Courtesy Adaderana Arjuna Hettiarachchi, the chairman of the local shipping agency representing the ‘X-Press Pearl’ vessel, has been granted bail by the Colombo High Court.   Chairman of Sea Consortium Lanka (Pvt) Ltd, Mr Hettiarachchi was arrested by the Criminal Investigation Department (CID) today after surrendering through his attorneys.  He was subsequently produced before the Colombo […]

By Zhaki Abdullah Courtesy Channel News Asia A Singapore-registered container ship sank off Sri Lanka last week, causing the worst marine ecological disaster for the South Asian country. SINGAPORE: As Sri Lanka deals with its worst marine ecological disaster after the sinking of a Singapore-registered container ship, questions have been raised about who bears the responsibilities in […]

BY JON JACKSON  Courtesy The Newsweek State prosecutors in Sri Lanka‘s Colombo Magistrate’s Court on Monday accused the operators of the ship that caught fire with 25 tons of acid onboard of a cover-up. The Deputy Solicitor General alleged that Sea Consortium Lanka, the local agent for the ship, deleted several emails exchanged with the vessel’s captain […]

Ajith Siriwardana and Yohan Perera Courtesy The Daily Mirror While claiming that five committees have been appointed to work on the procedures to demand claims from the X-Press Pearl vessel, Ports and Shipping Minister Rohitha Abeygunawardane said today steps were being taken to seek assistance of the international legal experts on the matter. The Minister […]

Courtesy Mailonline The MV X-Press Pearl was carrying hundreds of tonnes of chemicals and plastics when it burned for almost two weeks just off Sri Lanka’s coast A Sri Lankan court hearing into the fire and sinking of a container ship off Colombo was told Monday that its local agent had deleted e-mails vital to […]

Courtesy The Daily Mirror The Criminal Investigation Department (CID) has been tasked with investigating those who are misleading the public by spreading false propaganda on social media, Police said. Police Spokesman DIG Ajith Rohana said a special police team has been appointed to investigate such false reports. He said the public was facing various inconveniences […]

Source : 112 Ukraine Hennadiy Havrylov was acquitted by the court and eventually arrived in Odesa Hennadiy Havrylov, the Ukrainian captain of the Avant Garde ship who stayed in detention in Sri Lanka since 2016 returned home. Dmytro Kuleba, the Foreign Minister posted that on Twitter. “I welcome the return of Hennadiy Havrylov, the captain of the Avant Garde vessel who was […]

Courtesy Adaderana Another six individuals who attended the birthday party hosted by Chandimal Jayasinghe and Piumi Hansimali have been arrested, Police Media Spokesperson DIG Ajith Rohana said. Event organizer Chandimal Jayasinghe and model Piumi Hansimali were arrested yesterday (May 31) for violation of quarantine regulations. The duo had had reportedly organized a birthday party at […]

Courtesy The Daily Mirror The Attorney General has filed indictments in the Puttalam High Court under the Prevention of Terrorism Act and the Terrorist Financing Act against six accused of collecting explosives and maintaining an explosive manufacturing base in Wanathawilluwa in 2019 January.  He requested the Chief Justice for a Trial at Bar to try […]

Courtesy Adaderana The Cabinet of Ministers have approved the drafting of legislation to protect against the spreading of false and misleading statements through the internet. The government says that the spread of false information on the internet poses a serious threat and is seen as being used to divide society, to spread hatred and to […]

Courtesy Adaderana An Assistant Superintendent of Sri Lanka Customs has been arrested over his alleged involvement in the falsification of documents to re-export 23 containers of dried Indonesian areca nuts to India as Sri Lankan areca nuts. The arrest has been made by the Criminal Investigation Department (CID), according to the Police Spokesperson DIG Ajith […]

Courtesy The Straits Times COLOMBO (NYTIMES) – Last year’s winner of Mrs World, a beauty pageant for married women, said she would return her crown after she snatched one off the head of the 2021 winner of Mrs Sri Lanka World, claiming that she was divorced – a violation of pageant rules. Ms Pushpika de Silva […]

Courtesy Adaderana Reigning Mrs. World Caroline Jurie and model Chula Padmendra, who were arrested by the Cinnamon Gardens Police, have been granted police bail. They were taken into custody this afternoon over the recent controversy at the Mrs. Sri Lanka beauty pageant held at the Nelum Pokuna Theatre on Sunday (April 04). The arrests have […]

Kirthimala Gunasekera Senior Lawyer Interesting informative article on ‘’DIGITALIZATION AND MODERNIZING TRADE BUSIENSS AND CONSUMERISM FOR THE CITIZEN’’ 4th April 2021 published in  Lanka Web .  E Land registration will soon be operating the land registration system to secure ownership . However it  can be a source of ownership insecurity,  without consumer protection laws  The […]

Courtesy Adaderana Attorney General Dappula de Livera has summoned the Conservator-General of Forests and other officials of the Forest Conservation Department to take into consideration and verify the recent media reports on forest destruction. According to the Coordinating Officer of the Attorney General, State Counsel Nishara Jayaratne, the relevant meeting is expected to be held […]

Courtesy Adaderana Moditha Ekanayake, Attorney-at-Law, has issued a Letter of demand against 12 individuals seeking compensation of Rs 500 million for the physical and psychological damages caused to him by the failure to prevent the 2019 Easter Sunday terror attacks. The letter of demand issued via Attorney at Law Sujeewa Gunatilake has been issued to […]

Courtesy Adaderana Archbishop of Colombo Cardinal Malcolm Ranjith called on the government to take legal action against former president Maithripala Sirisena, who has been found guilty in the report of the Presidential Commission of Inquiry on the 2019 Easter Sunday attacks. Speaking to the media following the Easter Sunday Mass at St. Lucia’s Church, Kotahena, […]

Courtesy Adaderana A Sri Lankan male who had been deported from the United Arab Emirates (UAE) has been arrested by the Terrorism Investigation Division (TID) at the Mawanella area. The 44-year-old resident of Mawanella has been arrested over the propagation of extremism, Police Media Spokesperson DIG Ajith Rohana said. The arrested suspect had been deported […]

Courtesy Adaderana State Intelligence Service (SIS) chief Maj. Gen. Suresh Sallay has lodged a complaint with the CID stating that MP Nalin Bandara has made baseless and false statements regarding him.  The CID are investigating into the complaint which was submitted in writing yesterday (18), Police spokesman DIG Ajith Rohana said, adding that the SIS […]

උපුටා ගැන්ම ලංකා සී නිව්ස් තමාව පැහැරගෙන ගොස් චිප් පතක් ඉල්ලා වද හිංසා පැමිණ වූ බවට පැමිණිල්ලක් ඉදිරිපත් කළ නිදහස් මාධ්‍යවේදියා ඉදිරිපත් කළ පැමිණිල්ල අසත්‍ය පැමිණිල්ලක් බව විමර්ශනවලදී අනාවරණය වූ බව පොලිස් මාධ්‍ය ප්‍රකාශක නියෝජ්‍ය පොලිස්පති අජිත් රෝහණ මහතා පවසයි. ඒ සම්බන්ධයෙන් කොළඹ අපරාධ කොට්ඨාසය විමර්ශන සිදුකළ අතර, එහිදී අනාවරණය වී ඇත්තේ එම මාධ්‍යවේදියා විසින්ම […]

Courtesy Adaderana The Colombo Crimes Division (CCD) is due to interrogate former Minister Rajitha Senaratne and former MP Chathura Senaratne over a false complaint filed by a journalist alleging that he was abducted. A journalist recently lodged a complaint claiming that he had been abducted and assaulted by four individuals on March 10. However, following […]

Courtesy Adaderana The Attorney General has reportedly made clarifications to his Singaporean counterpart for a third time regarding the request of extraditing the former Central Bank (CBSL) Governor Arjuna Mahendran. Attorney General Dappula de Livera stated this before the Permanent High Court Trial-at-Bar in Colombo today (March 18). Arjuna Mahendran is one of the major […]

Courtesy Adaderana UPDATE (07.47 pm): Former Minister Ravi Karunanayake and 07 others who were ordered to be remanded over the 2016 Bond Scam have been brought to the Welikada Prison a short while ago. The eight suspects have been directed to the quarantine center of the prison. Former Minister Ravi Karunanayake has been remanded over […]

Courtesy Adaderana Arrested former directors of Swarnamahal Jewellers Pvt Ltd have been remanded until March 30. Earlier this evening (March 17), they were produced before the Fort Magistrate. The arrest was made on Tuesday (March 16) upon the directions of Attorney General Dappula de Livera. Jeewaka Edirisinghe, Anjalee Edirisinghe Asanka Edirisinghe, and Nalaka Edirisinghe were […]

Courtesy Adaderana Arrested former directors of Swarnamahal Jewellers Pvt Ltd have been produced before Fort Magistrate this evening (March 17), says the Police Spokesman DIG Ajith Rohana. The arrest was made on Tuesday (March 16) upon the directions of Attorney General Dappula de Livera. Jeewaka Edirisinghe, Anjalee Edirisinghe Asanka Edirisinghe & Nalaka Edirisinghe were accordingly […]

Courtesy Adaderana Former Governor of Western Province Azath Salley has been arrested this evening (March 16) by the Criminal Investigation Department (CID). The arrest was made on the advice of the Attorney General, his coordinating officer State Counsel Nishara Jayaratne said. Police Spokesperson DIG Ajith Rohana noted that Salley will be detained and interrogated under […]

Courtesy Adaderana The Criminal Investigation Department (CID) has arrested the former directors of the Swarnamahal Jewellers Private Limited – Jeewaka Edirisinghe, Anjalee Edirisinghe, Asanka Edirisinghe, and Nalaka Edirisinghe. The arrest has been made upon the directions of Attorney General Dappula de Livera. They have been arrested on the charges of money laundering, the Coordinating Officer […]

Courtesy Adaderana A team of Criminal Investigation Department (CID) officers have been appointed to inquire into the controversial statements made recently by Azath Salley. Police Media Spokesman DIG Ajith Rohana said that the five-member CID team will be led by an Assistant Superintendent of Police (ASP). Accordingly, the investigations are currently underway, the DIG added. […]

Courtesy Adaderana Minister of Public Security Rear Admiral (Rtd) Sarath Weerasekara says he has signed the Cabinet paper banning the burqa in Sri Lanka. His remarks came during an event held at Munasinghe Aramaya in Kalutara today (March 13). Explaining the reason for the move, the Public Security Minister said the burqa directly affects the […]

Courtesy Adaderana The Attorney General has directed the Inspector General of Police (IGP) to conduct investigations in the import of several swords, daggers, and other such weapons into the country. This was in relation to the Writ Application filed by His Eminence Cardinal Malcolm Ranjith, stated the Coordinating Officer of the Attorney General, State Counsel […]