21+ hour, 18+ min ago   (757+ words) Sri Lanka’s underworld violence is no longer confined to rival gangs settling their scores. Increasingly, the violence is spilling into ordinary homes and neighbourhoods, leaving innocent people, elderly residents and even sleeping children caught in the crossfire of conflicts they…...

1+ week, 7+ hour ago   (1046+ words) More than 1,500 statements have been recorded so far in the ongoing investigations into the recent riots in Negombo, Mahara, Kuruwita and Magazine prisons, while concerns over prison overcrowding and delays in drug-related cases remain unresolved. The investigations by the Criminal…...

1+ week, 7+ hour ago   (756+ words) There has been a notable rise in the reporting of child abuse cases in recent years, with this year’s reported cases escalating to 6,615 by August alone, compared to 5858 cases reported by August last year and 5725 cases by August in the…...

2+ mon, 2+ week ago   (200+ words) Pix and text by Hiran Priyankara Jayasinghe Millions of rupees worth of donations sent by foreign countries as relief for people affected by Cyclone Ditwah have been left sitting in a warehouse in the Gampola Uda Palatha Divisional Secretariat area…...

2+ mon, 2+ week ago   (204+ words) The Sunday Times, Sri Lanka Up in smoke: Huge drug haul incinerated in Puttalam A haul of drugs held by courts and the Government Analyst Department was incinerated and destroyed on the direction of the Negombo Additional Magistrate, yesterday. Accordingly…...

2+ mon, 4+ week ago   (1603+ words) The UN Subcommittee on Prevention of Torture (SPT) will return to Sri Lanka from June 15 to 24, seven years after its last visit, to assess whether the authorities have followed through on reforms and strengthened protections for people in detention or…...

3+ mon, 3+ week ago   (19+ words) Time Online is a leading source of latest News, Business, sports, Politics, Lifestyle more Sri Lanka and the world....

3+ mon, 3+ week ago   (19+ words) Time Online is a leading source of latest News, Business, sports, Politics, Lifestyle more Sri Lanka and the world....

3+ mon, 3+ week ago   (1035+ words) By our Political Desk Monday’s raids targeted four locations: a tourist hotel in Midigama, a boarding place in Hikkaduwa and two lodges in Galle, resulting in the arrest of 198 foreign nationals. According to police, 173 of the suspects were Indians, while…...

4+ mon, 2+ week ago   (294+ words) By Dr Shamsul Bari and Ruhi Naz As the Right to Information (RTI) Act, 2009 remains effectively dormant in Bangladesh, RTI advocates must now rely on the new government’s resolve to operationalise it. This is important not only in its own…...