Sudewa Hettiarachchi appointed President?s Media Division DG

Sri Lankan drug trafficker Bob Marley arrested

Sri Lankan drug trafficker Chaminda Thabrew alias ?Bob Marley? has been arrested in the Elpitiya area. The Police Narcotics Bureau (PNB) arrested the suspect following extensive investigations. Public assistance had been sought earlier to locate ?Bob Marley? after he was linked to the trafficking of over 288 kg of heroin seized by the Sri Lanka Navy last month. Meanwhile, an accomplice of underworld figure ?Harak Kata? was also arrested today. He was arrested over the murder of ?Sunshine Sud

09 Sep, 2021

CEO of private company in charge of NMRA database arrested

The Chief Executive Officer (CEO) of the private company managing the database of the National Medicines Regulatory Authority (NMRA) has been arrested. The CEO was arrested by the Criminal Investigations Department (CID) after several files in the database were erased.

08 Sep, 2021

US to remain fully engaged with Sri Lanka on reconciliation issue

The United States says it will remain fully engaged with Sri Lanka on the reconciliation issue. Outgoing US Ambassador to Sri Lanka Alaina B. Teplitz said that the US believe addressing human rights is really important not just for Americans, which they endeavor to do at home, but also with their partners, and particularly their democratic partners. “We do need to address human rights issues, the past and the present. We need to deal with the injustices of the past and the present. And in our

09 Sep, 2021