Damning US report reveals Lankans in NZ subjected to forced labour

2018-07-16   |   Crime

The foreign employment services sector yesterday distanced itself from a damning US report that Sri Lankan women and children were dumped into forced ...

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Investments under FTA: Singaporean investors keen to enter services and manufacturing sectors

2018-07-12   |   Crime

Subsequent to the signing of the Singapore-Sri Lanka Free Trade Agreement (FTA) there is already interest among Singaporean investors to invest in ser...

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Kalkudah Police officer arrested for accepting bribe of Rs 300,000

2018-07-11   |   Crime

Officer in Charge of the Kalkudah Police Administrative Unit has been arrested while accepting a bribe of Rs 300,000, stated the Bribery Commission. ...

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Suspects in Anuradhapura murder arrested, three swords and a motorcar found

2018-07-09   |   Crime

Another two suspects have been arrested in Thammannakulama, Anuradhapura over the murder of a father of three. They have killed him using sharp obje...

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Commercial High Court issues interim order against Damro

2018-07-06   |   Crime

The Commercial High Court of Colombo on 4 July issued an Interim Order against the Defendant Damro. High Court Judge Rathnapriya Gurusinghe issued th...

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Fuel prices increased from midnight Thursday

2018-07-06   |   Crime

The prices of fuel would be increased with effect from midnight, the Finance Ministry Sources said. Accordingly, the prices of fuel per litre will be...

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Dozen pages of Bond Probe Commission Report missing – CaFFE

2018-07-05   |   Crime

The C350 report, a part of the Bond Commission report containing phone records of COPE members, which was yesterday made available to the public by th...

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‘Women for Justice’ demand Vijayakala to be sacked and arrested

2018-07-04   |   Crime

Referring to the statement made by State Minister of Child Affairs Vijayakala Maheswaran in Jaffna, where she said there was a need for the reorganiza...

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Armed gunmen stage home invasion in Koswatte

2018-07-03   |   Crime

A gang of thieves that broke into the home of a businessman in Koswatte, Battaramulla have made off with cash and jewelry worth Rs. 500,000. Police sa...

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Maryland newspaper shooting: Man charged on five counts

2018-06-30   |   Crime

A man has been charged with five counts of first degree murder after a gunman carried out a rampage with a shotgun through a newsroom in the US, in on...

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