Law

A special operation conducted by the Navy in coordination with the Nilaveli Police helped arrrest a suspect with a cache of explosives, at 08th Mile Post in Nilaveli on September 24. The apprehension was made while the suspect…

The main suspect in the incident where a police officer was injured during a drug raid at Obeysekarapura in Rajagiriya, surrendered before Colombo Chief Magistrate’s Court yesterday. Colombo Chief Magistrate Buddhika Sri Ragala…

New Zealand High Commissioner to Sri Lanka Michael Edward Appleton paid a courtesy call on Navy Commander Vice Admiral Nishantha Ulugetenne at the Navy Headquarters yesterday. The cordial discussion between them focused on…

Two fundamental rights (FR) petitions have been filed in the Supreme Court today (23) seeking an order nullifying the appointment of former Finance State Minister Ajith Nivard Cabraal as the Governor of the Central Bank of Sri Lanka…

Three persons including Jaffna District MP and Tamil National People’s Front General Secretary Sevarasa Gajendran were arrested for organizing a ceremony to commemorate former LTTE political wing leader Thileepan, in contravention of…

A businessman who strangled his wife was remanded yesterday till September 28 by Gangodawila Additional Magistrate Bogahadeniya. Kalani Yasantha Mapalagama of Boralesgamuwa (45), a mother of two, had been strangled to death on…

The Police Child and Women’s Bureau has arrested a youth for the alleged sexual abuse of a 5-year-old girl in Nugegoda. The arrested person is a 20-year-old married man residing in a neighbouring house of the girl, Police…

Two suspects allegedly involved in the shooting to death of a 14-year-old boy at Gajanayakagama in the Weeraketiya Police Division on September 19 have been arrested by the Weeraketiya Police Tuesday night (21) with a firearm. The…

A 54-year-old suspect has been arrested in Hokandara by the Police Special Task Force (STF) along with 9,400 illicit cigarettes. A number of 9,400 illegal foreign cigarettes smuggled into the country without paying relevant…

The Chief Cashier of the Southern Expressway’s Gelanigama Exit who is allegedly involved in the theft of Rs 1.4 million from the Cash Safe of the Bandaragama Gelanigama Inter Exit was remanded by the Panadura Acting Magistrate Piyadasa…