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Sri Lanka Customs warns of WhatsApp scam using director general's name

Sri Lanka, Feb. 19 -- Sri Lanka Customs has uncovered an organized scam in which fraudsters impersonate the Director General of Customs to solicit money from individuals through WhatsApp messages. Ac... Read More


Chinese film Nezha 2 becomes highest-grossing animated film globally

Sri Lanka, Feb. 19 -- Chinese animated blockbuster Nezha 2 overtook Pixar's Inside Out 2 on Tuesday to become the highest-grossing animated film globally, according to data from ticketing platform Mao... Read More


Maheesh Theekshana takes the number one slot in ODI rankings

Sri Lanka, Feb. 19 -- Shubman Gill and Maheesh Theekshana have become the new No. 1 men's ODI batter and bowler respectively in the ICC rankings update released on the opening day of the Champions Tro... Read More


Woman dressed as a lawyer assisted shooter in Aluthkade court attack

Sri Lanka, Feb. 19 -- Gunaratne Wanninayake, President of the Colombo Chief Magistrate's Court Bar Association, revealed that a woman dressed as a lawyer assisted the shooter in the killing of underwo... Read More


Gunman smuggled firearm inside a book for Aluthkade court shooting

Sri Lanka, Feb. 19 -- A notorious drug trafficker and criminal gang leader Sanjeewa Kumara Samararatne, alias "Ganemulla Sanjeewa," was shot inside the Aluthkade Court premises this morning (19). Inv... Read More


Aluthkade court shooting suspect disguised as a lawyer

Sri Lanka, Feb. 19 -- Sri Lanka Police have identified the suspect responsible for the shooting inside the No. 05 Magistrate's Court within the Aluthkade Courts Complex this morning (19), which result... Read More


Parliamentarians express concerns following shooting of Ganemulla Sanjeewa (Video)

Sri Lanka, Feb. 19 -- Several ministers and opposition members expressed their concerns in Parliament regarding the shooting death of organized crime figure Ganemulla Sanjeewa in the Aluthkade court c... Read More


Suspect arrested for sending obscene images and audio via WhatsApp

Sri Lanka, Feb. 19 -- A 49-year-old man has been arrested by the North Central Provincial Computer Crimes Investigation Division of the Criminal Investigation Department for sending obscene photos and... Read More


Immigration office opens 24/7 to address passport delays

Sri Lanka, Feb. 19 -- Minister of Public Security Ananda Wijepala has announced that the main office of the Department of Immigration and Emigration will be open 24 hours a day starting today to facil... Read More


Bread price to be reduced by Rs. 10 following flour price cut

Sri Lanka, Feb. 18 -- With the price of a kilogram of wheat flour reduced by Rs. 10, the Bakery Manufacturers Association has agreed to lower the price of a loaf of bread by Rs. 10 and reduce the pric... Read More