The Tangalle Magistrate Court yesterday ordered the Director of Terrorist Investigation Division(TID) to appear in courts on October 28th for not reporting facts about the two IUSF leaders Wasantha Mudalige and Ven. Galwewa Siridhamma Thera, who are being detained under the PTA for 90 days. Magistrat
Parliamentarian Wimal Weerawansa through his counsel yesterday raised objections challenging the maintainability of the corruption case filed against him by the Bribery Commission. The Director General of the Commission to Investigate Allegations of Bribery or Corruption had filed indictments against Wimal Weerawansa for the alleged unlawful acquisition of money and assets, estimated at Rs.75 million within a period of six years while serving a
The Tissamaharama Magistrate Tharindu Sameera Silva yesterday ordered the Department of Wildlife Conservation (DWC) to conduct a prompt investigation into the incident where a group had harassed and abused animals at Yala National Park recently and also ordered the suspects to be arrested and produced before court. The DWC was further instructed to monitor CC
Private Pharmacy Owners’ Association expressed concern about the arbitrary increase of prices of drugs. Treasurer of the association Manjula Jayawardene said the drug importers had increased the prices much to the inconvenience o
A former soldier and another who posed as police officers robbed the women who engaged in prostitution through advertisements in the websites were arrested by Dehiwala police. The suspects told the women that they would be arrested for engaging in prostitution and robbed them of their cash and jewellery. Investigations revealed that the suspects
Blood samples of the Veddha clan were collected yesterday at the Heritage Centre of the Indigenous People in Dambana to establish their origin through DNA tests. This research would be carried out by the Faculty of Science in the Colombo University. 50 families without close relationships among them would be subject to DNA tests. The object of the
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