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Saturday, October 18th, 2025
වෛද්ය තිලක පද්මා සුබසිංහ අනුස්මරණ නීති අධ්යාපන වැඩසටහන October 18, 2025 සිංහල සහ ඉංග්රීසි භාෂාවලින් ඇති ආණ්ඩුක්රම ව්යවස්ථාවල 83 වන ව්යවස්ථාවේ වෙනස්කම් තිබේද කියා නීති කෙටුම්පත් සම්පාදක දෙපාර්තමේන්තුව කර ඇති පරීක්ෂණය සම්බන්ධ විස්තර නීතීඥවරයෙකු තොරතුරු පනතෙන් ඉල්ලයි. 2016 අංක 12 දරන තොරතුරු දැනගැනීමේ අයිතිවාසිකම පිළිබඳ පනත යටතේ නීතීඥ අරුණ ලක්සිරි උණවටුන විසින් සිංහල සහ ඉංග්රීසි […]
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Tuesday, October 14th, 2025
Courtesy The Daily Mirror Colombo, October 14 (Daily Mirror)- Former Navy Commander Nishantha Ulugetenne, who was in remand custody in connection with the disappearance of a youth from Pothuhera, was granted bail by the Kurunegala Magistrate’s Court today. Ulugetenne was arrested in connection with the disappearance of a youth from Pothuhera, which reportedly occurred during […]
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Monday, October 13th, 2025
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Monday, October 13th, 2025
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Monday, October 13th, 2025
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Monday, October 13th, 2025
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Sunday, October 12th, 2025
Courtesy Hiru News The Mount Lavinia Additional Magistrate today (October 12) granted permission to the police to obtain CCTV footage relevant to the full investigation launched into the recent incident between a lawyer and a police constable within the Mount Lavinia Court premises. The permission was granted following submissions made today by the Mount Lavinia […]
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Sunday, October 12th, 2025
Courtesy Hiru News Police Headquarters has announced that the Mount Lavinia Headquarters Police have commenced an investigation into a senior lawyer who accompanied the attorney allegedly assaulted by a police officer in the Mount Lavinia Court premises. Police Headquarters issued a statement confirming that the investigation targets the senior lawyer for allegedly swearing at and […]
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Saturday, October 4th, 2025
by Canishka G Witharana ATTORNEY-AT-LAW Courtesy The Island On 9 September 2025, the Chairman of the Sri Lanka Tourism Development Authority (SLTDA) and the Sri Lanka Tourism Promotion Bureau (SLTPB) formally endorsed a project spearheaded by EQUAL GROUND (apparently an NGO) to promote and develop LGBTIQ tourism in Sri Lanka. In this letter, titled Endorsement of […]
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Friday, October 3rd, 2025
Courtesy Adaderana The Tangalle Magistrate’s Court has granted permission for police to detain and interrogate Sanath Weerasinghe, also known as ‘Beliatta Sanaa,’ who was arrested in connection with the large haul of narcotics recently seized in Seenimodara, Tangalle. Accordingly, Additional Magistrate Vidura Weerakoon permitted police to detain and interrogate the suspect until October 9, police […]
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Wednesday, September 3rd, 2025
නීතීඥ අරුණ ලක්සිරි උණවටුන B.Sc(Col), PGDC(Col) සමායෝජක, වෛද්ය තිලක පද්මා සුබසිංහ අනුස්මරණ නීති අධ්යාපන වැඩසටහන 1. 2016 අංක 12 දරන තොරතුරු දැනගැනීමේ අයිතිවාසිකම පිළිබඳ පනත මහජනතාවට තොරතුරු වෙත ප්රවේශවීම පිණිස පනවන ලද සක්රීය නීතියකි. 2. සිංහල භාෂාවෙන් ඇති ආණ්ඩුක්රම ව්යවස්ථාවේ 83 වන ව්යස්ථාවේ (ආ) ඡේදය නිවැරදිව ඉංග්රීසි භාෂාවෙන් ඇති ආණ්ඩුක්රම ව්යවස්ථාවේ නොදැක්වෙන හෙයින් එය නිවැරදිව ඉංග්රීසි […]
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Sunday, August 24th, 2025
මාධ්ය අංශය, වෛද්ය තිලක පද්මා සුබසිංහ අනුස්මරණ නීති අධ්යාපන වැඩසටහන ආණ්ඩුක්රම ව්යවස්ථාවේ 1, 2, 3, 7, 9, 10, 23, 79, 80, 83 වන ව්යවස්ථා අනුව කතානායකවරයාට හෝ ජනාධිපතිවරයාට සහතිකය යෙදිය නොහැකි ඉංග්රීසි භාෂා පරිවර්තන පනත් නීති ලෙස භාවිතා කිරීම වළක්වන ලෙස සහ ව්යවස්ථාපිත යුතුකම ඉටුකිරීම සම්බන්ධයෙන් අවධානය යොමු කරමින් නීතීඥ අරුණ ලක්සිරි උණවටුන මහතා පාර්ලිමේන්තු […]
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Friday, August 22nd, 2025
Courtesy Adaderana The United National Party’s (UNP) media unit has released a copy of the officially invitation letter sent by the University of Wolverhampton to former President Ranil Wickremesinghe and his wife, Professor Maithree Wickremesinghe. In its statement, the UNP media unit claimed that the former President had not misused state funds in relation to […]
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Friday, August 22nd, 2025
Courtesy Adaderana Former President Ranil Wickremesinghe, who was arrested and remanded in custody on Friday over allegations he misused state funds while in office, has been admitted to the Prisons Hospital on the advice of doctors, according to the Prisons Spokesman. Wickremesinghe became the most senior opposition figure to be hauled up in an anti-corruption […]
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Thursday, August 14th, 2025
Media Release – The Internet Media Action (IMA) | August 14, 2025The Internet Media Action (IMA) urges the government to immediately suspend the summonsissued by the Counter Terrorism and Investigation Division (CTID) to photojournalist Kanapathipillai Kumanan to ensure that journalists are able to work freely. A police notice has revealed that the CTID has issued […]
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Monday, August 11th, 2025
Courtesy Adaderana A court in Puttalam today (11) ordered that the ilmenite processing site located in Aruwakkalu adjacent to the Wilpattu National Park boundary, be placed under police custody until further investigations are completed. The order was issued by Puttalam District Judge Mihil Chirantha Sathurusinghe following a report presented to court regarding the operation of […]
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Wednesday, July 23rd, 2025
Courtesy Hiru News The Criminal Investigation Department has informed the Fort Magistrate’s Court that the former Officer-in-Charge (OIC) of the Batticaloa Divisional Intelligence Unit, who was arrested in connection with the Easter Sunday attacks, is being detained for 72 hours for questioning under the Prevention of Terrorism Act. He was arrested on suspicion of misleading […]
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Wednesday, July 23rd, 2025
Courtesy Hiru News The Supreme Court today (23), ruled that Ranil Wickremesinghe, as acting President in 2022, violated fundamental human rights through the emergency regulations he declared on July, 17, 2022, under the Public Security Ordinance to control protesters. The majority decision was delivered by Chief Justice Murdhu Fernando and Justice Yasantha Kodagoda. However, Justice […]
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Tuesday, July 22nd, 2025
Courtesy Hiru News The Committee to Investigate IGP Deshabandu Tennakoon has unanimously concluded that he is guilty of the allegations brought against him, and recommends he be removed from the post. This was revealed by the Speaker of Parliament. This committee has found unanimously that the officer in question is guilty of the allegations brought […]
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Friday, July 18th, 2025
Courtesy The Daily Mirror Despite legal bans, ragging remains a deeply entrenched, systemic crisis in Sri Lankan universities, fueled by complicity and institutional silence, but a bold intervention proves it can be eradicated Ragging is not merely a matter of seniors bullying juniors. It is a complex, systemic issue involving indoctrination, complicity, and institutional silence […]
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Thursday, July 17th, 2025
අරුණ ලක්සිරි උණවටුන B.Sc(Col), PGDC(Col) නීතීඥ, සමායෝජක, වෛද්ය තිලක පද්මා සුබසිංහ අනුස්මරණ නීති අධ්යාපන වැඩසටහන. 1. 1815 උඩරට ගිවිසුම මගින් බ්රිතාන්යය කිරීටය විසින් මෙරට විධායක, ව්යවස්ථාදායක සහ අධිකරණ බලය යටත් කර ගැනීමෙන් පසු බ්රිතාන්යය අලිඛිත ආණ්ඩුක්රම ව්යවස්ථාවට අනුව පාලනය කිරීම සිඳු විය. 2. 1947 ඩොමීනියන් නිදහස ලබා දුන් සෝල්බරි ව්යවස්ථාව සහ සියළු ආඥා පනත් ඉංග්රීසි භාෂාවෙන් පමණක් පැනවීය. […]
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Wednesday, July 16th, 2025
Courtesy Daily Mirror Colombo, July 16 (Daily Mirror)- The Attorney General has informed the Colombo Trial-at-Bar Judges Namal Balalle, Mahesh Weeraman and Sujeewa Nishshanka that the current Director of the Criminal Investigation Department (CID) Shani Abeysekara, has been named as a witness in the ongoing case concerning the abduction and disappearance of journalist Prageeth Ekneligoda […]
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Thursday, July 10th, 2025
අරුණ ලක්සිරි උණවටුන B.Sc(Col), PGDC(Col) නීතීඥ, සමායෝජක, වෛද්ය තිලක පද්මා සුබසිංහ අනුස්මරණ නීති අධ්යාපන වැඩසටහන ආණ්ඩුක්රම ව්යවස්ථාවේ 83වන ව්යවස්ථාවේ (ආ) ඡේදය සිංහල භාෂා පාඨයට ගැලපෙන ලෙස නිවැරදිව එහි ඉංග්රීසි භාෂා පරිවර්තන පාඨය නොපවතින බව වරලත් ඉංජිනේරුවරයෙකු වන හර්ෂ කුමාර් සූරියආරච්චි මහතා විසින් පෙන්වා දී තිබූ අතර මේ දක්වා එකී පරිවර්තන දෝෂය නිවැරදි කිරීමට විධායකය විසින් ක්රියාකර නොතිබීම හේතුවෙන් ආණ්ඩුක්රම […]
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Sunday, July 6th, 2025
අරුණ ලක්සිරි උණවටුන B.Sc(Col), PGDC(Col) නීතීඥ, සමායෝජක, වෛද්ය තිලක පද්මා සුබසිංහ අනුස්මරණ නීති අධ්යාපන වැඩසටහන. 1. ආණ්ඩුක්රම ව්යවස්ථාවේ 23වන ව්යවස්ථාවේ නීති පැනවීමේ භාෂාව දක්වා ඇති අතර සිංහල සහ දෙමළ භාෂාවෙන් නීති පැනවීම, සෑදීම සහ පළ කිරීම කළ යුතු බවත් ඉංග්රීසි භාෂාවෙන් වූ පරිවර්තනයක් තිබිය යුතු බවත් දක්වා ඇත. 2. ශ්රී ලංකා ජනරජයේ පරමාධිපත්යය ජනතාව කෙරෙහි […]
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Friday, July 4th, 2025
රාජ්ය භාෂා සතිය (2025.07.01-2025.07.07) නිමිත්තෙන් වෛද්ය තිලක පද්මා සුබසිංහ අනුස්මරණ නීති අධ්යාපන වැඩසටහනේ මාධ්ය නිවේදනය. ආණ්ඩුක්රම ව්යවස්ථාවේ 83වන ව්යවස්ථාවේ ආ. ඡේදය සිංහල සහ ඉංග්රීසි භාෂා පාඨ අතර වෙනස්කම් පිළිබද රාජ්ය භාෂා කොමිෂන් සභාවේ අවධානය යොමු කිරීමට වෛද්ය තිලක පද්මා සුබසිංහ අනුස්මරණ නීති අධ්යාපන වැඩසටහනේ සමායෝජක නීතීඥ අරුණ ලක්සිරි උණවටුන මහතා විසින් කරන ලද ඉල්ලීමකට අනුව 2025 ජූනි […]
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Wednesday, June 25th, 2025
Courtesy Daily Mirror Colombo, June 25 (Daily Mirror) – United National Party (UNP) General Secretary Talatha Athukorala has alleged that a Deputy Minister attempted to influence police regarding the recent assault on Colombo Municipal Council (CMC) member Sandamali Uluwitage. “We are aware that this Deputy Minister contacted the Grandpass Police to inquire about the incident. […]
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Monday, June 16th, 2025
Courtesy The Daily Mirror Colombo, June 16 (Daily Mirror) – The Attorney General’s Department today informed the Supreme Court that it expects to file objections to two Fundamental Rights petitions filed challenging the legality of the recently signed Memoranda of Understanding (MoU) between Sri Lanka and India. When the matter was called before the Supreme […]
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Wednesday, June 11th, 2025
By Upali Ananda Courtesy Daily Mirror According to a document issued by the Anuradhapura Prison Superintendent, W.M. Athula Thilakaratne who received a Presidential pardon on Vesak Poya Day, and who is also an accused wanted by the Criminal Investigation Department (CID), appeared before the Anuradhapura Additional Magistrate’s Court today over a different case pending against […]
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Wednesday, June 4th, 2025
නීතීඥ අරුණ ලක්සිරි උණවටුන B.Sc(Col), PGDC(Col) ආණ්ඩුක්රම ව්යවස්ථාව අර්ථනිරූපණය කළ යුත්තේ ජනතාවගේ පරමාධිපත්යය නිරූපණය කරන ආණ්ඩුක්රම ව්යවස්ථාවේ දක්වා ඇති නීති පැනවීමේ භාෂාවෙන් ය. ආණ්ඩුක්රම ව්යවස්ථාවේ 3වන ව්යවස්ථාවේ ජනතාවගේ පරමාධිපත්යය ජනතාව කෙරෙහි පිහිටා ඇති බවත්, 23 වන ව්යවස්ථා මගින් ජනතාවගේ පරමාධිපත්යය බලය ක්රියාත්මක කරමින් නිරූපණය කරන නීති පැනවීමේ භාෂාවත් දක්වා ඇත. ඒ සිංහල භාෂාව ය. එනම් ශ්රේෂ්ඨාධිකරණය […]
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Wednesday, June 4th, 2025
Courtesy Adaderana The Sri Lanka Navy has been instructed to conduct a thorough investigation into the incident that occurred in the sea area off Kuchchaveli in Trincomalee, and to submit a detailed report as soon as possible, according to the Fisheries Ministry. This directive was issued by the Minister of Fisheries, Aquatic Resources, and Marine […]
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