The 21-year-old son of former State Minister Shantha Bandara is due to be produced before the Fort Magistrate’s Court today (22) after being arrested by the Kollupitiya Police in connection with the ...

A Sri Lankan doctor attached to Toronto’s Hospital for Sick Children (SickKids) has been arrested and charged in Canada following an investigation into alleged possession and access of child sexual ...

The Criminal Investigation Department (CID) has uncovered what it suspects to be a Dubai-linked money laundering network involving proceeds from drug trafficking, during investigations into the ...

Former Inspector General of Police (IGP) C.D. Wickramaratne died after sustaining a gunshot wound at his residence in Athurugiriya on Friday. He was rushed to the Mulleriyawa Hospital following the ...

The Fort Magistrate’s Court yesterday (17) issued arrest warrants against six individuals, including Deputy Minister of Urban Development Eranga Gunasekara and MP Jagath Manuwarna, after they failed ...

Sri Lanka Police have warned the public of a series of financial scams involving fake websites and fraudulent text messages designed to mimic the Government’s official GovPay digital payment platform.

The Colombo Permanent Trial-at-Bar on Monday (13) ordered the full trial against former Central Bank Governor Ajith Nivard Cabraal over the controversial Greek sovereign bonds investment to commence ...

The Department of Prisons has said that the Rs. 500,000 paid to the families of prison officers who died in the recent clash at Negombo Prison was only an initial compensation payment. Responding to ...

A prison officer accused of opening fire from the main entrance of the Negombo Prison during the violent unrest on July 5 and 6 has been temporarily transferred to a prison in the Kandy area. Prisons ...

The second reading of the 2027 Appropriation Bill, commonly referred to as the Budget Speech, is scheduled to be presented in Parliament on November 12, the Ministry of Finance announced. According to ...

A major art scandal has emerged with the revelation that 47 valuable and historic paintings from the National Art Gallery (Kalabhavana) have gone missing. Among the missing works are paintings now ...

Ex-chairman of the Sri Lanka Broadcasting Corporation (SLBC), Hudson Samarasinghe, has filed a defamation lawsuit against the wife of late media personality Premakeerthi de Alwis, seeking Rs 500 ...