Courtesy Hiru News Attorney-at-Law Dr. Palitha Bandara Subasinghe has raised serious legal concerns regarding the inclusion of a link to a pornographic website in a new Grade 6 English module. He asserts that the inclusion of such material could constitute a criminal offence under Sri Lanka’s Penal Code. Speaking on the matter, Dr Subasinghe emphasised […]

උපුටා ගැන්ම ලංකා සී නිව්ස් ඇල්ල ඇතුළු දිවයිනේ විවිධ සංචාරක කලාපවල සේවය කරන ස්වාධීන රියදුරන්ට එල්ල වන බිය ගැන්වීම් සහ නීතිවිරෝධී බාධා කිරීම් සම්බන්ධයෙන් PickMe සමාගම පොලිස්පතිවරයා වෙත ලිඛිතව සිය කනස්සල්ල පළ කර තිබේ. ඩිජිටල් මොබිලිටි සොලියුෂන්ස් ලංකා පීඑල්සී (Digital Mobility Solutions Lanka PLC) ආයතනය පෙන්වා දෙන්නේ, ජංගම යෙදුම් හරහා ප්‍රවාහන සේවා සපයන රියදුරන් පිරිසක් […]

Courtesy Hiru News A fundamental rights petition will be filed in the Supreme Court by January 15 regarding the failure to issue timely public warnings for Cyclone “Ditwah”. The Independent Lawyers Association, representing the Joint Opposition, alleges that responsible state agencies acted without accountability by withholding vital safety signals. Convener Dinesh Vidanapathirana notes that the […]

Courtesy Adaderana Former Speaker and NPP Parliamentarian Asoka Ranwala, who was arrested over the vehicular collision at Sapugaskanda last night (11), has been granted bail, according to the Police Spokesman. He has been ordered release on cash bail of Rs. 200,000 by the Maligakanda Magistrate’s Court this evening. The MP, who is currently receiving treatment […]

Courtesy Hiru News The Valachchenai Magistrate’s Court today (25) ordered the Chairman and three others implicated in the removal of Archaeology Department signboards and directional boards to re-install the removed boards in their original locations. The court released the four suspects—including Valachchenai-Koralepattu Pradeshiya Sabha Chairman S. Sudhakaran—on personal bail of Rs.100,000 each, totalling Rs. 400,000. […]

Courtesy The Daily Mirror Colombo, Nov. 18 (Daily Mirror) – The Chief Incumbent of the Sri Sambuddha Jayanthi Bodhiraja Viharaya in Trincomalee, Venerable Kalyanawansa Tissa Thera, has filed a writ petition before the Court of Appeal seeking an order to prevent the demolition of a section of the temple premises. The petition names the Director […]

By Bhagya Silva, Courtesy The Daily Mirror Colombo, Nov. 12 (Daily Mirror) – Defense counsel representing Daisy Forrest, the grandmother of Yoshitha Rajapaksa, informed the Colombo High Court that maintaining proceedings against her under the Prevention of Money Laundering Act is baseless, as she is suffering from dementia. President’s Counsel Anil Silva, making submissions before […]

Courtesy The Daily Mirror Colombo, Nov. 6 (Daily Mirror) – A man who had spent eight years in prison under a death sentence for drug trafficking was acquitted by the Court of Appeal, which found that the raid and recovery of productions in the case had not met the test of probability. The Court of […]

වෛද්‍ය තිලක පද්මා සුබසිංහ අනුස්මරණ නීති අධ්‍යාපන වැඩසටහන. චූදිතයෙකුට ජීවිතාන්ත සිරදඬුවම් නියම කිරීමට හැකිවන පරිදි තනි අභිමතයට නඩු වාර්තාවේ සාක්ෂි සටහන් වෙනස් කළ විනිසුරු ශ්‍රේෂ්ඨාධිකරණයට නිර්දේශ/ අනුමත කිරීම, යුක්තිය ඉටු කිරීම සහ ජනතාවගේ අයිතිවාසිකම් ආරක්ෂා කිරීමේදී සළකා බැලීමට ජනාධිපතිට සහ ආණ්ඩුක්‍රම ව්‍යවස්ථාව සභාවට එම නඩුවට පෙනී සිටි නීතීඥවරයා විසින් 2025.10.25 දින ඉල්ලීමක් කර ඇත. එකී […]

Courtesy Adaderana A warrant has been issued for the arrest of National People’s Power (NPP) Member of Parliament Jagath Manuwarna by the Colombo Fort Magistrate’s Court, Ada Derana reporter said. The order was issued today (29) by Colombo Fort Magistrate Isuru Neththikumara after the MP failed to appear in court for a scheduled hearing. Accordingly, […]

වෛද්‍ය තිලක පද්මා සුබසිංහ අනුස්මරණ නීති අධ්‍යාපන වැඩසටහන. දිතයෙකුට ජීවිතාන්ත සිරදඬුවම් නියම කිරීමට තනි අභිමතයට නඩු වාර්තාවේ සාක්ෂි වෙනස් කළ විනිසුරු ශ්‍රේෂ්ඨාධිකරණයට..? ජනාධිපතිට සහ ආණ්ඩුක්‍රම ව්‍යවස්ථාව සභාවට ඉල්ලීමක්….. චූදිතයෙකුට ජීවිතාන්ත සිරදඬුවම් නියම කිරීමට හැකිවන පරිදි තනි අභිමතයට නඩු වාර්තාවේ සාක්ෂි සටහන් වෙනස් කළ ගිහාන් කුලතුංග විනිසුරු ශ්‍රේෂ්ඨාධිකරණයට නිර්දේශ/ අනුමත කිරීම, යුක්තිය ඉටු කිරීම සහ ජනතාවගේ අයිතිවාසිකම් […]

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 […]

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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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 […]

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 […]

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 […]

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 […]

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 […]

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 […]

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 […]

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 […]

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 […]

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 […]

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 […]

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 […]

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 […]