The Cabinet decision is clear: with the introduction of biometrics into Sri Lanka’s passport processing system, the Department of Immigration and Emigration (DIE) has started “preliminary activities to coincide with the...
The Prevention of Organised Crimes Bill, gazetted this week, contains sweeping language to define what constitutes an ‘organised criminal group’ and a ‘serious crime,’ while also allowing the Secretary of the Ministry in charge of the...
A cashier working at a state bank in Kaduwela was sentenced to 35 years in prison after he pleaded guilty to depositing over Rs 130.5 million into his personal account. Homagama High Court Judge Krishanthi Amaratunga sentenced the cashier,...
SriLankan Airlines has decided to suspend all flights to Riyadh, Saudi Arabia, until October 18, in view of the recent security incidents at Riyadh Airport and ongoing security assessments. The airline said flights would resume as soon...
Ahead of their march to Colombo, Buddhist monks yesterday held an Adishtana Pooja at the Mahamaluwa of the Dalada Maligawa in Kandy as part of their “Siwurata Yukthiya” (Justice for the Robe) campaign, launched to protest the prison authorities’...
Special security is to be provided for the newly launched Metro buses in Colombo city and suburbs in the wake of incidents of damage caused by private bus drivers, the Deputy Inspector General in charge of Traffic Control and Road Safety, W.P.J....
A four-member Sri Lankan delegation that travelled to Saudi Arabia to finalise the legal appeal seeking clemency for death-row Sri Lankan migrant worker Anojan Sivarasa is stranded in Riyadh due to the suspension of flights. The...
The government will present a new bill titled the Foreign Terrorist Fighters Act to prevent Sri Lankan citizens from going overseas to engage in terrorism-related activities as well as prevent foreign nationals from coming to the...