Protesters lay siege to Temple Trees

Probe continues to identify headless corpse found in travelling bag

The Police are continuing investigations to identify the headless corpse of a woman found in a travelling bag in Colombo. Police Spokesman, Deputy Inspector General (DIG) Ajith Rohana said that a passenger bus in which the bag had been transported, has been seized. The corpse was found inside a travelling bag abandoned at Dam Street in Colombo yesterday. CCTV footage showed a man moving around the area with the bag before abandoning it. The suspect had transported the bag in a bus operating

02 Mar, 2021

Crackdown on deforestation as climate change impacts Sri Lanka

The Sri Lanka Police is to launch special operations to crackdown on environmental crimes, especially deforestation. Police Spokesman, Deputy Inspector General (DIG) Ajith Rohana said the Police have received multiple reports on deforestation in various parts of the country. He said the Police force has been put on alert to monitor and act against such crimes. The Police will be conducting special operations in the future to prevent environmental crimes, and mainly deforestation, DIG Rohana s

02 Mar, 2021

Copy of Easter attacks report handed over to Archbishop

A copy of the report of the Presidential Commission of Inquiry (PCoI) appointed to probe the 2019 Easter Sunday terror attacks was handed over to the Archbishop of Colombo, His Eminence Malcolm Cardinal Ranjith today (1). The copy was handed over to the Archbishop by officials from the Presidential Secretariat. A copy of the PCoI final report was also handed over to the Chief Prelates of the Three Sects in Kandy today. The final report of the PCoI probing the Easter Sunday attacks was handed

01 Mar, 2021