SJB claims Rishad forced to urinate in a bottle

Isolation status in Pettah, Negombo, number of other areas to be lifted

The isolation status imposed on Pettah, Negombo and a number of other areas will be lifted at 5am tomorrow (Monday). Accordingly the isolation status imposed on the Pettah, Mattakuliya and Foreshore areas in the Colombo District and Ragama and Negombo in the Gampaha District will be lifted tomorrow (30 November). The National Operations Centre for the Prevention of COVID-19 (NOCPC) had taken the decision to lif the isolation status in these areas following a review of the situation yesterday (

29 Nov, 2020

Pakistani inmate from Mahara prison dies in hospital

A Pakistani inmate at the Mahara prison has died after being admitted to hospital yesterday (28). Commissioner General of Prisons Thushara Upuldeniya told Colombo Gazette that the prisoner was suffering from chronic kidney disease for a long period. He had died after being admitted to the Colombo North teaching hospital in Ragama. Upuldeniya further said the 45-year-old prisoner is reported to have died due to kidney failure. The deceased is the second prisoner from the Mahara prison to die

29 Nov, 2020

Presidential pardon granted to 600 prisoners

By Vyshnavy Velrajh The Prisons Department has commenced the process of releasing a group of prisoners under a presidential pardon. Commissioner of Prisons Administration/Rehabilitation and Skill Development Chandana Ekanayake told Colombo Gazette that a decision was taken to grant a presidential pardon to 600 prisoners. All prisons across the country were instructed to hand over the names of prisoners who are sentenced for minor offences and eligible to obtain a presidential pardon. Ekanaya

28 Nov, 2020