Dubai is no longer a safe destination for criminals to hide, a senior CID official said. Attesting to this, the Sri Lanka Criminal Investigation Department (CID) expressed gratitude for the unwavering support and commitment of Interpol Abu Dhabi and United Arab Emirates (UAE) Embassy in Sri Lanka.
This appreciation was formally conveyed during a meeting between the Head of CID International Cooperation and DIG of the CID Rohan Premaratne and the UAE Ambassador to Sri Lanka, Khaled Nasser AI Ameri, on August 29, 2024, at the UAE Embassy in Sri Lanka. The Secretary of the Ministry of Public Security of Sri Lanka, Mr Viyani Gunathilaka, was also in attendance.
With the collaboration of Interpol Abu Dhabi and the UAE Embassy in Sri Lanka, we have successfully detected, arrested and deported numerous high-profile criminals and drug traffickers from the UAE this year. The UAE officials have assured us of their continued support for these ongoing efforts ,” DIG of the CID Mr Premaratne said.
(By Ishu Bandara)
Several shops were damaged in a major fire that broke out in a shop on the third floor of a building at First Cross Street in Pettah, Colombo, today evening.
The number of Buddhist monks who were killed following the accident at the Na Uyana Theravada Buddhist Monastery (Na Uyana Aranya Senansenaya) in Pansiyagama, Melsiripura, Kurunegala currently stands at nine , with four injured, Minister of Buddhasasana, Religious and Cultural Affairs Prof. Hiniduma Sunil Senevi told Parliament this morning. He revealed that two of the injured Buddhist monks are being treated at the Intensive Care Unit (ICU
President Anura Kumara Dissanayake today warned that Ceylon Electricity Board Employees would have to make a choice in the next two months.
President Anura Kumara Dissanayake, addressing the 80th session of the United Nations General Assembly, said that both inequality and poverty ought to be regarded as a worldwide catastrophe that requires urgent attention.
The opposition has renewed its demand for a long delayed forensic audit into the controversial e-visa deal, following the sentencing of former Controller General of Immigration, Harsha Ilukpitiya, for contempt of court.
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