Courtesy The Daily Mirror Jaffna, March 17 (Daily Mirror) – The Sri Lanka Navy has seized a total of 18 Indian poaching trawlers and 146 Indian fishermen within Sri Lankan waters in 2024. In a latest incident, the Navy seized two Indian trawlers and arrested 21 Indian fishermen poaching in Sri Lankan waters off the […]

Courtesy Adaderana Two Class 2 Station Masters and a Railway Guard have been suspended from service for assaulting two foreigners at the Nawalapitiya railway station.

Courtesy The Daily Mirror Colombo, Feb. 27 (Daily Mirror)- The legality of the no confidence motion which is being brought against Speaker Mahinda Yapa Abeywardene is questionable, Minister of Justice Wijeyadasa Rajapakshe said today. The opposition claims that the Speaker got the Online Safety Bill enacted violating the constitution. It is not the Speaker who […]

Courtesy Adaderana Another 418 suspects have been arrested by Sri Lanka’s police and security forces personnel within 24 hours which ended at 12.30 a.m. today (18 Feb.), as part of the ongoing countrywide anti-drug operation ‘Yukthiya’. According to the Ministry of Public Security, detention orders have been secured against 8 of the suspects, while 2 […]

Courtesy Adaderana A total of 793 traffic offenders have been identified within the first 15 days of February through the 24-hour surveillance system implemented to monitor traffic violations. According to Police Spokesman DIG Nihal Thalduwa, 300 police stations across the country have been notified to take necessary action against the said offenders. He further noted […]

Courtesy The Daily Mirror Colombo, Feb 06 (Daily Mirror) –  Speaker  Mahinda Yapa Abeywardana today said he has no authority to accept or reject any amendments from anyone including the Supreme Court to the Online Safety Act and that the sole authority of such exercise is vested with Parliament. The Speaker was referring to remarks […]

උපුටා ගැන්ම ලංකා සී නිව්ස් ආන්දෝලනාත්මක එන්නත් ගනුදෙනුව සම්බන්ධයෙන් වන නීති කෘත්‍යට මුළු කැබිනට් මණ්ඩලයම අධිකරණයට කැඳවා සාක්‍ෂි ගත යුතු බවට ජනාධිපති නීතිඥ අනූජ පේ‍්‍රමරත්න මහතා ඉල්ලා සිටියි. ඔහු මෙසේ කියා සිටියේ අත්අඩංගුවට ගන්නා ලද හිටපු සෞඛ්‍ය අමාත්‍ය වත්මන් පරිසර ඇමති කෙහෙළියට මහතා වෙනුවෙන් මාලිගාකන්ද මහේස්ත්‍රාත් අධිකරණය හමුවේ කරුණු ඉදිරිපත් කරමිනි. ප‍්‍රශ්නගත ප්‍රතිදේහ එන්නත් ආනයනය […]

Courtesy The Daily Mirror Colombo, Feb 02 (Daily Mirror) – Former Health Minister Keheliya Rambukwella has been arrested  by the Criminal Investigation Department (CID) a short while ago in connection with the importation of substandard Immunoglobulin injections. Rambukwella complied with a court order, arrived at the CID this morning to provide a statement. Maligakanda Magistrate […]

උපුටා ගැන්ම ලංකා සී නිව්ස් අද වන විට ශාසනයට ඇතිවී තිබෙන පරිහානියට මහා නා හිමි නමක්ද වගකිය යුතුව ඇති බව අධිකරණ බන්ධනාගාර කටයුතු හා ආණ්ඩුක්‍රම ව්‍යවස්ථා ප‍්‍රතිසංස්කරණ අමාත්‍ය විජයදාස රාජපක්ෂ මහතා සඳහන් කරයි. පුවත්පතක් සමඟ සාකච්ඡාවට එක්වෙමින් ඔහු මෙම අදහස් පළ කර තිබේ. භික්ෂු කථිකාවත් පනත සම්මත කරලා ඔය කියන නිත්‍යානුකූල තත්ත්වය ඇති කරලා දෙන්න […]

Courtesy Adaderana Five civil society activists have been arrested while staging a ‘Satyagraha’ campaign in front of the Criminal Investigations Department (CID) today (31 Jan.) demanding the arrest of former Health Minister Keheliya Rambukwella. Unions and civil society organisations staged a ‘Satyagraha’ campaign today, demanding that the former Health Minister be arrested over his alleged […]

Courtesy Adaderana The saffron-robed person claiming to be ‘Vishwa Buddha’ has been referred for psychiatric treatment under the recommendation of the Judicial Medical Officer, Senior Deputy Solicitor General Dileepa Peiris revealed before the court today (26). Appearing on behalf of the Criminal Investigations Department (CID), the Senior Deputy Solicitor General stated that accordingly, the suspect, […]

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 By AJITH SIRIWARDANA Courtesy The Daily Mirror Hambantota, Jan. 25 (Daily Mirror)- A group connected to a particular political party and fake account holders have posted insulting posts on State Minister Sanath Nishantha’s tragic death, Minister Mahinda Amaraweera said. He told reporters that they observed those who circulate such insulting posts on social media and came […]

Courtesy Adaderana The self-proclaimed ‘Avalokiteshvara Bodhisattva’, Mahinda Kodituwakku has been further remanded until February 07. He was produced before Colombo Fort Magistrate Thilina Gamage earlier today. During today’s proceedings, the forensic psychiatrist told the magistrate that the suspect requires psychiatric treatment. Accordingly, the magistrate ordered that Kodituwakku be further remanded and referred to psychiatric treatment […]

Courtesy The Daily Mirror Colombo, Jan 21 (Daily Mirror) –  A total of 987 suspects have been arrested during the islandwide operation ‘Yukthiya’ within the last 24 hours, the Public Security Ministry said. They said 663 suspects have been arrested over drug offenses and 324 suspects who were on the list referred to Crime OICs […]

Courtesy Hiru News Starting from today (22), the Colombo Police have activated a new CCTV surveillance system aimed at tracking drivers who violate traffic rules within the city. A total of 108 CCTV cameras have been installed to monitor vehicles entering Colombo. If a driver is found violating traffic rules, a fine slip will be […]

Courtesy The Hindu The National Investigation Agency (NIA) on Friday filed a supplementary chargesheet against four accused in a 2021 case relating to human trafficking of 39 Sri Lankan nationals into India on the false pretext of taking them to Canada. Mohamed Imran Khan alias Imran, who was arrested by the NIA recently, has been […]

Courtesy Adaderana In a bid to curb traffic violations, Sri Lanka Police has decided to trace traffic offenders in Colombo using the surveillance camera system in the island’s commercial capital. Speaking to the media this morning, Acting Inspector-General of Police (IGP) Deshabandu Tennakoon said this initiative would be implemented starting next Monday (Jan.22). Accordingly, the […]

Lanka Lead ක්ෂණිකව ධනවතුන් වූ විශාල පිරිසක් පසුපස යුක්තිය මෙහෙයුම දියත් කරමින් තිබෙන බව වැඩබලන පොලිස්පති දේශබන්දු තෙන්නකෝන් මහතා පවසයි. ඔහු පැවසුවේ මෙවැනි පුද්ගලයින් 50,000ක් පමණ ඉදිරියේ දී අත්අඩංගුවට ගැනීමට නියමිත බවය. සීතාවක පොලිස් කොට්ඨාසයේ ප්‍රජා පොලිස් කමිටු සාමාජිකයින් දැනුවත්කිරීම සඳහා විශේෂ වැඩසටහනක් අවිස්සාවේල්ල පොලිස් ස්ථානයේදී ඊයේ (14) පැවැත්විය. ඒ, මහජන ආරක්ෂක අමාත්‍ය ටිරාන් අලස් […]

Courtesy The Island Minister Sabry addresses Colombo-based diplomats. He is flanked by Minister Tiran Alles and Foreign Secretary Aruni Wijewardane Public Security Minister Tiran Alles has explained the ongoing ‘Yukthiya’ operation to members of the Colombo-based diplomatic community. The Geneva-based United Nations Human Rights Commission has jumped to question the government operation. The Foreign Ministry […]

Courtesy The Daily Mirror Jaffna, Jan 14 (Daily Mirror)- The Sri lanka Navy seized three Indian trawlers with 12 Indian fishermen poaching on Sri Lankan waters off the Kovilan Lighthouse in Karainagar, Jaffna. The Navy said they conduct regular patrols and operations on Sri Lankan waters to curb illegal fishing practices by foreign fishing trawlers, […]

 By YOHAN PERERA Courtesy The Daily Mirror Colombo, Jan. 15 (Daily Mirror)- The Government as a whole and the police should handle the Yukthiya operation diligently to avoid international intervention which may lead to its end, Samagi Jana Balawegaya (SJB) MP Tissa Attanayake said today. The operation, which is a good, should be handled with care […]

Courtesy Adaderana A total of 1,468 out of 42,248 wanted suspects, in the list shared with all police stations as wanted in connection with various crimes, have been arrested during the last 24 hours under the ‘Yukthiya’ operation, the Ministry of Public Security said. Furthermore, the ministry mentioned that this includes 254 suspects out of […]

 By DARSHANA SANJEEWA BALASURIYA  Courtesy The Daily Mirror Colombo, Jan 13 (Daily Mirror) –  Acting IGP Deshabandu Thennakoon has handed over a comprehensive list of 42,248 suspects involved in crimes across the entire island to the Officers-in-charge of crimes of all the police stations, the Public Security Ministry said. They said this list comprises 35,505 individuals […]

Courtesy NDTV They were detained by the Sri Lankan Navy for allegedly being involved in illegal poaching in the Lankan waters. At least 220 Indian fishermen were arrested by Sri Lankan Navy in 2023 Chennai:  As many as 21 Indian fishermen were repatriated from Sri Lanka to Chennai on Friday, the Indian High Commission in […]

Courtesy Adaderana Approximately 245kg of heroin and crystal methamphetamine (‘Ice’) were recovered from the multi-day fishing trawler intercepted off the southern coast of the island, Sri Lanka Navy says. A multi-day fishing trawler carrying a massive cache of drugs was intercepted on Thursday night (Jan.05) in a coordinated operation mounted by the Navy and the […]

Courtesy Hiru News In an extensive islandwide special operation conducted over the last 24 hours, law enforcement agencies arrested 1038 individuals. The operation, led by the Ministry of Public Security, aimed to curb criminal activities and maintain public safety. Among the results of the operation were drug seizures, including 417 grams of Heroin, 205 grams […]

Courtesy The Daily Mirror Colombo, Jan 02 (Daily Mirror) – With effect from 1 January, persons who have not obtained a Taxpayer Identification Number (TIN) will be subjected to a penalty not exceeding Rs. 50,000, the Department of Inland Revenue cautioned. With effect from 1 January, persons who have not obtained a Taxpayer Identification Number […]

Courtesy Hiru News  ගෙවුණු පැය 24 තුළ යුක්තිය මෙහෙයුමේදී තවත් සැකකරුවන් 822 දෙනෙකු අත්අඩංගුවට ගෙන තිබෙනවා. ඉන් 60 දෙනෙකු රැදවුම් නියෝග මත ප්‍රශ්න කරන බවයි මහජන ආරක්ෂක අමාත්‍යංශය සදහන් කළේ. මත්ද්‍රව්‍යවලට ඇබ්බැහි වූ තවත් 72 දෙනෙකු පුනරුත්ථාපන මධ්‍යස්ථාන වෙත යොමුකර තිබෙනවා. මෙම මෙහෙයුමේදී හෙරොයින්, අයිස්, මත්පෙති සහ කේරළ ගංජා පොලිස් භාරයට ගෙන තිබෙනවා. එමෙන්ම බ්ලූමැන්ඩල් […]

Courtesy Hiru News Sri Lanka Police on Tuesday (02 Jan.) introduced a hotline for the public to provide information in relation to the ongoing massive anti-drug operation ‘Yukthiya’, which is being carried out across the island. The hotline was introduced under the directive of the Acting Inspector General of Police (IGP) Deshabandu Tennakoon, while stickers […]