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LNP - Australia lowers travel advice on Sri Lanka

2021-11-10 | Crime

Australia has reviewed and lowered a travel advice on Sri Lanka due to the reduced impacts of COVID-19 in the country, the latest travel advisory issu...

LNP - Court order blocking payment for Chinese fertilizer shipment extended

2021-11-09 | Crime

The Colombo Commercial High Court today (November 09) extended the enjoining order issued against the Chinese company that shipped fertilizer containi...

LNP - Guests now allowed to visit inmates at prisons twice per week

2021-11-08 | Crime

Guests will be allowed to visit inmates at prisons twice a week now, the Prisons Department said today. Prisons Spokesman Chandana Ekanayake said that...

LNP - Joint raid nabbed 8 suspects with narcotics and cash in Keselwatta

2021-11-08 | Crime

Eight suspects have been arrested with narcotics including 75 kilos of Cannabis and Rs. 790,000 in cash during a joint raid by the Police and the STF ...

LNP - Cigarette prices to go up in the next budget

2021-11-04 | Crime

The price of cigarettes is to be increased after the next budget for the year 2022, National Authority on Tobacco and Alcohol (NATA) Chairman, Dr. Sam...

LNP - Mount Lavinia brothel owner yet to be arrested

2021-11-04 | Crime

The owner of the luxury brothel in Mount Lavinia from where five Indonesian women were arrested, is yet to be arrested and produced before court. The ...

LNP - 21 more COVID-19 deaths reported

2021-11-04 | Crime

A total of 21 more COVID-19 related deaths that occurred yesterday (02) were confirmed by the Director-General of Health Services today pushing the de...

LNP - Driver escaping with over Rs. 67Mn cash of private bank arrested

2021-11-02 | Crime

A driver who has fled with over Rs.67 million in cash which was being transported to be deposited in ATM trailers of a private bank, had been arrested...

LNP - 17 more COVID-19 deaths reported

2021-11-02 | Crime

A total of 17 more COVID-19 related deaths that occurred yesterday (31) were confirmed by the Director-General of Health Services today pushing the de...

LNP - STF arrests doctor for selling drugs

2021-11-01 | Crime

The Special Task Force of Police (STF) has arrested a doctor who worked at the Panadura Base Hospital for selling drug pills worth over Rs. 3 million ...