President Chandrika Bandaranaike Kumaratunga yesterday launched the new Police SOS call service No 118 at the Defence Ministry. Here the President is seen testing this new police emergency hotline. With her is Minister of Public Security, Law and Order and Deputy Defence Minister Ratnasiri Wickremanayake. Pic by Saliya Rupasinghe

by Stanley Samarasinghe

A proper crime prevention strategy requires a free and fair judiciary as well as a clean police service that can command public cooperation, President Chandrika Bandaranaike Kumaratunga said yesterday.
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SB released on bail

by Sarath Malalasekera

Colombo Chief Magistrate and Additional District Judge Sarojini Kusala Weerawardena yesterday released former UNP Minister S.B. Dissanayake on bail when he was produced before court by official of the Commission to Investigate Allegations of Bribery or Corruption under the Bribery Act.
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