News Room : BREAKING: Cabinet Decides to Suspend Prisons Chief Over Anuradhapura Inmate Release Controversy
The Cabinet has decided to suspend Commissioner General of Prisons Thushara Upuldeniya with immediate effect, following a serious controversy surrounding the unlawful release of...
News Room : Mahindananda Appeals Against 20-Year Jail Sentence Over Carrom Board Scandal
Former Minister Mahindananda Aluthgamage’s lawyers have filed an appeal before the Supreme Court against the sentence imposed by the Colombo High Court in May. Aluthgamage,...
News Room : “Govt Can’t Play Games with Me” – Gammanpila Promises New Revelation
Leader of the Pivithuru Hela Urumaya, Udaya Gammanpila, said that he will be releasing a set of documents today (9 June) related to the...
News Room : 10,000 Retired Military Personnel to Be Recruited to Police Force – Public Security Ministry
The Ministry of Public Security has announced plans to recruit 10,000 individuals under the age of 45 who have legally retired from active military...
News Room : Unfettered England hunt down 197 in style to seal 2-0 series lead
Harry Brook had said at the toss that he “fancied a chase” in the second T20I in Bristol. Well, he was handed one all...
News Room : Vesak Pardon Scandal: Top A’pura Prison Official Arrested for Releasing Inmate Not Approved by President
The Criminal Investigation Department (CID) has taken the Anuradhapura Prison Superintendent into custody over the controversial release of a convicted financial fraudster who claimed...
News Room : No Arms, No Drugs: Customs Clarifies Release of 323 Containers Without Inspection
Sri Lanka Customs today (8 June) strongly denied allegations that a batch of 323 shipping containers was released without inspection under suspicious circumstances, stating...
News Room : CIABOC Chief Exposes Scale of Dysfunction: ‘Even Loudest Critics Are Part of the Problem’
Director General of the Commission to Investigate Allegations of Bribery or Corruption (CIABOC), Ranga Dissanayake, emphasized that the fight against corruption should not be...
News Room : Jos Buttler 96, Liam Dawson four-for seal spoils for England
Jos Buttler began life back in the ranks of England’s T20I side by making his highest score on home soil, his supremely calculated innings...
News Room : Trade unionist challenges Health Minister to debate – The Island
The government’s much-publicised plan to launch operations at the East Container Terminal (ECT) of the Colombo Port on 01 July — the first key...