Basil Rajapaksa granted bail in Divineguma fraud case

Sri Lanka halts imports of Johnson & Johnson Baby Powder pending asbestos tests

Sri Lanka has halted imports of Johnson & Johnson Baby Powder until the company proves its product is free from cancer-causing asbestos, two government officials and the product?s local distributor told Reuters. Stocks of the product already in Sri Lanka can still be sold, but there will be no new imports of the talc, a popular healthcare product across Sri Lanka and much of Asia, until J&J India, from where Sri Lanka imports the product, provides fresh test results. On Dec. 14, Reuters report

31 Jan, 2019

Kokkadichcholai Police OIC arrested

The Kokkadichcholai Police Officer in Charge (OIC) was arrested for accepting a bribe. The OIC had accepted a bribe of Rs 25,000 at the police station today when he was arrested by officers of the?Bribery Commission.

30 Jan, 2019

Mannar grave bone samples handed over for testing in US

The Office on Missing Persons (OMP) observed the process of handing over six bone samples obtained from the Mannar mass grave, located at the Sathosa Building in the Mannar town (Case No B/232/2018), for radiocarbon dating, to Beta Analytics in Miami, Florida, USA. The samples were handed over by Consultant Judicial Medical Officer, District General Hospital Mannar, Dr Saminda Rajapaksha who is heading?the investigation team at the site. Commissioner of the OMP, Mirak Raheem and two lawyers?re

30 Jan, 2019