News Room : Husband Arrested over Death of Chavakachcheri Add. Divisional Secretary
The husband of Tamilini Satheesan, the late Assistant Divisional Secretary of Chavakachcheri in Jaffna, has been arrested by the Criminal Investigation Department (CID) on suspicion over her death, police confirmed yesterday (19). Tamilini, who was six months pregnant at the time of her death, reportedly died in a fire on 15 February 2025. According to her husband’s statement to the...
News Room : Saudi Arabia’s ‘Sleeping Prince’ Dies after 20 Years in Coma
Prince Al-Waleed bin Khaled bin Talal Al Saud, widely known as Saudi Arabia’s “Sleeping Prince,” has passed away at the age of 36 after spending nearly two decades in a coma. His family confirmed his death over the weekend, bringing an emotional end to one of the kingdom’s most heart-rending royal stories. “With hearts full of faith in Allah’s decree and...
News Room : Deceased Man ‘Signs’ Land Transfer Documents 5 Years After Death, COPE Reveals
A startling revelation was made during a recent Committee on Public Enterprises (COPE) meeting regarding a suspicious land transaction involving a deceased individual. The case revolves around a person named Charles Neville Udalagama and a land parcel known as “Male 81” in the Matale District. Initial Land Claim and Transfer Charles Neville Udalagama was originally allocated 44 acres of land in...
News Room : Politicians Built 22 Hotels with Pools in Protected Lake Areas of Anuradhapura
Deputy Minister of Irrigation Susil Ranasinghe revealed that politicians have constructed hotels with swimming pools within the reserved areas of 22 reservoirs in the Anuradhapura District. He stated that the Department of Irrigation and the Department of Surveying have jointly decided to demarcate the reservations of these reservoirs. The deputy minister made these comments during the recent Anuradhapura District Coordination...
News Room : Showers above 75 mm are likely at some places in the Sabaragamuwa province and in Nuwara-Eliya, Kandy, Galle and Matara districts – The Island
Warning for strong winds and rough seas. Issued by the Natural Hazards Early Warning Centre at 10.00 a.m. on 19 July 2025 for the period until 10.00 a.m. on 20 July 2025 The sea areas extending from Puttalam to Pottuvil via Colombo, Galle Hambantota will be rough or very rough with strong gusty winds up to (60-70) kmph. The wave height...
News Room : Former SIS Chief Nilantha Jayawardena Sacked from Police Service
The National Police Commission has decided to dismiss former State Intelligence Service (SIS) Director and Senior Deputy Inspector General of Police (SDIG) Nilantha Jayawardena from the police service. This decision follows a disciplinary inquiry which found Jayawardena guilty of failing to take appropriate action based on intelligence received prior to the 2019 Easter Sunday terror attacks. The Commission, chaired by retired...
News Room : Appeal Court Frees 80-Year-Old Woman Sentenced to Death Over 1993 Murder
The Appeal Court yesterday (18) ordered the release of an approximately 80-year-old woman who had been sentenced to death by the Hambantota High Court for a murder committed over three decades ago. The order was issued after the Appeals Court considered a petition filed by the woman challenging her conviction and death sentence. The case stemmed from the killing of...
News Room : Bus Carrying 20 Sri Lankan Workers Bursts Into Flames in Israel
A group of 20 Sri Lankan youths working in the agricultural sector in Israel narrowly escaped injury when the bus they were travelling in caught fire yesterday (18) morning near Kiryat Malakhi. According to Sri Lanka’s Ambassador to Israel, Nimal Bandara, the group was en route to their respective workplaces when the vehicle suddenly burst into flames. The bus was...
News Room : Henry’s three wickets set up the win as New Zealand cruise past Zimbabwe
New Zealand took the lead in the Zimbabwe T20I tri-series points table after a second successive win, this time over the hosts. After New Zealand’s bowling attack kept Zimbabwe to 120, the lowest first-innings total of the tournament so far, their batters polished off the required runs inside 14 overs, which helped their net run rate balloon to 1.919. Zimbabwe...
News Room : Avoiding Criminal Liability: Justice Yasantha Kodagoda’s Message to Public Officials
Supreme Court Justice Yasantha Kodagoda emphasised that public officials can avoid criminal liability for bribery and corruption if they perform their duties with integrity, accountability, and independence, grounded in the principles of administrative law. Speaking at the launch of ‘Paripalana Nithiya saha Rajya Sewaya’ (Administration Law and Public Service) authored by Ministry of Plantation Secretary Prabath Chandrakeerthi, Justice Kodagoda stated...