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Sri Lanka's anti-corruption authority has arrested former minister Keheliya Rambukwella over his alleged involvement in stealing a sacred carved stone from the palace of the island's last Sinhala king, with authorities alleging he also obstructed investigations.
Sri Lanka has arrested 1,093 foreign nationals in cybercrime and fraud operations this year, nearly doubling previous annual figures. Police are deploying coordinated efforts to dismantle organised scam networks operating from rented properties.
Two former Sri Lankan security officials have been sentenced to death for their failure to prevent the 2019 Easter bombings that killed 279 people. Their legal team says they will appeal to the Supreme Court within two weeks.
A Sri Lankan court has sentenced former police chief Pujith Jayasundara to death for failing to prevent the 2019 Easter Sunday bombings that killed 279 people. The conviction comes after a state appeal overturned his 2022 acquittal.
A Sri Lankan court has ordered the Indian co-owner of a Lanka Premier League team to remain in jail pending trial on charges of attempting to bribe five cricketers to fix matches.
Sri Lanka's former spy chief, a retired major general who lectured at the Pentagon on counterterrorism, has been arrested and accused of orchestrating the 2019 Easter bombings that killed 279 people. The allegations represent a dramatic shift in the official narrative about the deadly attacks.