Former President Ranil Wickremesinghe was arrested this afternoon (22) after providing a statement to the CID regarding an ongoing investigation.
Wickremesinghe had arrived at the FCID earlier in the day in response to a summons to record his statement. The...
WEATHER FORECAST FOR 22 AUGUST 2025Issued at 05.30 a.m. on 22 August 2025 by the Department of Meteorology
Atmospheric conditions are getting favorable for evening thundershowers in the Northern, North-Central, Central, Uva and Eastern provinces during the next few days.
Showers...
The United States Navy Ship (USS) Santa Barbara (LCS 32) which arrived in Colombo, departed the island on Thursday (21)
The Sri Lanka Navy bade customary farewell to the departing ship at the Port of Colombo, following naval traditions.
Former Inspector General of Police (IGP) Deshabandu Tennakoon, who was arrested by the Criminal Investigation Department (CID), has been remanded until 27 August by the Colombo Fort Magistrate’s Court today (21).
CID officers arrested the former police chief at his...
The Presidential Special Investigation Commitee appointed to probe fraud, corruption, and irregularities at Airport and Aviation Services (Sri Lanka) (Private) Limited and SriLankan Airlines has called on the public to submit complaints, views, and proposals.
The committee was established under...
The Criminal Investigation Department (CID) has arrested three individuals, including a lottery sales agent and a woman, for allegedly defrauding an elderly woman of Rs. 96,298,759.58 that she had rightfully won from a lottery ticket.
Police said the woman from...
Former Inspector General of Police (IGP) Deshabandu Tennakoon, who was arrested by the Criminal Investigation Department (CID), is scheduled to be produced before the Colombo Fort Magistrate’s Court today (21).
CID officers took the former police chief into custody at...
A 19-ball half-century from Hilton Cartwright led Southern Brave to victory over Welsh Fire in a tight game in The Hundred.
Cartwright made an unbeaten 51 to help Brave rally to 129 for 8, before Brave’s bowlers closed the game...
Former IGP Deshabandu Tennakoon has been arrested by the CID a short while ago.
The Colombo Fort Magistrate’s Court today (20) rejected an anticipatory bail application filed by former IGP of Police (IGP) Deshabandu Tennakoon, who sought an order...
A visibly frustrated Postal Department worker, speaking to reporters while half-dressed in his uniform, tore into the authorities for what he described as deliberate lies about the ongoing islandwide postal strike.
“They keep feeding the public nonsense,” he said, pointing...