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  • Police arrest 17 members of sword gangs in North
    As a result of the ongoing special operations conducted in the North to apprehend and control the sword gangs, 17 persons have been arrested from the Manippai area, according...
  • SLE grants 100 scholarships
    The Sri Lanka Army Engineers (SLE) will distribute 100 scholarships to children of deceased or disabled war heroes at a ceremony to be held at the Panagoda Sri Lanka...
  • Wanted suspect nabbed
    A member of a criminal gang was arrested by the Special Task Force during a raid, the Police Media Spokesman’s Office said.Based on information received by the STF Organised...
  • Woman shot, dies in hospital
    A woman was shot at, at the Armstrong Junction in Gonahena, Kadawatha yesterday around 1 p.m., according to the Police Media Spokesman’s Office. Admitted to the Ragama...
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  • Five arrested in Rs.20 mn. robbery at Bulathsinhala
    Police have arrested the five suspects involved in the Rs.20 million theft of money being taken to replenish ATM machines in Bulathsinhala.According to police, of the stolen cash, Rs, 10 million has...
  • Navy arrests 40 illegal migrants
    The Sri Lanka Navy has intercepted a trawler and arrested 40 illegal migrants in the deep sea area on Sunday night.According to the Navy spokesman, the interception was made by two Navy Dvora craft...
  • Panadura Additional Magistrate Kalhari Liyanage conducted the magisterial inquiry into the death of three youths. Picture by Sampath Kularatne
    Wadduwa party deaths still a mystery
    The fourth person admitted to the Panadura Hospital after becoming seriously ill during a beach party held in Wadduwa had died yesterday (6). The deceased was a 28-year-old from the Pothuhera area,...
  • Six DIGs, three SPs, two ASPs, three CIs, five IPs transferred
    Twenty police officers including six DIGs have been transferred with immediate effect, the Police Media Spokesman’s Office said.DIG L.H.K.W.K. Silva has been transferred from the Crimes Division to...
  • Nabbed with over Rs.16 mn worth gold
    A 44-year-old passenger from Kerala, India, who arrived from Dubai via Chennai was apprehended last morning by Sri Lanka Customs at the Arrival Lounge of Bandaranaike International Airport,...
  • POLICE STEP UP ANTI GANG OPS IN NORTH
    The Police have increased rounding up and intelligence gathering operations in the North to apprehend members of sword gangs terrorising the area and STF motorcycle squads have also been deployed in...
  • The Army’s handler with the grey mongoose.
    Detecting explosives the mongoose way
    The Sri Lanka Army Corps of Engineers’ research arm has launched a pilot project to study the possibility of utilising the indigenous grey mongoose for the detection of explosives.This project was...
  • Drug peddler, cop injured in Wellawatte shooting
    A prominent drug peddler was injured and another arrested in a shoot-out at Charlement road in Wellawatte on Tuesday night, Police said.Police had received information that a drug operation and...
  • Pope Francis at Our Lady of Madhu Shrine in January 2015.
    Madhu Shrine, a sacred area
    The Cabinet has approved a proposal made by President Maithripala Sirisena to declare the holy shrine of Our Lady of Madhu a sacred area. The President visited the Madhu Shrine on Sunday.This is a...
  • Suspect remanded for selling heroin to British ruggerites
    A person who sold heroin to the two British ruggerites who died during their visit to Sri Lanka in hospital last May was arrested by the Fort Police yesterday.Speaking to the Daily News, Police Media...
  • Customs officials strike over assault by Kuwaiti couple
    Customs officials attached to the Bandaranaike International Airport (BIA) launched a strike action protesting the alleged assault on five Customs officials by a Kuwaiti couple recently.Five customs...
  • Plan to smuggle over Rs. 1 mn foiled
    Two men and a woman employed at the Duty Free Shopping Complex at Bandaranaike International Airport, Katunayake, were apprehended on Sunday by Customs while they were attempting to smuggle foreign...