Gotabaya grilled for nearly 4 hours
Former Defense Secretary Gotabaya Rajapaksa has left the Criminal Investigation Department (CID) after recording a statement. Rajapaksa arrived at the…
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CID submits report with new information on Lasantha Wickrematunge murder to court
The Criminal Investigation Department conducting investigations into the killing of journalist Lasantha Wickrematunge has submitted a detailed report with new…
Common candidate for 2020?
Co-cabinet Spokesperson, Minister Rajitha Senaratne has told the media that after the May Day celebrations, the Prime Minister has discussed…
Former police OIC, DIG arrested over Lasantha Wickrematunge’s killing further remanded
A Sri Lankan court today further remanded the former senior DIG Prasanna Nanayakkara and former Mount Lavinia Police Crimes OIC,…
IFJ condemns harassment of a provincial journalist by Sri Lankan military
The International Federation of Journalists (IFJ) along with its affiliate Free Media Movement (FMM) today condemned the detention and harassment…
Russia MP: ‘I don’t feel people up. Well, OK, just a little’
A BBC journalist has alleged that she was sexually harassed by the senior Russian politician Leonid Slutsky. BBC Russian Service’s…
Silencing the voice: The forgotten tragedy of Richard de Zoysa
By Venuri Gangodawila It was 18th February 1990. A fateful day. It was the day that the murder of the…
Former DIG arrested in connection with journalist Lasantha Wickrematunge’s murder
The Criminal Investigations Department (CID) of Sri Lanka Police Tuesday arrested a former Deputy Inspector General of Police (DIG) over…
Mangala pledges justice for Lasantha
Finance and Media Minister Mangala Samaraweera yesterday pledged to provide all resources to the CID and Attorney General’s Department to…
CID and AG in two minds over Ekneligoda case– Sagala Ratnayake
By Gagani Weerakoon The Criminal Investigation Department (CID) and the Attorney General’s Department are debating whether the journalist Prageeth Ekneligoda…