BBC News; A court in Ukraine has jailed a Russian tank commander for life for killing a civilian at the first war crimes trial since the invasion. Captured soldier Sgt Vadim Shishimarin was convicted of killing Oleksandr Shelipov, 62, in the north-eastern village of Chupakhivka on 28 February. ...

COLOMBO (News 1st); Former Parliamentarian Ranjan Ramanayaka was summoned on Friday (18) to the Police Unit of the Presidential Commission of Inquiry probing incidents of Political Victimization. Ramanayaka on Thursday (17) visited the Commission at the BMICH Premises in Colombo and provided stat...

COLOMBO (News 1st); Three jailers have been interdicted with immediate effect in connection with the recent death of a prisoners at the Kandurugas Ara open prison camp. Prison Media Spokesperson Chandana Ekanayake stated that the jailer in charge of the camp, the sergeant jailer and the guard jai...

(NDTV); A Court in Patna on Friday (17) awarded life sentence to three persons and 10 years' rigorous imprisonment to five others in the 2018 Bodh Gaya blast case. Special NIA judge Gurvinder Singh Mehrotra announced the quantum of punishment for eight Jamaat-ul-Mujahideen Bangladesh (JMB) milita...

COLOMBO (News 1st): Four parcels containing prohibited substances have been seized by Welikada Prison officials after they were thrown over the boundary wall of the prison on 28,29 and 30 July. The parcels were found to have been thrown over the wall of the prison from the Wanathamulla area. W...