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Gnanasara Thero transferred to prison hospital after surgery
LOCAL

Gnanasara Thero transferred to prison hospital after surgery

Ven. Galagoda Aththe Gnanasara Thero who is currently serving 6 years in prison will be transferred to the Prisons Hospital…

byFaraz Shauketaly30/08/2018
Sri Lanka lawmaker suggests death penalty for prison officers abetting drug traffickers to organize crimes from jail
LOCAL

Sri Lanka lawmaker suggests death penalty for prison officers abetting drug traffickers to organize crimes from jail

Colombo District UNP parliamentarian Mujibur Rahman in a letter to President Maithripala Sirisena has requested imposing death penalty also on…

byFaraz Shauketaly16/07/2018
Sri Lanka court jails extremist Buddhist monk for threatening missing journalist’s wife
LOCALTOP STORY

Sri Lanka court jails extremist Buddhist monk for threatening missing journalist’s wife

A Sri Lankan court on Thursday sentenced the extremist Buddhist monk Ven. Galagoda Aththe Gnanasara Thero for six months in…

byFaraz Shauketaly15/06/2018
Sun Zhengcai: Former top Chinese official jailed for life
WORLD

Sun Zhengcai: Former top Chinese official jailed for life

A former Chinese Communist Party official once tipped for a top leadership position has been sentenced to life in prison…

byFaraz Shauketaly08/05/2018
Bill Cosby found guilty of sexual assault in retrial
WORLD

Bill Cosby found guilty of sexual assault in retrial

US comedian Bill Cosby has been found guilty of three counts of sexual assault, each of which carries a potential…

byFaraz Shauketaly27/04/2018
Sri Lankan maid who stole employer’s necklace in UAE jailed for six months
LOCAL

Sri Lankan maid who stole employer’s necklace in UAE jailed for six months

A Sharjah court has sentenced a Sri Lankan maid, who stole her employer’s gold necklace and was caught after she…

byFaraz Shauketaly18/01/2018
Thai fraudster sentenced to 13,275 years in prison
WORLD

Thai fraudster sentenced to 13,275 years in prison

A Thai court has sentenced a fraudster to more than 13,000 years in prison. Pudit Kittithradilok, 34, admitted running a…

byFaraz Shauketaly30/12/2017
Dubai court sentences Sri Lankan worker to life in prison for murder of compatriot
LOCAL

Dubai court sentences Sri Lankan worker to life in prison for murder of compatriot

A Sri Lankan migrant worker in the United Arab Emirates has been sentenced to life in prison for murder of…

byFaraz Shauketaly28/12/2017
Sri Lankan President to pardon nearly 500 prisoners on the occasion of Christmas
LOCAL

Sri Lankan President to pardon nearly 500 prisoners on the occasion of Christmas

Nearly 500 inmates will be released under the presidential pardon on the occasion of Christmas, the Prisons Department says. Media…

byFaraz Shauketaly23/12/2017
Max Clifford, jailed former publicist, dies aged 74
WORLD

Max Clifford, jailed former publicist, dies aged 74

Clifford, sentenced to eight years in prison in 2014, collapsed at HMP Littlehey in Cambridgeshire, says MoJ spokeswoman Former celebrity…

byFaraz Shauketaly10/12/2017

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