Former DIG Nalaka de Silva grilled for nearly nine hours

Nuwan Wedasinghe appointed DIG CID

Police Deputy Inspector General (DIG) Nuwan Wedasinghe has been appointed as the new DIG in charge of the Criminal Investigations Department (CID). The appointment has been approved by the National Police Commission.

28 Dec, 2019

India’s DMK, PMK flay ?Sinhala only? National anthem in Sri Lanka

India’s DMK president M K Stalin and PMK founder S Ramadoss flayed the Sri Lankan Government?s decision to sing the National anthem in Sinhala only on Independence Day and termed it as an attempt to isolate the Sri Lankan Tamils, News Today reported. Stalin expressed his disappointment and sought the intervention of Prime Minister Narendra Modi and External Affairs Minister Jaishankar. Stalin tweeted that such majoritarianism act would lead to isolation of Tamils in the island nation. Ramados

27 Dec, 2019

Move to transfer Rajitha to prison hospital suspended

A move to transfer former Minister Rajitha Senaratne from a private hospital to the prison hospital was suspended today. Prison officials visited the hospital to transfer Senaratne but suspended the move as Senaratne was in poor health. Seneratne had been detained by the Criminal Investigations Department (CID) at Lanka Hospital last week. A Magistrate visited the hospital to inspect the condition of the former Minister and ordered that he be remanded till tomorrow (30 December). Senaratne,

29 Dec, 2019