COLOMBO (News 1st) - The Sunday Times reported today (February 10) that the Government is to move amendments to recover from all parties concerned the estimated loss of Rs. 8.5 billion incurred due to the Treasury Bond scam. The paper quoting a senior government official says the decision was mad...

COLOMBO (News 1st) -Forty suspects including "Makandure Madush" arrested at a hotel in Dubai were produced in courts in Dubai today (February 10). Several accomplices of Madush were arrested today in various parts of the country. Accomplice arrested in Grandpass The Police Special Task Force a...

COLOMBO (News 1st) - UPFA Parliamentarian S.M. Chandrasena spoke on the drug menace in the country. He said that based on the President's statements it is clear that he was not allowed to take on the drug issue for four years of the tenure of the government. The MP noted that the President has be...

COLOMBO (News 1st) - The drug trafficker Shanaka Madushanka alias Sirigampola Olumara who was arrested with heroin has been remanded till tomorrow (February 11). The order was given after he was presented before the Marawila Magistrates Court. The other 11 suspects who were arrested with him were...

COLOMBO (News 1st) - A 23-year-old suspected to be an associate of "Makandure Madush" has been arrested from Suriyawewa. The arrest was made in a raid carried out by the officers of the Crimes Investigation unit of Tangalle. The police has also seized a firearm that was in the suspect's possessio...