10+ hour, 38+ 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…...

2+ day, 7+ hour ago   (208+ words) The Inspector General of Police Priyantha Weerasooriya, has instructed the Police Special Investigation Unit to conduct an inquiry into the manner the investigation conducted into the detection of drugs in a container at the Colombo Port. Last week police on…...

6+ day, 21+ 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…...

6+ day, 21+ hour ago   (122+ words) The Sunday Times, Sri Lanka President’s Counsel Lakmali Karunanayake was sworn in as a judge of the Court of Appeal before President Anura Kumara Dissanayake at the Presidential Secretariat on Thursday. She previously served as an Additional Solicitor General at…...

6+ day, 21+ 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…...

1+ week, 48+ min ago   (1235+ words) In one of the most significant coordinated maritime drug-busting operations in the region, Sri Lankan, Pakistani and US anti-narcotics authorities joined forces last week to disrupt a major international drug trafficking network. The investigation, which unfolded through a series of…...

1+ week, 47+ min ago   (862+ words) The passing of the country’s 40th Chief Justice GPS de Silva a few days ago leaves a sense of profound loss. The GPS de Silva Court This goes beyond the personal even though this Chief Justice epitomised three rare virtues; kindness,…...

1+ week, 48+ min ago   (1017+ words) An incident thought to be a crocodile attack on a youth has taken a new twist, with investigators believing it to be a murder. Reports spread on Tuesday, September 1, that a body of a youth was being attacked and dragged…...

3+ week, 6+ day ago   (564+ words) Due to limited rehabilitation facilities, drug-addicted children are kept in detention centres for a long period after being produced before court until they are referred to rehabilitation centres, Deputy Minister of Public Security and Parliamentary Affairs Sunil Watagala said. He…...

3+ week, 6+ day ago   (274+ words) A hunting trip in the Weeraketiya area ended in an unexpected shooting on Friday, when a bullet fired at an animal struck a 20-year-old man in the leg, adding another incident to Sri Lanka’s growing number of firearm-related cases this…...