Railway unions announce another strike from midnight tomorrow

Kanjipani Imran appeals against harsh sentence

Mohommad Najim Mohammad Imran alias Kanjipani Imran has filed an appeal against what he termed as a harsh sentence on him by the Colombo High Court. The Colombo High Court had last month sentenced notorious drug dealer Kanjipani Imran to six years in jail. He was sentenced to jail over the possession and trafficking of 5.3Kgs of cannabis. However, today his lawyers filed an appeal seeking a lesser sentence. In March,?Mohommad Najim Mohammad Imran alias Kanjipani Imran was deported from Dubai

04 Sep, 2019

MR claims CID focusing on Gota and not Easter attacks

Former President and Opposition Leader Mahinda Rajapaksa today claimed that the Criminal Investigations Department (CID) is focusing its attention on former Defence Secretary Gotabaya Rajapaksa and not the Easter attacks. Speaking at an event today, Rajapaksa said that the CID is investigating false allegations over Gotabaya Rajapaksa’s passport. However he says the CID is not focused on the investigations over the deadly attacks on Easter Sunday. He said that the Government is determined on

04 Sep, 2019

Singapore will consider extradition request for Mahendran

Singapore says it will will consider the extradition request for Arjuna Mahendran, a Singapore national of Sri Lankan origin, accused in 2015 of passing sensitive information to his bond-dealer son-in-law to make millions in undue profits, the Straits Times reported. Singapore’s Ministry of Foreign Affairs said that the Singapore Government would consider the extradition request once the necessary supporting information and documents were received. It said the information and documents had bee

04 Sep, 2019