Pakistani arrested at BIA with 1.36kgs of heroin

Judge arrested on bribery charge

A District Judge was arrested last night in Homagama for accepting a bribe, the police media unit said. The police said that the Judge had accepted nearly Rs. 300,000 from a man in Hanwella.

30 May, 2013

Ex Indian officers jailed in IPKF food case

More than quarter century after it was found that Indian troops which were part of the Indian Peace Keeping Force (IPKF) in Sri Lanka were served with poor quality tinned food purchased in violation of army protocol, a CBI court in India has sentenced a major-general and a major, both now retired, to two-year jail term, the Times of India reported. Special judge for CBI cases Paramaraj, found major general (retd.) A K Gupta and major (retd.) S S Kadian guilty of placing orders with a Margoa-base

30 May, 2013

Expressway to Jaffna with Chinese aid

China has pledged to provide further funding to develop Sri Lanka?s transport sector that includes a number of expressways, road networks and railway lines, including a new Colombo-Jaffna expressway. The agreement was one of several others reached during bilateral meetings between Sri Lanka and China that took place in Beijing this afternoon. As a part of the proposed Colombo-Jaffna highway, the Chinese government will also aid Sri Lanka in developing a Colombo-Kandy-Kurunegala expressway and ex

28 May, 2013