Tense situation in Kataragama after Police kill motorcyclist

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

Three killed in Batticaloa motorcycle accident

Three people were killed in an accident in Batticaloa involving three motorcycles. According to reports, two motorcycles with four people had crashed into another motorcycle. The motorcycles caught fire as soon as they crashed. Two people were killed in the crash while another person was burnt to death. At least two others sustained injuries and were admitted to hospital. (Colombo Gazette)

30 Mar, 2019

Sumanthiran tells Bandula to resign from committee on public finance

Tamil National Alliance Parliamentarian and Chairman of the Parliamentary Committee on Public Finance, M.A. Sumanthiran has called for the resignation of committee member Bandula Gunawardena. Gunawardena had said that the committee was pointless as it failed to submit a report related to the 2019 budget to Parliament on time. Sumanthiran said that the delay to release the report was as a result of the Finance Ministry delaying submitting some information. He also noted that Gunawardena had no

29 Mar, 2019