LNP - Dubai based drug dealer calls OIC - PNB drug racket: Twelve more cops arrested

2020-07-03   |   Crime

Officer-in-Charge of the Minuwangoda police Inspector Rohan Mahesh yesterday told The Island that he had received a call from a Dubai-based Sri Lankan...

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LNP - Three teams of 25 investigators probe rogue PNB officers

2020-07-02   |   Crime

The Police yesterday said three special teams comprising of 25 investigators have been tasked with probing the alleged links between four Police Narco...

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LNP - Practice 50 over encounter: Dickwella, Chandimal, Thisara hammer centuries

2020-07-01   |   Crime

Niroshan Dickwella, Dinesh Chandimal and Thisara Perera shone with centuries during the practice 50 over encounter between Dickwella XI and Dimuth X...

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LNP - Match-fixing allegation: Aravinda summoned by Police

2020-06-30   |   Crime

Former Sri Lanka Cricket Captain Aravinda De Silva has been summoned by the Special Investigation Division of the Ministry of Sports to record a state...

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LNP - Deliver justice to ETI and The Finance depositors according to legal recommendations – President instructs Central Bank

2020-06-30   |   Crime

President Gotabaya Rajapaksa has directed the officials of the Central Bank to deliver justice to the depositors of the ETI Finance and The Finance Co...

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LNP - Wearing facemask in public spaces: Police to gather data

2020-06-29   |   Crime

The Police is to observe whether the public adheres to respiratory etiquette (RE) by wearing facemasks when entering public spaces with heavy crowd de...

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No milk price increase right now: Finance Ministry

2020-06-29   |   Crime

LNP : Both the Ministry of Finance and the Consumer Affairs Authority (CAA) confirmed to The Sunday Morning Business that there are no plans to increa...

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Sports Ministry launches investigation into Mahindananda’s match-fixing allegations

2020-06-23   |   Crime

The Ministry of Sports has launched a ‘special investigation’ into the shocking allegations of match-fixing made by its former Minister Mahindan...

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Hong Kong police arrest 300 as thousands protest over security laws

2020-05-28   |   Crime

Police in Hong Kong fired pepper pellets and made 300 arrests as thousands of people took to the streets on Wednesday to voice anger over national sec...

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Pepper prices record sharp drop as harvest season arrives

2020-05-27   |   Crime

Sri Lanka’s pepper prices have sharply dropped from US$ 4,000 to US$ 3,000 per tonne with the beginning of the harvest season despite the ban on pep...

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