Police website restored after cyber attack

NPC now approves transfer of Kurunegala DIG

The National Police Commission (NPC) has approved the transfer of Kurunegala Deputy Inspector General (DIG) Kithsiri Jayalath to Trincomalee. Just recently the NPC had approved a similar proposal to transfer him but later cancelled the approval. However, today the NPC had approved the transfer. The Criminal Investigation Department (CID) had launched an investigation on the DIG over matters related to the ongoing investigation against Dr. Mohamad Shafi who was arrested by the Kurunegala Polic

09 Aug, 2019

Sri Lanka seeks early inclusion as ASEAN Sectoral Dialogue Partner

Sri Lanka has called for an early decision by ASEAN to include Sri Lanka as an ASEAN Sectoral Dialogue Partner, in order to strengthen engagement with ASEAN and its member countries. This follows the submission to the ASEAN of Sri Lanka?s dossier for Sectoral Dialogue Partnership in March 2019. Foreign Secretary Ravinatha Aryasinha made this request, when he addressed the ASEAN Day commemoration event held at the Indonesian Embassy in Colombo, where he conveyed felicitations of the Government

09 Aug, 2019

Permanent High Court issues warrant for Mahendran

The Permanent High Court today issued a warrant for the arrest of the former Governor of the Central Bank of Sri Lanka, Arjuna Mahendran over the Central Bank bond scam. The Attorney General had filed indictments against Mahendran and nine others before the Permanent High Court Trial-at-Bar in June over the Central Bank treasury bond scam. The Permanent High Court Trial-at-Bar later summoned the accused to appear before the court on July 19. Mahendran was the Governor of the Central Bank when

09 Aug, 2019