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Law & OrderDilshan TharakaTags: Print EditionPresident’s Counsel Chandaka Jayasundara said before the Supreme Court that “The people did not know anything about the country going bankrupt, while the authorities knew it since May…

Law & OrderTags: Print EditionA person who broke into the house of the Panadura acting Magistrate and robbed Rs 1.3 million was arrested by the Mount Lavinia Police. Panadura Police are investigating into the crime. The suspect was…

Law & OrderAnanda KarunadasaAnuradapura Corr.Tags: Print EditionAnuradhapura Additional Magistrate Rudrika de Silva Hewawasam and Kahtagasdigiliya Magistrate Wimal Weerasinghe imposed fines amounting to Rs.880,000 on seven…

Law & OrderDilshan TharakaTags: Print EditionEleven Fundamental Rights (FR) petitions were filed in the Supreme Court yesterday seeking a declaration that their Fundamental Rights have been violated due to the obstruction by…

‘Ratta’ arrestedLaw & OrderTags: Print EditionThe Police yesterday arrested a key figure in the ‘Aragalaya’ protest, YouTuber Ratindu Senaratne alias ‘Ratta’. Earlier, the Colombo Fort Magistrate’s Court yesterday issued an order…

Law & OrderGayan Kumara WeerasingheTags: Print EditionPolice arrested five activists connected to the ‘Aragalaya’ from a house in Nuwara-Eliya. The group have confessed that they went into hiding at a friend’s house in Nuwara-Eliya…

Law & OrderGayan Kumara WeerasingheTags: Print EditionA police investigation is underway with the help of the Intelligence Unit regarding information received about a group of activists from ‘Aragalaya’ allegedly occupying three…

Nets 1,145 suspects in 1,220 raids:Law & OrderLahiru FernandoTags: Print EditionPolice during a 24-hour countrywide raid recovered 1,441 liters of petrol, 1,109 liters of diesel and nine liters of kerosene that were illegally…

Law & OrderT.K.G.Kapila in KatunayakeThe couple under arrest at the airport. Picture by T.K.G. Kapila. Tags: Print EditionA couple who were trying to flee the country after committing a murder were arrested at the Bandaranaike…

Law & OrderT. Ashok Kumar Hali-Ela Spl. Corr.The police team headed by SSP Sujith Vedamulla who apprehended the suspect and recovered the weapon. Picture by Hali-Ela Spl. Corr.Tags: Print EditionAmidst the ongoing fuel crisis, a…