Former minister Douglas Devananda has been arrested by the Criminal Investigation Department (CID in connection with an investigation into a missing firearm, police sources said. The arrest relates to an incident in which a firearm issued to Devananda for his personal use by the Sri...

A Police Constable from the Suriyakanda Police Station has formally petitioned the Human Rights Commission (HRC) in Ratnapura, seeking an impartial investigation into an altercation with National People’s Power (NPP) MP Shantha Pathma Kumara. The officer, currently under suspension and released on bail, claims...