The Police yesterday arrested the staff of a printing press which printed defamatory posters of President Mahinda Rajapaksa in Delkanda, Nugegoda. The Police also seized a large number of posters. Twelve persons were....

A teenaged boy has been arrested over charges of abusing three underaged boys in Nelundeniya, Dedigama, police spokesman Prishantha Jayakody said. The suspect is a 15-year-old boy and the arrest was made following a....

Colombo Additional Magistrate Rexy Rajah ordered the CID to obtain the Attorney General’s opinion - on two suspects who are in remand for over two years without any charges - and report to court. The Magistrate made this....

The UNP protest march against the 18th amendment to the constitution which began from party Head Quarters Sirikotha last morning to wind its way towards parliament was blocked by police. Party front liners Sajith....

Katugastota police have arrested a woman soldier on Friday allegedly for stealing jewellery worth Rs. 90000 of a woman when she was away from home. The jewellery was stolen, when the owner, widow of a soldier killed in...

Two youths of Muttur were arrested on Saturday for spying on President Mahinda Rajapaksa who was touring Badulla on Friday and Saturday, police said. They had been arrested near Muthiyangana Raja Maha Viharaya by a....

Six army deserters who posed as Interpol officials and swindled money from a woman who has just returned from Dubai were arrested by a special Police team attached to the Chilaw Police station yesterday. According to Chilaw....

A man who posed as a Media Secretary to President Mahinda Rajapaksa and allegedly swindled Rs. 40,000 was yesterday produced before Mt. Lavinia Chief Magistrate Nirosha Fernando, who remanded him till September 8...

RIYADH, Saudi Arabia (AP) - A Saudi official has denied a Sri Lankan maid’s allegations that the couple she worked for in the Arab kingdom hammered nails and needles into her body. Doctors in Sri Lanka have said they removed...

Jayakodi Arachchilage Oman Perera alias Jayasekara Arachchilage Olcott Perera was shot dead by the STF while he attempted to escape from STF arrest on Tuesday night. The postmortem was to be held yesterday at the...

A suspect wanted in connection with eleven killings including that of three policemen between 2006 and 2007, kidnappings and other criminal activities in the Colombo district was arrested by police in Koswatta. The suspect was...

The Piliyandala Police on Sunday arrested three persons for robbing a T-56 assault rifle of a police constable on July 25. According to the police, three constables had been on night patrol. While on duty, a man had befriended...

A man of the Gangula area who killed a porcupine was apprehended and handed over to the Panadura police by the residents of Gangula. The suspect clubbed the porcupine with a mamoty injuring it severely. Although....

A Police Inspector, a Constable, and a member of PLOTE were taken into custody and produced before the Mannar Magistrate in connection with a robbery which took place at a house in Suriyakattakadu in the Police Division ....

Chairman of Yatawatta Pradeshiya Sabha H.D. Lal Attanayake and eight others who surrendered to police in connection with the alleged assault on a trader and two of his  employees were further remanded by the Matale....

The Three Forces commanders and Field Commanders of the Sri Lanka Army in an elaborative presentation before the Lessons Learnt and Reconciliation Commission yesterday described the modus operandi of the LTTE to counter.....

A LTTE suspect who was in remand custody in connection with the suicide bomb blast at the Fort railway station on February 3, 2008 has made a confession, the defence counsel informed Court yesterday. When the....

A printer of a placard with digitally manipulated image of President Mahinda Rajapaksa was arrested by Mirihana Police yesterday.The printer not having the proper machines to print the poster had handed over the job to another...

The woman suspect who was produced in court for the killing of an Indian National was further remanded till Septembe 16. The woman, Sivani Selvakumari, who had given wrong information by hiding the truth to the....

A former Police Constable of Angulana Police giving evidence in the Angulana double murder case said when he questioned a suspect about the two youths whom they arrested in a cab, he was told that the OIC, who was...

Military Spokesman Major General UAB Medawela said that more than 300,000 landmines laid by the LTTE terrorists in the North and East have been cleared by the de-mining groups. There is still another area of 2000 square kilometres...

The construction of 27 houses at Thorayaya in Kurunegala, built under the Second phase of the Api Wenuwen Api program launched to construct 700 houses for war heroes by the Defence Ministry is completed. Speaking at a...

The United Nations on Tuesday launched a global action plan to combat human trafficking, with senior UN officials urging that governments worldwide to take coordinated and consistent measures to try to defeat the scourge...

The mastermind behind the abduction of Lasith Rasanjana the nine-year-old boy of Sapugaskanda who crawled to safety after being thrown into an incline on the banks of the Victoria Reservoir in Talatuoya was arrested by...

The 26th Commemoration Day of the STF War Heroes was held at the Katukurunda STF training wing yesterday. It was held in memory of the 462 heroes who sacrificed their lives for the sovereignty and the integrity of the...

Health Minister Maithripala Sirisena has decided to seek parliamentary approval to impose the death sentence or life imprisonment as punishment for stealing drugs from hospitals. He said he had decided on that course...

A Malaysian Police Volunteer Reserve (PVR) and his accomplice have been arrested in connection with kidnapping three Sri Lankans, one of whom was tortured to death while the ransom was negotiated in Malaysia. The PVR...

The Beruwala Town Council Chairman and two others, who had been charged with robbing a Land Cruiser, were refused bail sequel to an objection raised by the Wellawatte police and were re-remanded till Sept. 9 by the Additional....

The General Court Martial Tribunal trying former Army Commander Sarath Fonseka on the alleged contravention of military procurement procedure yesterday refused to acquit Fonseka without calling the defence case. The....

A couple was arrested by the police in connection with alleged robberies and other criminal activities in the Gampola area. The suspects representing a gang were arrested by the police. They were on the run after several special...