Three-minute silence observed for Easter Sunday victims

On person injured in nightclub shooting

One person sustained injuries during a shooting incident at a?nightclub in Seeduwa early this morning. The Police said that the shooting incident took place?in the Liyanagemulla area. The shooting incident was as a result of a?dispute between two groups.

19 Dec, 2018

Sampanthan says he is still Opposition Leader

The Tamil National Alliance (TNA) Leader R. Sampanthan says he is still the?Opposition Leader. He told Parliament today that he has not been removed from the post by Speaker Karu Jayasuriya. Former President Mahinda Rajapaksa was named as the new?Opposition Leader yesterday. However,?Sampanthan said that Rajapaksa does not hold a seat in Parliament as he had joined the Sri Lanka Podujana Peramuna (SLPP). Rajapaksa entered Parliament as a member of the Sri Lanka Freedom Party (SLFP) and the U

19 Dec, 2018

CID recovers deleted data from Namal Kumara’s phone

The Criminal Investigations Department (CID) has recovered?deleted conversations from the mobile phone of activist Namal Kumara. A special team from the CID had visited Hong Kong as part of an ongoing investigation into the alleged plot to kill President Maithripala Sirisena. The CID team was in Hong Kong to recover the voice recordings related to the case, deleted from the mobile telephone of Namal Kumara. Two officers from the CID and an official from the Government Analyst?s Department wer

19 Dec, 2018