09/06/2010
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Sunday Leader
The police have arrested two JVP members while distributing leaflets on the proposed 18th amendment among people in the Nuwara Eliya town.
08/20/2010
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Asian Human Rights Commission
The beating of an opposition Member of Parliament by officers of the Galle police raises one important question: how many times do you have to beat an MP before he learns his lesson?
08/19/2010
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Asian Human Rights Commission
It is an alarming eye opener but yet just another incident experienced by many Sri Lankans in their day to day life that shows the reality of the practice of policing in Sri Lanka. While three members of parliament (MPs) and a Provincial Council member went to make a complaint at the Headquarters Police Station of Galle two of the MPs were assaulted and put into a cell. The police then filed fabricated cases against them. Sadly there is nothing unusual about this. However, it does show the inability of the Sri Lankan police and their unwillingness to implement the rule of law in the country.
08/16/2010
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IRIN
MAELIYA, 16 August 2010 (IRIN) - Sri Lanka has launched a massive community prevention campaign targeting dengue fever using billboards, TV spots and even schoolchildren.
08/12/2010
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Agence France-Presse
COLOMBO — Sri Lankan police arrested three Iranian men and seized a haul of methamphetamine with an estimated street value of tens of millions of dollars, a spokesman said Thursday.
08/06/2010
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BBC
Police in Sri Lanka say they have arrested a man alleged to be one of the most wanted fraudsters in the country.
08/06/2010
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AsiaNews
On 17 July, masked men wielding weapons destroyed the homes of residents in Panama and Ragamvila, two coastal villages in northeastern Sri Lanka. Police and troops who now occupy the area have prevented residents from coming back. Locals accuse the government of taking their land to promote tourist development.
07/27/2010
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BBC
A leading monk from eastern Sri Lanka has issued a three day ultimatum to police to vacate an occupied village in the Ampara district.
Rev. Panama Chandarathana, the Chief Sanganayaka thero of Wellassa Digamadulla region along with villagers from Ragamwela agreed to call off a protest following a pledge by senior police officers.
07/22/2010
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Hindustan Times
A worried Sri Lankan government has mobilised the army, navy and air force to assist civic authorities in curbing a wave of dengue fever spreading across the country, claiming at least 160 lives and infecting more than 21,600 people till now. The Colombo city – a city of less than a million people-- and its adjoining areas are worst-hit by the disease. Government hospitals are overflowing with dengue patients; children have been badly affected.
07/21/2010
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Minivan News
An Environmental Protection Unit has been established by the Sri Lankan police to assist in the country’s current dengue eradication campaign which is being conducted by the army and police.