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Police Narcotics Bureau arrested a person in possession of foreign liquor valued at around Rs 50 million, police sources said

Former female principal of Aluvihara Vidyalaya Matale who was found guilty of taking a child to school sentence to five years rigorous imprisonment, our news sources said.

The Supreme Court has ordered the Attorney General to examine the recent statement made by Deputy Minister Ranjan Ramanayake and inform whether he can be charged for contempt of court. The two cases filed by Ven. Magalkande Sudantha Thera and retired Air Force officer Sunil Perera accusing Ramanayake of contempt …

All UNP MPs have signed a motion expressing confidence in Prime Minister Ranil Wickremesinghe, party sources said today. They said they had signed the document when they met at the parliamentary complex this morning under the chairmanship of the Prime Minister. Sources said the UNP MPs had vowed to defeat …

MP Namal Rajapaksa said he was denied entry to the US from Russia. Namal, son of the former president Mahinda Rajapaksa, was in Moscow as an independent observer of the Russian Presidential Election and attended a couple of official meetings. Speaking to The Indian Express, his office said the US …

The Supreme Court yesterday by a majority decision refused leave to proceed with the fundamental rights violation petitions filed by a group of petitioners, complaining of the amendments added to the recent Provisional Council Election Bill, at the committee stage in Parliament. The petitioners had said that when amendments were …

President Maithripala Sirisena had instructed IGP Pujith Jayasundara to conduct an impartial investigation into the unrest in Digana, Kandy, the President’s Media Division (PMD) said.   A large contingent of police and STF was unable to bring the tense situation in the area under control and the army has been …

Sri Lanka’s inflation, as measured by the change in the Colombo Consumers’ Price Index (CCPI) , declined to 4.5 percent in February 2018 from 5.8 percent in January 2018, the Department of Census and Statistics reported. The CCPI for all items for the month of February was 121.9 recording a …

The death occurred on Friday night of Ms. Una McCauley, United Nations Resident Coordinator and UNDP Resident Representative in Sri Lanka.   The UN in Sri Lanka yesterday announced with deep sadness the sudden passing away of Ms. McCauley, 54, who was on medical leave, undergoing treatment.   As the …

Voting to elect members for 4903 divisions in 340 local government bodies will commence at 7 am today at 13374 centers island-wide , our news sources said.