Oct 31 (AD) Brother of the notorious criminal figure on death row Dematagoda Chaminda who was arrested over his involvement in drug dealing has been remanded until Nov 5. Ruwan Chamila Prasanna alias Dematagoda Ruwan was taken into custody yesterday (29) by the Illegal Assets and Property Investigation Division of the CID. The suspect was produced before Colombo Additional Magistrate Lochani Abeywickrama more..

Oct 31 (Island) SL’s High Commissioner to India Milinda Moragoda, accompanied by a delegation of senior High Commission officials, paid a courtesy call on the Chief Minister of Uttar Pradesh Shri Yogi Adityanath on Thursday (28) afternoon at the Chief Minister’s official residence in Lucknow. The Chief Secretary of the Uttar Pradesh Govt Shri Rajendra Kumar Tiwari and several other key State officials were present at the meeting. The courtesy call on Chief Minister of Uttar Pradesh by the HC more..

Oct 31 (DM) Five Indonesian women, victims of an illegal sex trafficking ring, were taken into police custody after a brothel was raided in Mount Lavinia today. The victims of the sex trafficking ring were brought to SL promising jobs in star class int'l hotels. However, once the women arrived in the country, their passports were confiscated and they were forced to do sex work in brothel houses located in Dehiwala and Mount Lavinia. One brothel house was a mere 50 metres away from more..

Oct 31 (TM) Chinese company Qingdao Seawin Biotech Group Co., Ltd., which is in the midst of a controversy over a twice rejected shipment of organic fertiliser, would have to submit a fresh sample of the fertiliser stock to the authorities if the quality of the fertiliser was to be retested, according to the Dept of Agriculture. This came in the backdrop of the Economic and Commercial Office of Chinese Embassy in Colombo more..

Oct 31 (Island) A demonstration has been organised by LTTE sympathisers in the UK opposite the Scottish Event Campus in Glasgow where Prez Rajapaksa is scheduled to attend the UN Climate Change Conference (COP26). The Sunday Island reliably learns that the organisers of the protest have invited people from all over the UK and arrangements have been made to use six luxury buses to transport them. A full-page paid advertisement has also been placed in more..

Oct 31 (ST) Thirty-seven Western Province police officers have been identified as allegedly being addicted to narcotics. Police Chief C.D. Wickramaratne has forwarded their names to the Senior Deputy Inspector General (SDIG) Deshabandu Tennakoon who is in charge of the Western Province, with instruction to take action. SDIG Tennakoon has in turn forwarded the list to the DIGs in charge of the Colombo Range, Kalutara Range, Western Province Southern Range more..

Oct 31 (ST) Governing by coalition has never been an easy task anywhere in the world and SL is no exception. It is only the next most difficult thing to a cohabitation govt. The country’s governing history post-independence is littered with coalition govts coming to power on the back of many grand promises and alliances, only to fall apart midway in office due to internal conflicts. The 2015 marriage between UNP and SLFP, more..