Police spokesman Ajith Rohana said guards had "used force to control an unruly situation" in the Mahara prison. Around 1,000 cases have been reported from the country's overcrowded prisons.

"Police arrested Caroline Jurie and model Chula Padmendra over Sunday's incident on charges of simple hurt and criminal cause," police spokesman Ajith Rohana told the BBC. The Myanmar beauty queen ...

Police spokesman Ajith Rohana told Xinhua that the people had attended a function in the eastern town of Batticaloa the previous evening and fell sick after consuming food at the event.

“The mode of implanting the system will be finalized soon,” Police spokesman SP Ajith Rohana said. Even though the long term plan is to introduce a computerised system, a form will used initially to ...