Vehicles damaged in Nuwara Eliya

Noyahr asked to appear in court to identify suspects

Former journalist Keith Noyahr has been asked to appear in court to identify the suspects arrested over his abduction and assault. The Mount Lavinia Additional Magistrate instructed the Criminal Investigations Department (CID) to request?Noyahr to appear?for an identification parade on March 3. The Magistrate also requested the local and international media not to expose the identity of the suspects arrested over the incident as they have not been found guilty and the case is ongoing. An Army

23 Feb, 2017

President orders crackdown on ragging in universities

President Maithripala Sirisena has instructed the Inspector General of Police to crackdown on ragging in universities. The President’s office said that the President has instructed the IGP to pay special attention to prevent inhuman ragging in universities carried out by a minority group of students in order to interrupt the education of the majority of students. He also instructed the IGP to implement an initiative jointly with the University Authorities in this regard. The President further

22 Feb, 2017

Lankan team went to Hong Kong to find Snowden’s helpers

Two local lawmakers in Hong Kong are calling on the police to investigate claims that Sri Lankan police investigators were in Hong Kong looking for the asylum seekers from the country who sheltered American whistle-blower Edward Snowden in the city, the South China Morning Post reported. ?The families [one family of four and one individual] are very afraid of the Sri Lankan government, in particular the Sri Lankan Police Criminal Investigation Department and the military, as these bodies have b

22 Feb, 2017