Singapore has been named the world s most powerful passport again, offering its citizens visa-free access to 195 countries, according to the latest Henley Passport Index released in October 2024. MORE..
5 Nov 2024 (1:12 PM)
The Chief Jailor and a prison guard who served as the storekeeper of the New Magazine Prison in Colombo have been suspended. MORE..
5 Nov 2024 (6:43 PM)
Sri Lankan authorities have frozen assets valued at approximately Rs. 80 million belonging to notorious drug trafficker Palani Shiran Clorian, who is currently serving a prison sentence in India on drug-related charges. MORE..
5 Nov 2024 (4:08 PM)
The Criminal Investigations Department (CID) has arrested a person who is suspected to have circulated a doctored image of a fake currency note of the Rs. 5,000 denomination featuring an image of President Anura Kumara Dissanayake on it. MORE..
5 Nov 2024 (2:12 PM)
The Supreme Court has ordered the Colombo High Court Trial-at-Bar to recall the defence following an appeal filed by the Attorney General (AG) challenging the verdict issued by Colombo High Court to acquit former Defence Secretary Hemasiri Fernando and former IGP Pujith Jayasundara.. MORE..
5 Nov 2024 (12:43 PM)
Former President Chandrika Bandaranaike Kumaratunga has voiced suspicions of a possible plot to assassinate her, similar to the politically motivated assassination of her husband, the late Vijaya Kumaratunga. MORE..
5 Nov 2024 (3:44 PM)