Two women died and three persons sustained injuries in a traffic accident that occurred on the Southern Expressway last night (25)
A probable mendicant was hit and killed by a van belonging to the Sri Lanka Army in Egodauyana yesterday (24 Sept).
Gotabaya Rajapaksa and seven others who were indicted by the Bribery Commission have been released by the Colombo Chief Magistrate.
The Navy apprehended five Indian fishermen for alleged poaching in Sri Lanka's territorial waters yesterday (18), the Navy said.
Navy ships patrolling the country's Exclusive Economic Zone (EEZ) of the Indian Ocean seized four Sri Lankan multiday fishing vessels yesterday (16), the Navy said.
Gotabaya Rajapaksa has been ducking and weaving filing numerous petitions before several courts to delay the misappropriation trial.
The CEB is paying its engineers higher salaries they are not entitled to, in violation of a court order, the Ceylon Electricity Workers’ Union said.
Deputy Minister Palitha Thewarapperuma was remanded today (10) till September 16 due to an unlawful burial of a corpse in an unauthorised land.
Two men bathing in a canal in Galkiriyagama drowned yesterday afternoon (08), the Police Media Division (PMD) said.
Two police officers on duty on the Akuressa-Thibbatuwawa road were shot by an unidentified gunman earlier today (06), the Police Media Division (PMD) said.