Maligawa’. […]