Only officers attached to institutions responsible for maintaining law and order are legally permitted to use or possess legitimate handcuffs, Police Media Spokesperson Assistant Superintendent of Police (ASP) F. U. Wuttler said, according to the State owned newspaper Silumina. He stressed that the possession...

Colombo Magistrate’s Court today (9) granted bail to Hemali Anithra Wijeratne, daughter of Dr Maheshi Wijeratne, consultant neurosurgeon at Sri Jayewardenepura General Hospital. Hemali Wijeratne had been remanded on allegations of issuing death threats to two officers of the Commission to Investigate Allegations of...