2022

LocalCamelia NathanielTags: Print EditionPanadura North Police have arrested a well known rapper for allegedly obstructing the duties of the Panadura North Police OIC while attempting to remove his mask while providing security for a…
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LocalAsela KuruluwanshaTags: Print EditionThe Hanthana Conservation Organization says that land allotment is being carried out in the Hanthana Environmental Protection Zone causing great environmental damage. The Secretary of that…
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LocalShiromi AbeyasingheTags: Print EditionThe United National Party (UNP) yesterday urged the Government to hold an independent investigation into the claims made by former CID Director Shani Abeysekera regarding the Easter Sunday…
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Law & OrderVijitha SalgaduAkuressa Central Special Corr.Tags: Print EditionTwo suspects were arrested for stealing Rs. 95,000 and mobile phone from an estate employee in Akuressa, Matara, Akuressa Police said. On February 18, an…
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LocalTags: Sri LankaThe Ministry of Environment has decided to conserve the area belonging to the Barawa Wetland as a sensitive ecological Zone. It is located near the Pusselly Oya, a major tributary of the Kelani River. Accordingly,…
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LocalTags: IndiaSri LankaA special police team confiscated 400 kg ganja (Cannabis), meant to be smuggled to Sri Lanka, from a fibreglass boat at Keechankuppam Fishing Harbour on Friday and arrested five persons. Police sources said the…
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LocalTags: Sri LankaThe latest batch of well-trained 157 Commandos of the Army, specialized in amphibious landings, parachuting or abseiling and exceptionally distinctive in taking unconventional high-value targets as one more elite…
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LocalTags: COVID19coronavirusSri Lanka79,164 people have received the Pfizer booster (third) dose on Saturday. In total 6,462,786 people have been administered the Booster dose since October, said the Epidemiology Unit of the Ministry…
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LocalBy Nadira GunatillekeTags: Sri LankaDengueFifty percent of the dengue patients (9,609) this year had been reported from the Western Province (WP) and 48 percent from the Colombo district, Consultant Community Physician Dr. Anoja…
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LocalBy Nadira GunatillekeTags: COVID19coronavirusSri LankaOver 5,689 Covid-19 patients are in hospitals, at present, and the number of Intensive Care Unit and High Dependency Unit beds by Covid-19 patients is 67, Deputy Director…
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