Government dismisses protests, SAITM will remain

NP Governor says he was misquoted on Bachelet comments

Northern Province Governor Dr. Suren Raghavan says he was misquoted by some local newspapers on comments he made with regards to the meeting between the Sri Lankan Government delegation and the UN High Commissioner for Human Rights, Michelle Bachelet in Geneva last week. The Governor said that his comments made to the media had been particularly misquoted by some English newspapers resulting in the High Commissioner’s office issuing a clarification. Dr. Suren Raghavan said that he has the utmo

29 Mar, 2019

Nine Iranians arrested with heroin remanded

The nine Iranians arrested in the southern seas with heroin this week have been ordered to be remanded till April 5th. The nine Iranians were arrested after a trawler they were travelling in was detained by the Navy and Police in a joint operation. The trawler was found to be transporting 107.22 kg of heroin said to be worth over Rs. 1 Billion. The vessel was escorted to the Colombo harbour after being detained in the Southern Seas. The vessel is believed to have arrived from Pakistan when i

29 Mar, 2019

IGP appoints committee to probe deported suspects

Inspector General of Police (IGP) Pujith Jayasundara has appointed a seven-member committee headed by Criminal Investigations Department (CID) Senior Police Deputy Inspector General (DIG) Ravi Seneviratne to conduct further investigations on the suspects deported from Dubai. Others in the committee are CID Director SSP Shani Abeysekera, PNB Director SSP T.C.A. Dhanapala, CCD Director C.S.A.K.D.U. Hemantha, DIG Ajith Rohana, Police Media Spokesman SP Ruwan Gunasekara and SP Nishantha de Zoysa.

29 Mar, 2019