News Room : Pooran announces shock international retirement at 29
Dynamic West Indies batter Nicholas Pooran has sprung a surprise by quitting international cricket at the age of 29. Pooran is West Indies’ most-capped player in T20Is and their leading run-getter in the format as well. His retirement will come as a massive jolt for a side that’s been looking to make its way back up, especially in white-ball cricket...
News Room : Prisons Chief interdicted, A’pura Supt. remanded
Poya Day Pardon: Commissioner General of Prisons, Thushara Upuldeniya, has been interdicted over the release of W.M. Athula Tillekaratne, a convicted fraudster whose Poya Day presidential pardon was first raised in Parliament by SJB MP Ajith P. Perera last week. Government sources said that the Cabinet-of-Ministers had decided yesterday (09) to interdict Upuldeniya, who received that appointment in March 2021. Other...
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 an inmate from Anuradhapura Prison. The decision was taken during the Cabinet meeting held today (9), government sources confirmed. The suspension follows the release of a prisoner who was reportedly freed on the grounds of having received...
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, who is currently serving a 20-year prison sentence after being convicted in a case involving the alleged unlawful purchase of 14,000 Carrom boards and 11,000 draughts boards during the 2015 presidential election period, and causing...
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 release of 323 containers from customs without proper inspection. Speaking to the media today (9), Gammanpila said this will be the sixth such disclosure he has made to the public. He emphasised that none of his previous...
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 service into the Sri Lanka Police. Public Security Minister Ananda Wijepala revealed this during the opening ceremony of the Thambuttegama Superintendent of Police Office. He said a Cabinet paper seeking approval for the recruitment for a...
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 right, as West Indies obliged in trademark style, serving up a six-laden display of power-hitting that included five in a single 31-run over from Adil Rashid – the second-most expensive in England’s T20 history –...
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 to have received a Presidential Pardon for Vesak Poya Day. Police confirmed the arrest, stating it is directly linked to the ongoing investigation into the unauthorised release of W.M. Athula Thilakaratne, a former manager of the...
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 that the cargo consisted solely of industrial goods and raw materials as declared by importers. At a special press briefing held in Colombo, Customs Media Spokesperson and Additional Director General Seevali Arukgoda said there was no...
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 swayed by agendas of either the government or the opposition. Speaking at a conference organised by the Organisation of Professional Associations of Sri Lanka on 5 June, Dissanayake said that the scale and depth of corruption...