Three suspects arrested with narcotics

Nine-year-old boy kidnapped in Eppawala still missing

A nine-year-old boy who is believed to have been kidnapped in Eppawala is still missing after 4 days. P. K. Deneth Premasundara was believed to have been kidnapped on Monday (19th) by a man who worked as an electrician in the area. The parents of the child had filed a Police complaint suspecting the electrician of being involved in the kidnapping. He had allegedly befriended the child and later kidnapped him and went missing. The Police said that a three-wheeler registered under the plate YI

22 Dec, 2022

Land licenses given to plantation companies to be cancelled

The Government has decided to cancel land licenses issued to plantation companies, President Ranil Wickremesinghe said today. The President said that?urgent solutions should be given to the land issues faced by the public in Nuwara Eliya. He expressed these views while attending the Nuwara Eliya District Development Committee meeting held at the Nuwara Eliya District Secretariat this morning (22). The President requested the District Secretariat, Ministry of Plantation and Land Registration D

22 Dec, 2022

Military kept on alert to maintain law and order

By Easwaran Rutnam President Ranil Wickremesinghe has kept the military on alert, through a gazette notice, to maintain law and order for another month. The gazette has been issued every month to extend the order placing the Armed Forces on standby. The military was used to crackdown on the ‘Aragalaya’ protests staged in Colombo this year. The latest gazette notice states that by virtue of the powers vested in him by Section 12 of the Public Security Ordinance (Chapter 40), Ranil Wickremesin

22 Dec, 2022