Suspended Inspector General of Police Deshabandu Tennakoon has reportedly requested police protection, citing threats to his life, allegedly from underworld figure Kanjipani Imran, several daily newspapers have reported today (2 May).
Accordingly, Tennakoon submitted a written request to Acting IGP...
Party leaders are scheduled to meet today in the Parliamentary complex to fix a date for the resumption of the debate on the Batalanda Commission report.The Committee on Parliamentary Business is scheduled to meet today from 9.30 am.
A decision...
Two suspects who attempted to travel overseas using passports with forged Polish visas were arrested by the Katunayake Unit of the CID on Monday (30).
The two suspects are residents of Demodara and Beligala, aged 31 and 38.
The CID has...
A 23-year-old second-year student from the Department of Engineering Technology at Sabaragamuwa University has died by suicide, reportedly due to a distressing ragging incident.
The student, Charith Dilshan, had attended the university’s New Year festival on 27 April and returned...
The chief security officer of former Sri Lankan President Ranil Wickremesinghe has been transferred from his post following allegations he attempted to access a phone call involving a detainee under Criminal Investigation Department custody (CID)
Chief Inspector Ashoka Ariyawansa, who...
Opposition Leader Sajith Premadasa, in his May Day message, urged Sri Lanka’s working people to transcend a “mindset rooted in isolated poverty” and embrace their role in shaping global economic stability, warning that the current government has abandoned the...
Prime Minister Dr Harini Amarasuriya, in her 2025 May Day message, declared that this year’s International Workers’ Day is a celebration of a historic turning point in Sri Lanka, as the country emerges from “five years of oppression by...
President Anura Kumara Dissanayake, in his first May Day message as Head of State, called on the working people of Sri Lanka to unite in solidarity and take a leading role in rebuilding the nation, which he said is...
A four-wicket 19th over from Yuzvendra Chahal, including his second IPL hat-trick, turned a topsy-turvy game at the MA Chidambaram Stadium, putting Punjab Kings (PBKS) on the road to a four-wicket win and sealing the end of Chennai Super...
Mehidy Hasan Miraz single-handedly routed Zimbabwe on the third day of the Chattogram Test. He made 104 to help Bangladesh post 444 before taking five wickets to bundle Zimbabwe out for 111 to hand his side an innings win.
Bangladesh...