Court orders to cremate four inmates who died in Mahara Prison...
Wattala Magistrate’s Court today (16) ordered to cremate the bodies of four inmates who died during the recent prison riot.
The post-mortem reports of the...
PCol summons AG’s Coordinating Officer Nishara Jayaratne
Presidential Commission of Inquiry (PCoI) probing the Easter Sunday attacks yesterday issued summons on Attorney General's Coordinating Officer- State Counsel Nishara Jayaratne to appear...
Ex-MP Abdullah Maharoof remanded
The two suspects including former MP Abdullah Maharoof, who were arrested over the misuse of vehicles belonging to Lanka Sathosa during the 2015-2019 period,...
Beruwala railway station temporarily closed
The Beruwala railway station has been temporarily closed off due to the identifying of two Covid-19 infected persons.
However, trains will be stopped at the...
Sri Lanka’s COVID-19 recoveries surge past 25,000
The total number of recovered Covid-19 patients in the country crossed 25,000 with 785 more discharged from hospital within the last 24 hours.
A majority...
48 Face mask violators arrested in 24-hours
Sri Lanka Police arrested 48 suspects in a 24-hour window for the failure to wear to face maks and maintain social distance, police said...
FLIGHTS ALLOCATED TO REPATRIATE 66,000 SRI LANKANS
Around 66,000 Sri Lankans are stranded overseas given the COVID-19 pandemic, the Ministry of Foreign Affairs said on Wednesday (Dec. 16).
According to the Ministry,...
CID LAUNCHES INVESTIGATION INTO SUPREME COURT FIRE
The Criminal Investigation Department has launched an investigation into the fire that broke out at the Supreme Court Complex in Colombo, on Tuesday (Dec....
5 convicts sentenced to death by Homagama High Court Judge
Homagama High Court Judge – Damith Thotawatte yesterday (15) handed down the death sentence to five convicts who were convicted of brutally stabbing a...
Coronavirus-infected man escapes NHRD
A Covid-19 infected man who was under medical care at the National Hospital for Respiratory Diseases (NHRD) in Welisara has escaped last evening (15).
A...
