Police fire tear gas and water on protest in Maradana

Shani Abeysekera further remanded

The Gampaha Magistrates Court today further remanded former Director of the Criminal Investigations Department (CID) Shani Abeysekera till 02nd October over the case filed on charges of fabricating false evidence. Abeysekera was arrested by the Colombo Crimes Division (CCD) in July on charges of fabricating evidence in connection to a case filed on the arrest of former Deputy Inspector General of Police (DIG) Vass Gunawardena. Gunawardena was arrested over a cache of weapons that were found co

17 Sep, 2020

Wildlife officer killed in elephant attack

By Vyshnavy Velrajh A wildlife officer has died following an elephant attack in Siyambalanduwa this morning. Director General of the Department of Wildlife Conservation M.G.C. Sooriyabandara told the Colombo Gazette that the officer had been mauled to death by a wild elephant. The officer was killed while engaged in herding the wild elephant from the area, he said. The diseases officer was attached to the Wildlife Conservation office in Siyambalanduwa. (Colombo Gazette)

17 Sep, 2020

Man sentenced to 10 years in jail for sexually abusing boy

A man has been sentenced to 10 years in jail for sexually abusing a 10-year-old boy in 2013. The Colombo High Court sentenced the 41-year-old accused, a resident of Colombo, who was convicted in August 2020 following a case filed by the Attorney General. The accused was arrested by the Special Police Unit of the National Child Protection Authority (NCPA) following a complaint filed over the incident. Apart from the jail term, the Court imposed a fine of Rs 10,000 and ordered the prison term t

17 Sep, 2020