Camelia Nathaniel

TRI-FORCES TO HELP FIGHT DRUG MENACE

The Tri-Forces yesterday announced their readiness for a massive drug eradication campaign targeting peddlers, distributors and their operations with the assistance of law enforcement authorities in...

Mangala belongs to a rare breed of politicians - Chandrika

Former President Chandrika Bandaranaike Kumaratunga while congratulating Finance Minister Mangala Samaraweera on completing three decades in the political battlefield during...
Minister Mangala celebrates 30 years in politics

Finance Minister Mangala Samaraweera celebrated his 30 glorious years in politics at a ceremony held at BMICH yesterday under the theme, ‘Dare to Dream of a new Sri Lanka’.In...
‘Independence of Police led to reduction of crime’

The police force has been able to resolve and prevent many crimes due to their ability to function independently without political interference, Public Administration and...
Rathgama murders: Blood samples, IP’s phone sent to Govt Analyst

Blood samples and other items found at the house where the two businessmen from Rathgama, Boossa were tortured and killed had been sent to the Government Analyst for...

One to hang, woman sentenced to life for drug peddling

A 41-year-old was handed the death sentence by the No.02 High Court in Colombo for possessing heroin, Police Spokesman SP Ruwan Gunasekara said.Police Narcotics Bureau sleuths had arrested the...
All eyes on carbon dating test report

Although the report on the radiocarbon dating test on the samples of skeletal remains from the mass grave in Mannar has been handed over to the Magistrate’s Court by Specialist JMO Saminda Rajapaksa...
POWDERED MILK SAFE - MINISTRY

Tests on imported milk powder have proved that it does not contain fats or harmful substances, Health Minister Rajitha Senaratne and a group of experts disclosed yesterday.Allegations regarding the...
Menace to Mahaveli

A team of journalists got onto several boats from the Kinniya bridge to take a ride along the Mahaweli River to observe the destruction caused by excessive sand mining along the main tributary of the...
Story behind the Public Trustee’s office

February 13 marked the 151st birth anniversary of Sir Don Baron Jayatilaka who was an outstanding national hero and a great philosopher. He was one of Sri Lanka’s greatest sons and was a prominent...
Reconciliation, the way forward now - PM

Prime Minister Ranil Wickremesinghe said people now recognise that there is reconciliation in the country and said the nation must now forge ahead together.The PM speaking at a progress review...
Woman dies due to acid attack

A woman from Kamburupitiya had died due to an acid attack carried out by two persons while she and her daughter were asleep at their home, according to the Police Spokesman SP Ruwan Gunasekara.The...
Réunion Island deports Lankan illegal immigrants

A group of 64 Sri Lankans who had boarded a fishing boat from Chilaw and had landed on Réunion Island had all been deported to Sri Lanka. They arrived in the country on board a special flight from...
Policeman injured by service weapon

A Police officer had been shot in the hand while trying to apprehend a suspect and escort him to the Kadawatha Police Station yesterday.Police Spokesman SP Ruwan Gunasekara said the incident had...
Two arrested for taking photographs on top of Chetiya

Two persons who had climbed a Chetiya within the Mihintale Raja Maha Viharaya sacred temple ruins last afternoon and were taking photographs, were arrested by the Archaeology Department officials and...
Sand mining permits in Trincomalee suspended

All permits issued for sand mining in the Trincomalee district have been temporarily suspended, pending an inquiry as decided at the parliamentary consultative meeting chaired by President...
GREEN ECONOMY TO ELIMINATE POVERTY

President Maithripala Sirisena yesterday said political leaders and all other stakeholders must determine to make Sri Lanka a powerful and prosperous nation in Asia that cannot be undermined.“We must...