Category: Local News

Interdicted Superintendent (SP) of the Negombo Prison Anuruddha Sampayo who was evading arrest after being issued warrants has been arrested, stated Police Media Division.

A man, who is the main suspect wanted over an assault in Grandpass, had been arrested with a hand grenade at Mahawatta in Grandpass yesterday.

A 52-year-old woman with gunshot injuries had been found this morning (02) near a house in the Dammulla area in Beliatta, stated the Police.

As leader of the Janatha Vimukthi Peramuna (JVP) Anura Kumara Dissanayake has presided over the party during one of the most significant and politically volatile periods in the country’s history.

Prime Minister Mahinda Rajapaksa expressed confidence that the Sri Lanka Podujana Peramuna (SLPP) will secure a two-thirds majority at the August 5 parliamentary election.

Prison Intelligence discovered a cat close to the Colombo Magazine Prison on Saturday with a small pack of heroin tied around its neck.

Former Parliamentarian Patali Champika Ranawaka says the law has not been enforced against those responsible for the demolition of the 13th Century building in Kurunegala despite the lapse of 15 days since the incident.

All arrangements have been made to sell the East Container Terminal of the Colombo South Harbour to India, the JVP alleges.

Cash worth USD 140,000 and Rs. 30 million have been discovered from a house in the area of Dematagoda, the Police said.

Former Parliamentarian and candidate of the Sri Lanka Podujana Peramuna Premalal Jayasekara and two others have been issued the death sentence by the Ratnapura High Court over a shooting in Kahawatte that resulted in the death of an individual.

Party membership of another 37 UNP local government members temporarily suspended for supporting other political parties, the Legal Secretary of the UNP stated.

The Court of Appeal today issued an interim order staying High Court trial proceedings pertaining to the Avant Garde Bribery case filed against Avant Garde Chairman Nissanka Yapa Senadhipathi and Rtd. Major General Palitha Fernando.

President Gotabaya Rajapaksa said modern technology will be utilised to resolve the long simmering human-elephant conflict.

Former Director of the Criminal Investigation Department (CID) Shani Abeysekara has been arrested by the Colombo Crimes Division (CCD).

Latest statistics on the outbreak of Coronavirus / COVID-19 in Sri Lanka for the day 30 July 2020, according to the Health Promotion Bureau.

The Lankapura Divisional Secretariat office in Pollonnaruwa has been temporarily closed from today (30) after a staff member tested positive for COVID-19, Pollonnaruwa Regional Director of Health Services Dr. W. K. W. S. Kumarawansa said.