It has been revealed that Perpetual Treasuries Limited beneficiary owner Arjun Aloysius’ phone found in the cell he is held, had been used to contact persons involved in various crimes.

The Attorney General yesterday informed the Supreme Court that all the events pertaining to the murder of Bharatha Lakshman Premachandra and others were rallied around the eleventh accused Duminda Silva.

Sections of the international community (IC) have expressed their opposition to the implementation of the death penalty in Sri Lanka.

A list of names comprising 18 prisoners convicted for drug trafficking and sentenced to death was handed over to the Justice Ministry yesterday, Commissioner of Prisons (Administration/Intelligence and Security) H.M.T.N. Upuldeniya told the Daily News yesterday. He said the majority of those inmates were being detained at the Welikada Prison while several have been detained in outstation prisons.

President Maithripala Sirisena’s former Chief of Staff K. Mahanama and former State Timber Corporation (STC) Chairman P. Dissanayaka were yesterday ordered to be further remanded.

The Government Medical Officers’ Association (GMOA) yesterday (10) warned that it would strike on any day after 17 July, if the Government failed to resolve 10 of its issues, including making appropriate appointments for the vacant Deputy Administrative Grade Posts.

The case filed by the Bribery Commission against Gotabhaya Rajapaksa and eight others has been postponed until 30 October, as ordered by the Colombo Chief Magistrate Ranga Dissanayake.

Senior Superintendent of Police (SSP) Palitha R. Siriwardena levelled allegations of corruption against Inspector General of Police (IGP) Pujith Jayasundara yesterday (6).

The New York Times article detailing alleged financial misappropriation by former President Mahinda Rajapaksa has been handed over to the Criminal Investigations Department (CID), Prime Minister Ranil Wickeremesinghe told Parliament yesterday.