The Colombo Crimes Division (CCD) has obtained a 90-day detention order to further interrogate Ousmand Gunasekera, also known as �Gampaha Ousmand,� who was arrested on allegations of aiding and abetting the killing of underworld figure �Ganemulla Sanjeewa,� police said. MORE..
16 May 2026 (5:32 PM)
Africa s top health agency has declared an Ebola outbreak in the Democratic Republic of Congo s eastern Ituri province. MORE..
16 May 2026 (2:16 PM)
A complaint has been lodged with the police in connection with the Wanawasala train derailment, according to the Railway Department s Superintendent of Train Operations, Asanka Samarasinghe. MORE..
16 May 2026 (5:47 PM)
A suspect has been arrested on suspicion of removing bolts from the railway track at the location where a train derailment occurred earlier today (16). MORE..
16 May 2026 (2:06 PM)
Samples of Muriate of Potash (MOP) fertilizer produced in 2019, allegedly transported from a warehouse in Thambuttegama to the Rambewa Agrarian Service Centre, have been sent for testing, according to Director of the National Fertilizer Secretariat, Chandana Lokuhewage. MORE..
16 May 2026 (4:19 PM)
During preliminary interrogations of Ousmand Gunasekera, also known as �Gampaha Ousmand,� who was arrested in connection with the murder of �Ganemulla Sanjeewa,� it was revealed that he had been managing the local money laundering operations of underworld figure �Kehelbaddara Padme.� MORE..
16 May 2026 (10:46 PM)