Sri Lanka’s central bank permitted the spot currency to rise by 10 cents after letting it drift down 60 cents in three calibrated steps since April 30, but did not provide any reason for the latest upward adjustment to the rupee.
KARACHI, Pakistan — Gunmen killed more than 40 people on Wednesday aboard a bus in southern Pakistan bound for a Shiite community center, in the latest attack targeting the religious minority.
The Supreme Court today issued an interim order staying the police from arresting former defense secretary Gotabaya Rajapaksa until the final determination of the fundamental rights petition filed by him.
Former Secretary to the President Lalith Weeratunga is currently giving a statement at the special investigations unit regarding alleged financial fraud at the Reconstruction and Development Agency (RADA), police said.
The former Defence Secretary Gotabhaya Rajapaksa filed a fundamental rights application against the Financial Crimes Investigation Division (FCID) challenging the legality of its establishment on Monday (11).
Sri Lanka National Women’s Captain Chamari Atapattu injured her right 4th and 5th fingers while doing a gym session. She has been given a total of 16 stitches on both fingers.
UPFA Parliamentarian Bandula Gunawardena said the government could bring down the cost of living in the country by recovering hidden assets allegedly owned by the Rajapaksa family.
The Deputy Minister of Public Order, MP Neranjan Wickramasinghe, has passed away at the Panadura Hospital following a brief illness, hospital sources confirmed.
Diyawadana Nilame Pradeep Nilanga Dela Bandara is currently being questioned by the Financial Crimes Investigations Division(FCID) over alleged financial fraud that took place in the Dalada Maligawa.
Over 8kgs of heroin with a street value of over Rs. 80 million recovered from Thoduwawa in Marawila, Police said a short while ago. The heroin in believed to have been smuggled from India into the country.
UPFA MP Sajin Vass Gunawardana was arrested a short while ago by the CID on charges of misusing the vehicles belonging to the Presidential Secretariat, Police Spokesman Ruwan Gunasekara said.
Former Monitoring MP Sajin Vass Gunawardana is been questioned by the Financial Crimes Investigation Division (FCID) over the alleged misuse of vehicles belonging to the Presidential Secretariat, the Police said.
The Colombo Chief Magistrate today issued an order to arrest Naufer Fowzie, son of Minister A. H. M. Fowzie, over an alleged death threat on a businessman in 2012.
