COLOMBO (News 1st); The Criminal Investigation Department (CID) has informed court that statements have been recorded from 286 individuals, including inmates, in connection with the recent clash at the Negombo Prison.The update was provided when the case was taken up before Negombo Chief Magistrate ...

COLOMBO (News 1st); The Colombo Chief Magistrate's Court has directed the Commission to Investigate Allegations of Bribery or Corruption (CIABOC) to report on the progress of investigations in the case filed against former SriLankan Airlines Chief Executive Officer Kapila Chandrasena on October 13.T...

COLOMBO (News 1st): The Court of Appeal has ordered to hear a writ petition filed by the son of Osman Gunasekara also known as "Gampaha Osman", seeking an order to prevent his arrest by the Colombo Crimes Division (CCD) in connection with the murder of Ganemulla Sanjeewa.The order was issued when th...

COLOMBO (News 1st): Attention is being focused on implementing a number of new procedures to prevent irregularities in paddy purchasing.This took place at the Ministerial Consultative Committee on Agriculture, Livestock, Land and Irrigation headed by Minister K.D. Lalkantha.Measures to be taken to e...

COLOMBO (News 1st): The National Dengue Control Unit says that 69,951 dengue patients have been reported in the country so far this year.The National Dengue Control Unit reported that 14,572 dengue patients were recorded within the first 13 days of this month alone.The number of deaths due to dengue...