Indictments against 10 including Arjuna Mahendran over bond scam

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The Attorney General’s Department has prepared indictments against former Central Bank Governor Arjuna Mahendran and 9 others over the Central Bank treasury bond scam. The...

SL at risk of becoming a desert within 15 years –...

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Sri Lanka is at risk of becoming a desert within the next 15-20 years if the country’s forest cover is not preserved, says President...

402 iPhones, 17,400 SIM cards seized in Eththukala

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Communication equipment including 402 brand new iPhones was seized from a house at Eththukala in Negombo today, Police Spokesman Ruwan Gunasekara said. He said 17,400...

IGP challenges compulsory leave: SC fixes June 24 for support on...

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The fundamental rights petition filed by IGP Pujith Jayasundara, seeking an order to reverse the decision to send him on compulsory leave will be taken...

Mangala rejects ‘fake’ letter addressed to Pope with his signature

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Minister Mangala Samaraweera has tweeted that the letter, addressed His Holiness Pope Francis claiming to be written by him, is a fake letter being...

Gnanasara Thero allowed to travel abroad

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The Colombo Magistrate’s Court has temporarily lifted the foreign travel ban imposed on the Bodu Bala Sena (BBS) General Secretary Ven. Galagoda Aththe Gnanasara...

31 people injured in bus accident

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At least thirty-one people including 26 school children were injured when a ‘Sisu Seriya’ school bus they were travelling in collided head-on with a...

SriLankan Airlines world’s most punctual airline

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The SriLankan Airlines has been named as the world’s most punctual airline with 90.75 per cent of its flights in May 2019 being ‘on-time’...

Individual murders son and injures wife

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The police has launched a manhunt to locate an individual who is believed to have murdered his son and seriously injured his wife. The deceased...

’Prompt action upon tip-off would have averted Easter Sunday mayhem’

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There were many among the group who had vandalised the Buddha statues in an around Mawanella, were known to me and when I inquired...