Courtesy Adaderana Sri Lanka Navy today (Nov. 05) intercepted two Indian trawlers with 15 Indian fishermen poaching in the Sri Lanka waters. The interception was made during an operation mounted in the sea areas north of Talaimannar. The operation was conducted by the North Central Naval Command this evening, having spotted a cluster of Indian […]

lanka C news ෂෙහාන් කරුණාතිලක මහතා බුකර් සම්මාන දින්නේ තමක්ගේ කතාවක් හොරකම් කරගෙන බව ජ්‍යෙෂ්ඨ මාධ්‍යවේදී රාජ්පාල් අබේනායක මහතා චෝදනා කරයි. තමන් එම නවකතාව මුද්‍රණය කර ගැනීම සඳහා උදව් ලබා ගැනීමට ෂෙහාන්ට කතා කළ බවත් එහිදී ඔහු තම කතාව හොරකම් කරන ලද බවත් පවසන ඔහු ශෙහාන් කරුණාතිලක මෙතරම් අදම හොරෙක් යැයි තමන් නොදැන සිටි බවත […]

Courtesy Adaderana Venerable Borella Sirisumana Thero has been arrested by the Criminal Investigation Department (CID) today (Nov. 01), the police spokesman says. He was taken into custody over the information uncovered during investigations into the alleged financial frauds committed by Thilini Priyamali. The owner of Thico Group of Companies (Pvt.) Ltd., Thilini Priyamali was arrested […]

Courtesy The Daily Mirror There is a new trend of increasing use of synthetic drugs known as ICE (methamphetamine crystals) among girls, National Dangerous Drugs Control Board (NDDCB) said. NDDCB Assistant Counsellor Lakmee Nilanka said many girls and young women are lured into using drug through beauty parlors. She revealed these while participating in an […]

By The Legal Arm of ‘The Socialist Vanguard Party for the Restoration of a Sovereign Unitary State of Sri Lanka’ Director, Financial Intelligence Unit Central Bank of Sri Lanka No. 30, Janadhipathi Mawatha Colombo 01 Amendments to the Registration of Documents Ord 23 of 1927 is being discussed in parliament, without reference to Act 6 […]

Courtesy The Daily Mirror The Criminal Investigations Department (CID) has launched an investigation into a new financial fraud which so far has involved Rs.14 billion with 8,000 people being victims in a fake crypto currency scheme. Police Spokesman SSP Nihal Thalduwa said that the alleged fraud was carried out by a Chinese couple and a […]

Courtesy Adaderana The police today (Oct. 27) shed light on a massive financial fraud committed through a fake cryptocurrency investment scheme. The Criminal Investigation Department (CID) had initiated probes after receiving a complaint about the scam, according to Police spokesperson SSP Nihal Thalduwa. According to him, one Sri Lankan named Keerthi Bandara was arrested in […]

Courtesy Adaderana Twelve complaints have been received so far against businesswoman Thilini Priyamali for allegedly defrauding over Rs. 1.28 billion, according to Police Spokesman SSP Nihal Thalduwa. Thilini Priyamali, the owner of Thico Group of Companies (Pvt.) Ltd., was arrested and remanded on October 06 over alleged multi-billion rupee fraud by swindling businesspersons and VIPs. […]

Courtesy The Daily Mirror While claiming that the Metropolitan Police have not deployed any officers in support of the Sri Lankan investigation into the 2019 Easter Sunday bombings in Sri Lanka, Britain on Wednesday said that Metropolitan Police ‘will consider any request to support an overseas investigation where it is proportionate, necessary and legal.’ In […]

Courtesy Adaderana A group of activists who were arrested on suspicion of violent behaviour during a protest held by the Inter-University Students’ Federation (IUSF) in Colombo, have been produced before the Government Analyst’s Department today (Oct 17). They were produced before the Government Analyst, according to a request made to the Fort Magistrate to identify […]

උපුටා ගැන්ම  හිරු පුවත් කොළඹ ගාලු මුවදොර පිටියේ ක්‍රියාත්මක වූ අරගලය සාමකාමී විරෝධතා ව්‍යාපාරය හා එක්ව සිටි සමයේ දී තමන්ට සමීප හිතවතුන්ගෙන් මුදල් ආධාර ලැබුණු බව ජනප්‍රිය රූපවාහිනී සහ චිත්‍රපට නිළි දමිතා අබේරත්න පවසනවා. ඇය මේ බව පවසා සිටියේ, හිරු ප්‍රවෘත්ති සමඟ පැවැති විශේෂ සම්මුඛ සාකච්ඡාවක දී. ඇය වැඩිදුරටත් පවසා සිටියේ, එම කාලසීමාව තුළ දී […]

Courtesy Adaderana President Ranil Wickremesinghe has said that using children as shields in demonstrations is a serious offence according to the law of the country and advised the Sri Lanka Police to take immediate measures to prevent the perpetuation of such conduct. President Wickremesinghe issued these instructions during the special discussion held at the Presidential […]

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Courtesy Adaderana The Acting Registrar of Pesticides, Mr. Lasantha Ratnaweera, says that the news published in two Sunday newspapers claiming that poisonous rice was imported to Sri Lanka, is completely false and baseless.  He said that no such research as claimed in the news article has been conducted by the Office of the Registrar of […]

Courtesy NewsIn.Asia Colombo, August 31 (PMD): Sri Lankan President Ranil Wickremesinghe informed the Supreme Court on Wednesday (August 31) through the Attorney General that he will not place his signature for the execution of the death penalty. Additional Solicitor General Nerin Pulle, who appeared for the Attorney General, stated this when several fundamental rights petitions […]

Courtesy Adaderana The Colombo Fort Magistrate’s Court ordered today (Aug 31) to further remand two suspects who allegedly entered the Temple Trees and stole two televisions and a bag containing a camera, until September 14. The case filed against the suspects for forcibly entering the Temple Trees, stealing its properties and being a member of […]

Courtesy The Daily Mirror While urging the public that they should not receive and/or pay foreign remittances through informal methods such as ‘Hawala’ or ‘Undial’ sytems’, the police said it would expand its investigations on illegal foreign currency traders. Police said the Central Bank of Sri Lanka has observed that the significant decrease in the […]

Courtesy Adaderana Sri Lanka Police has sought public assistance in identifying several more suspects who are accused of forcibly entering the premises of the Presidential Secretariat and damaging its properties. In a communiqué, the Police Media Division stated that the relevant persons were identified from the videos and photographs taken during the investigations regarding the […]

Courtesy Adaderana The Colombo Fort Magistrate’s Court granted bail to 07 remanded suspects including Dhaniz Ali who were in remand custody over the forcible entry to the Presidential residence. The order was issued by the Colombo Fort Magistrate Thilina Gamage. In addition, two more suspects including Lahiru Weerasekara who were named as the suspects in […]

Courtesy Adaderana The Colombo Magistrate’s Court today ordered to remand until September 01 a woman who was arrested in relation to the incident of pushing a group of Sri Lanka Podujana Peramuna (SLPP) supporters into the Beira Lake at Slave Island on May 09. The order was issued when the case was taken up before […]

Courtesy Adaderana Sri Lanka Police has sought public assistance to identify several persons who are accused of entering the Prime Minister’s Office and damaging its property on July 13.  It said the Criminal Investigations Department (CID) is carrying out the investigations regarding the incident of several persons forcibly entering the Prime Minister’s Office and damaging […]

Courtesy Adaderana The police are seeking the assistance of the general public to identify several individuals who were involved in the recent unrest at the Polduwa Junction. In a statement, the police media division said the Western Province (South) Crimes Division has initiated investigations into the tense situation reported at the Polduwa Junction on the […]

Courtesy Adaderana Actor Jehan Appuhami, who was arrested yesterday (18) in Colombo during the protest march held by the Inter-University Students Federation (IUSF) has escaped custody, the police said. The police have initiated an investigation to arrest him. Meanwhile, 16 people who were arrested during the protest were granted bail after being produced before Colombo […]

Courtesy The Daily Mirror Following the discussion between the National Transport Commission (NTC) officials and the private bus owners regarding the revision of bus fares, the bus owners behaved violently and threatened the NTC officials with death. The police said death threats have been made at the NTC officials following talks on the revision of […]

Courtesy Adaderana Two individuals who had stolen three gold rings worn by former MP Amarakeerthi Athukorala when he was assaulted and killed by a mob have been arrested. The parliamentarian and a police sergeant attached to his security detail were killed in a mob attack in Nittambuwa amidst the nationwide unrest on the 9th of […]

Courtesy Daily Mirror A person who illegally entered the President’s House in Fort on July 9 and took photographs while sitting on the President’s chair was arrested by the Colombo Crimes Division in Deraniyagala.  Police said the arrested suspect who is 28-years-old, was identified as a resident of Samanpuragama. The suspect is scheduled to be […]

Courtesy Ada Derana The person, who was arrested on suspicion of being the first to forcibly enter the Presidential Secretariat when the protesters took over the premises on July 09, has been remanded until August 05. He was produced before the Colombo Fort Magistrate’s Court today (Aug 02). Further, Fort Magistrate Thilina Gamage ordered the […]

Courtesy Adaderana Social activist and YouTuber Rathindu Senaratne, popularly known as ‘Ratta’, has been arrested by officers of the Colombo Crimes Division – Colombo Central. He has been arrested for allegedly violating a court order during a protest at Bank of Ceylon Mawatha in Colombo on 21 May. Senaratne had arrived at the CCD, earlier […]

Courtesy Adaderana The man who stole the President’s official flag and used it as a bedsheet has been remanded until the 05th of August. The suspect was produced before the Colombo Magistrate’s Court earlier today. He was taken into custody after he surrendered to the Wellaweediya Police last morning. On the 09th of July, people […]

Courtesy The Daily Mirror Claiming that the protesters who are engaged in the struggle are attempting to destroy the State tactfully with the backing of external forces, Parliamentarian Wimal Weerawansa today said such moves should be defeated. Speaking at the emergency debate, he told Parliament that they would vote in favour of the proclamation of […]