Sri Lanka
Protesting activists summoned to CID under new Sri Lanka government
Police crackdown on activists based in Sri Lanka’s Northern and Eastern provinces appears to be continuing under the National People’s Power-led government. A...
Mobile exhibition series harmonizing modernity with tradition launched
On the occasion of Duruthu Poya Day, The High Commission of India in Colombo inaugurated a Mobile Exhibition Series titled ‘Buddham Sharanam Gacchami’...
FCID to be revived as CID unit
The Financial Crimes Investigation Division (FCID), set up during the Yahapalana government in 2015 to investigate serious financial crime, is to be revived...
Schoolgirl abducted in Kandy found in Ampara
The police have managed to locate the 19-year-old daughter of a businessman from the Daulagala area who was abducted in a van in...
CPJ, partners urge new Sri Lankan president to protect press freedom
The Committee to Protect Journalists (CJP) on Monday (13) joined 24 civil society organizations in urging recently elected Sri Lankan President Anura Kumara...
Tamils demand eviction of Army from war-dead Theravil cemetery
A signature campaign demanding the removal of the Sri Lanka Army from the Theravil Maaveerar cemetery was launched by war-affected Tamils in the...
President appoints justices to Supreme Court and Court of Appeal
Four newly appointed Supreme Court Justices took their oaths of office before President Anura Kumara Disanayake yesterday (12) at the Presidential Secretariat. Accordingly,...
Fraud and corruption charges against 40 customs officers
Disciplinary investigations are ongoing against 40 officers accused of fraud and corruption in Sri Lanka Customs. Customs Media Spokesperson Seevali Arukgoda said that...
