Courtesy Adaderana The Media Spokesman of Sri Lanka Army, Major General Ravi Herath states that so far, police have arrested 126 out of around 139 inmates who had escaped from the Kandakadu Treatment and Rehabilitation Centre last evening (11). Of the arrested inmates, 44 individuals have been detained at the Pulasthipura Police Station, 23 at […]

India NewsAsian News International According to the Sri Lankan Navy, the fishermen were allegedly involved in ‘illegal poaching’ and were detained after a special operation on Saturday. The 25 fishermen belonged to Nagapattinam district in Tamil Nadu and Karaikal district in Puducherry. Colombo:  25 Indian fishermen, who were fishing in international waters, were detained by […]

Courtesy Hiru News Colombo High Court has handed down a sentence of 12 years imprisonment with hard labour to a private bus driver found guilty of causing a fatal accident through reckless and high-speed driving. The tragic incident resulted in the death of three individuals and severe injuries to another. The case, stemming from the […]

Courtesy The Daily Mirror Parliament, Dec.1 (Daily Mirror) – The Customs Department is currently conducting an investigation into the under-invoicing of values of three LED screens imported by the Sri Lanka Cricket (SLC) at three international cricket stadiums in Sri Lanka, State Minister of Finance Shehan Semasinghe told Parliament today. State Minister Semasinghe said this […]

Courtesy Adaderana The Colombo Chief Magistrate’s Court on Friday (01 Dec.) ordered for former Sri Lankan cricketer Sachithra Senanayake to assist in the ongoing investigations concerning his match-fixing allegations. Accordingly, Senanayake was ordered to assist the Government Analyst, when requested by the police to do so. The order was issued when a complaint filed by […]

Courtesy The Hindu The Sri Lankan Navy personnel had detained the fishermen under charges of poaching into their waters. The Tamil Nadu Fisheries Department said that the country boat fishermen were arrested for allegedly fishing at Parithithurai, which falls under Sri Lankan waters. In yet another fresh incident, the Sri Lankan Navy personnel arrested 22 […]

Courtesy Adaderana Minister of Sports Roshan Ranasinghe has filed a motion requesting the lifting of the stay order issued by the Court of Appeals preventing the operation of the seven-member Interim Committee appointed by him for the Sri Lanka Cricket (SLC) and the relevant gazette notification issued by him in this regard. The motion including […]

Courtesy The Daily Mirror A new legislation will be introduced soon to ensure the proper standards of MPs, President Ranil Wickremesinghe announced today. Many are questioning the standard of Parliament following the two incidents that took place during this week. Therefore, I would like to state that former Speaker Karu Jayasuriya is drafting legislation to […]

Courtesy News18 A passenger filed a Rs 10 crore lawsuit against Vistara for the pain, humiliation and endangerment” faced by his ailing mother and sister. The man, identified as Mudhit Gupta, alleged that he had requested wheelchairs for his ailing mother and sister, but the airline did not provide this assistance and later, in a […]

Courtesy Daily News United National Party Chairman, former Minister, and Member of Parliament Vajira Abeywardena emphasized that the present Government is dedicated to elevating Sri Lanka’s global standing by ensuring the public’s access to accurate information, drawing inspiration from the significance of the Media Development Authority Act of Singapore  in their developmental journey. The Member […]

Ministry of Defence  – Media Centre As elephants from different parts of the country participate in the annual Mahiyangana Perahera, the chief prelate of the Mahiyangana temple has made a request to the Wildlife Department to establish a wildlife team in the temple to drive out wild elephants as there is frequent roaming of these […]

Courtesy The Daily Mirror Five fishermen who trafficked 151.341 kilos of heroin on 2nd November 2019 were sentenced to death on three charges by the Colombo High Court today. The suspects were sentenced to death after a long trial by Colombo High Court Judge Namal Ballale, observing that the prosecution case against the five accused […]

උපුටා ගැන්ම  හිරු පුවත් වෛද්‍යවරයෙකු හමුවීම සදහා පෝළිමේ සිටියදී පෝලිම් පැන,මහේස්ත්‍රාත්වරයෙකුගේ බිරිද සමග බහින්බස්වූයේ යැයි චෝදනා කරමින්, තමන්ව හා සිය බිරිදව පොලිසිය අත්අඩංගුවට ගෙන රක්ෂිත බන්ධනාගාර ගතකිරීමට පියවර ගැනීමට එරෙහිව අඹුසැමි යුවලක් ශ්‍රේෂ්ඨාධිකරණයට මූලික අයිතිවාසිකම් පෙත්සමක් ගොනු කර තිබෙනවා. ඔවුන් එම පෙත්සමෙන් ඉල්ලා ඇත්තේ තම මූලික අයිතිවාසිකම් උල්ලංගනය වූ බවත් ඒ සඳහා රුපියල් කෝටියක වන්දි […]

Courtesy The Daily Mirror At least five persons, a group of staff members of a leading supermarket outlet in Borella were arrested over an incident of brutally assaulting a female customer. Police launched investigations after a video showing a group of staff members from a supermarket outlet brutally assaulting a female customer went viral on social […]

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BY Sahan Tennekoon and Buddhika Samaraweera Courtesy The Morning The Asgiri Chapter of the Siam Sect wants the relevant authorities to continue the ongoing investigations into the alleged defamatory actions against Buddhism and the Buddha Sasana by various parties, despite those parties making apologies after the incidents. Speaking to The Daily Morning yesterday (30), the Asgiri Temple […]

“නීතියේ සිංහල නුගමුල” ෆීනික්ස් නීති සාර සංග්‍රහය වෛද්‍ය තිලක පද්මා සුබසිංහ අනුස්මරණ නීති අධ්‍යාපන වැඩසටහන 1978 සිට මේ දක්වා වසර 45 ක්ම ආණ්ඩුක්‍රම  ව්‍යවස්ථාවේ 23.2 (16වන ආණ්ඩුක්‍රම ව්‍යවස්ථා සංශෝධනයට පෙර) සහ දැන් 23.4 (16වන ආණ්ඩුක්‍රම ව්‍යවස්ථා සංශෝධනයට පසු) අනුව්‍යවස්ථාවට අනුකූලව නීති පැනවී ඇත්ද යන්න සළකා නොබැලුවේ ඇයි සහ තවමත් හිතා ඉන්නේ රටේ ක්‍රියාත්මක වන්නේ සෝල්බරි […]

“නීතියේ සිංහල නුගමුල” ෆීනික්ස් නීති සාර සංග්‍රහය වෛද්‍ය තිලක පද්මා සුබසිංහ අනුස්මරණ නීති අධ්‍යාපන වැඩසටහන 1. ජාතික ගීය, පදමාලාව සහ සංගීතය නියම කර ඇත්තේ ආණ්ඩුක්‍රම ව්‍යවස්ථාව මගින් ය. 2. ජාතික ගීය, පදමාලාව සහ සංගීතය ජනතාවගේ පරමාධිපත්‍යයේ අංගයක් වන අතර පාර්ලිමේන්තුවේ 2/3 ඡන්දයෙන් සහ ජනමතවිචාරණයක් මගින් මිස විකෘති කිරීම/ වෙනස් කිරීම කළ නොහැකිය. 3. එමෙන්ම ජාතික […]

Lanka Lead News පුරාවිද්‍යා ආරක්ෂක ස්මාරක හා පුරාවිද්‍යා රක්ෂිත ගැසට් කිරීමට පෙර අමාත්‍ය මණ්ඩලයට යොමු කිරීමට ජනාධිපති දුන් නියෝගය අභියෝගයට ලක්කරමින් හා පුරාවිද්‍යා භූමිවල මායිම් ගල් ගැලවීමට ජනාධිපති දුන් නියෝගය අභියෝගයට ලක්කරමින් ඉදිරිපත් කළ පෙත්සම් දෙක හෙට(25) දින විභාගයට ගැනේ. පුරාවිද්‍යා ආඥාපනත මගින් විෂයභාර අමාත්‍යවරයා හා පුරාවිද්‍යා අධ්‍යක්ෂක ජෙනරාල්වරයාට පිළිවෙළින් පුරාවිද්‍යා ආරක්ෂිත ස්මාරක හා පුරාවිද්‍යා […]

වෛද්‍ය තිලක පද්මා සුබසිංහ අනුස්මරණ නීති අධ්‍යාපන වැඩසටහන ආයුර්වේද සංශෝධන පනත් කෙටුම්පත සුසිල් ප්‍රේම්ජයන්ත ඇමතිවරයා විසින් 2023 ජූලි 05 වැනි දින පාර්ලිමේන්තුවේ පළමුවර කියවා ඇත. එයට එරෙහිව ආණ්ඩුක්‍රම ව්‍යවස්ථාව උල්ලංඝනය කරන්නේය පදනමින් මත්තෙගොඩ රෝපා ආයුර්වේද රෝහලේ වෛද්‍ය බී. ඒ. රත්නපාල මහතා නීතීඥ අරුණ උණවටුන මහතා මගින් SC/SD/22/23 අංක යටතේ ආණ්ඩුක්‍රම ව්‍යවස්ථාවේ 121 ව්‍යවස්ථාව යටතේ පෙත්සමක්ඉදිරිපත් […]

Courtesy Adaderana The bank accounts of six individuals, identified as members of the Board of Directors of ‘ONMAX DT’, a private firm believed to be a pyramid scheme, have been frozen, on orders of the Colombo Chief Magistrate’s Court. Accordingly, the relevant bank accounts are believed to have deposits amounting to Rs. 790 million, while […]

By Hyshyama Hamin Courtesy The Diplomat Activist Hyshyama Hamin explains how Sri Lankans’ personal stories intersect with global movements.  On a humid morning in June 2006, a mosque in Colombo, Sri Lanka, buzzed with the activities of my nikah (Islamic marriage) ceremony. The men, I imagine, were huddled together around the marriage documents, with the local imam explaining […]

උපුටා ගැන්ම Lanka Lead News කොටුව මහෙස්ත්‍රාත් තිළිණ ගමගේ මහතා ඊයේ (21) ප්‍රකාශ කළේ නතාෂා එදිරිසූරිය නමැති කාන්තාව සිය ප්‍රකාශය මගින් බෞද්ධ චරිතය සහ බෞද්ධ සාහිත්‍ය අතිශයින් හෑල්ලුවට ලක්කර ඇති බවය. නතාෂා ජූලි 05 දක්වා රක්ෂිත බන්ධනාගාරගත කළ මහෙස්ත්‍රාත්වරයා ප්‍රකාශ කළේ, භාෂණයේ සහ ප්‍රකාශනයේ නිදහස අන් අයට අපහාස කිරීමට දෙන බලපත්‍රයක් නොවන බවය. අන්තර්ජාලය හරහා […]

Courtesy Adaderana An overseas travel ban was imposed on MP Gajendrakumar Ponnambalam today (June 06), on the orders of the Kilinochchi Magistrate’s Court. The Jaffna District parliamentarian, who represents the All Ceylon Tamil Congress or Ahila Ilankai Thamil Congress (AITC), is accused of his complicity in obstructing the duties of police officers and verbally abusing […]

Courtesy Adaderana The Ministerial Consultative Committee has approved the orders made by the Minister of Public Security under the Immigrants and Emigrants Act to revise the fine of US$500, in addition to the visa fees, to foreigners who have overstayed their period of valid visas. The approval was given at the Ministerial Consultative Committee held […]

Courtesy Adaderana Ven. Rajangane Saddharathana Thero who was arrested by police in Anuradhapura for allegedly making statements that could disrupt religious harmony has been ordered to be remanded in custody until June 07, after being produced before Colombo Fort Magistrate’s Court today (29). Saddharathana Thero was reportedly arrested by the Criminal Investigations Department (CID) last […]

Courtesy The Daily Mirror The United Kingdom (UK) has sought assistance from the Sri Lankan government to prevent Sri Lankans from coming to Britain as illegal immigrants. British High Commissioner to Sri Lanka Sarah Hulton who met Public Security Minister Tiran Alles recently requested the Minister to cooperate in preventing illegal Sri Lankan immigrants from […]

Courtesy Adaderana Another petition has been filed before the Commercial High Court demanding compensation for the environmental disaster caused by the X-Press Pearl ship, which was gutted in a fire in May 2021 on Sri Lankan waters. Accordingly, the petition seeks an order to secure a compensation of at least USD 06 billion from the […]

Courtesy Adaderana President Ranil Wickremesinghe has ordered the Criminal Investigation Department (CID) to launch an immediate investigation into the controversial statement made by Pastor Jerome Fernando, in a manner that harms religious harmony. Issuing that order, President Wickremesinghe has mentioned to the President’s Advisor on National Security, Sagala Ratnayake that such irresponsible statements can create […]

Courtesy The Telegraph Online Lanka court issues restraining order against events commemorating Rajapaksa’s fall Gotabaya RajapaksaFile picture A Sri Lankan court on Tuesday accepted a request by the police to curb the commemoration of the events which led to the resignation of the bankrupt government of president Gotabaya Rajapaksa a year ago. On May 9 […]