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Nissanka Senadhipathi gives statement to Bribery Commission over Krrish deal
The Avant-Garde chairman appeared before CIABOC on Tuesday morning to give a statement in an ongoing investigation into the Krrish project transaction.
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Gazette issued to re-establish the old Tangalle Prison
Justice Minister Harshana Nanayakkara has issued an Extraordinary Gazette re-establishing the old Tangalle Prison as a prison facility.
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461 arrested in 24 hours of island-wide crime and drug operations
Police searched 25,482 people across the island in a day, arresting 461 including 116 wanted on open warrants and 78 for drink-driving.
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Archdiocese of Colombo says it does not support the death penalty
Cardinal Malcolm Ranjith says the Church seeks justice for Easter Sunday victims but holds capital punishment inadmissible under Catholic teaching.
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Man arrested over illegal excavation for artefacts in Damana
Damana Police arrested a 42-year-old from Veyangoda after a tip-off led officers to an illegal dig for archaeological artefacts in Bakmitiyawa.
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Death penalty for drug offences discussed at President's anti-drug council
President Dissanayake's steering council weighed capital punishment for drug crimes as narcotics and bail law amendments near gazetting.
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Committee urges wider drug rehabilitation to ease prison overcrowding
Only 1,506 of 4,962 inmates convicted of drug offences are in rehabilitation programmes, a parliamentary oversight committee was told.
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Grama Niladhari officers begin two-day sick-leave campaign over travel allowance
Grama Niladhari officers begin a two-day islandwide sick-leave campaign over a Rs 600 travel allowance unchanged for eight years.
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Ishara Sewwandi remanded until August 21 over Ganemulla Sanjeewa killing
The alleged principal suspect in the 2025 Aluthkade courtroom assassination was remanded after about 10 months in Colombo Crime Division custody.
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Joint Opposition to seek full 12-judge bench on 22nd Amendment petitions
Convenor G.L. Peiris says the Joint Opposition will petition against the 22nd Amendment and ask that every sitting Supreme Court judge hear the case.
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Kanjipani Imran's relative shot dead in Maligawatte
A close relative of overseas underworld figure Kanjipani Imran was shot dead on Sangharaja Mawatha in Maligawatte on Monday afternoon, police said.
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SLPP's Sagara Kariyawasam summoned by crime bureau over IGP remarks
The SLPP general secretary was called in on Monday over his remarks about the police chief, and says his words were misinterpreted.
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Health Ministry hands mobile drug-testing bus to transport medical institute
A fully equipped mobile laboratory goes to the NTMI to expand random drug testing of bus drivers and conductors, with 7,150 tests done so far.
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Navy and STF seize 7,000 foreign cigarettes in Puttalam house search
Navy-STF search at Mullipuram uncovers illegal cigarette cache; 49-year-old from Norochcholai arrested.
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Negombo Prison damage put above Rs. 100 million as inmate records destroyed
Department of Prisons puts damage from the July 5 Negombo Prison unrest above Rs. 100 million, with investigations still under way.
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SLPP General Secretary Sagara Kariyawasam arrested over IGP remarks
Sagara Kariyawasam was arrested by the Colombo Central Crimes Investigation Bureau on Monday morning, hours after being summoned to give a statement.
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Sallay's counsel says Easter probe must be free of political interference
Court of Appeal fixes August 25 to further consider intervening petitions in Suresh Sallay's writ application challenging his CID arrest and detention.
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Police deploy 10,000 traffic officers against reckless driving in school holidays
Police Spokesperson ASP F.U. Wootler says special operations are targeting reckless and impaired motorists during the school holiday period.
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Three organised crime suspects flown back from Malaysia
Three suspects held in Malaysia, including an alleged close associate of Kanjipani Imran, are due in Colombo on Monday afternoon under a special police escort.
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Rights commission summons IGP and prison chiefs over unrest as organised-influence claims surface
HRCSL summons prison officials for August 18. Deputy minister says investigations examining if organized groups were behind the recent prison unrest.
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Indigenous Peoples' Bill goes to Cabinet as gazette opens forest access
PM Harini Amarasuriya told a World Indigenous Day ceremony at Dambana the long-sought Bill is before Cabinet, alongside new rules on forest entry and ID cards.
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437 arrested as police check 33,000 people in islandwide operations
Police say 437 suspects were arrested and 33,024 people checked during islandwide crime and drug prevention operations conducted on Saturday.
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Two arrested as police raid illicit liquor plant near Karadiyana dump
Police seized 135 litres of illicit liquor and 16,000 litres of fermented wash at a production centre supplying Mount Lavinia, Moratuwa and Piliyandala.
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Ministers review marine and coastal protection drive, target fishing harbour security gaps
A multi-ministry committee reviewed progress on protecting Sri Lanka's coastal resources, focusing on security gaps at fishing harbours and outlying islands.