Courtesy The Daily Mirror Colombo, July 15 (Daily Mirror)- The Fundamental Rights petition filed by a lawyer seeking a declaration that the Presidential election should not be held without a referendum on the 19th amendment to the Constitution, was dismissed by the Supreme Court with a Rs. 500,000 cost a short while ago. The Supreme […]

Ada Derana ජනාධිපතිවරණය කල්දැමීමට ඉල්ලූ දෙවැනි පෙත්සමත් විසිවෙයි අගවිනිසුරුගෙන් පෙත්සම්කරුට දෝස් මුරයක් “මෙච්චර කියලත් තේරෙන්නේ නැත්නම්…”

Courtesy Adaderana A three-member panel of judges has been named to take up for consideration the Fundamental Rights (FR) petition filed seeking an order to prevent holding of the Presidential Election as the 19th Amendment to the Constitution has not been properly passed in Parliament. Accordingly, the petition filed by Attorney-at-Law Aruna Laksiri, is slated […]

මාධ්‍ය අංශය, වෛද්‍ය තිලක පද්මා සුබසිංහ අනුස්මරණ නීති අධ්‍යාපන වැඩසටහන 19ට පැවැත්විය යුතු  ජනමතවිචාරණය පවත්වා නැති බවත්, ජනාධිපතිවරණය පැවත්විය හැක්කේ  එකී ජනමතවිචාරණය පවත්වා ජනාධිපතිවරයා විසින් 19ය නීතියක් බවට සහකිය යෙදීමෙන් පසුව බවත්, ඒ සදහාවන ජනමතවිචාරණය පැවැත්වීමට ශ්‍රේෂ්ඨාධිකරණයෙන් නියෝග ලබා ගැනීමට නීතීඥ අරුණ ලක්සිරි උණවටුන විසින් ශ්‍රේෂ්ඨාධිකරණයේ  මූලික අයිතිවාසිකම් නඩුවක් පවරා ඇත. 19 වන ආණ්ඩුක්‍රම ව්‍යවස්ථා […]

නීතීඥ අරුණ ලක්සිරි උණවටුන B.Sc(Col), PGDC(Col) සමායෝජක, වෛද්‍ය තිලක පද්මා සුබසිංහ අනුස්මරණ නීති අධ්‍යාපන වැඩසටහන ජනාධිපතිවරණය 2024 දී පැවැත්වීම නතර කර ගැනීමට, පානදුරේ ලිපිනයැති චමින්ද ලේනව නම් අයෙක් ආණ්ඩුක්‍රම ව්‍යවස්ථාවේ විධිවිධාන යටතේ මූලික අයිතිවාසිකම් නඩුවක් ශ්‍රේෂ්ඨාධිකරණයේදී පවරා ඇති අතර එය ආණ්ඩුක්‍රම ව්‍යවස්ථාවේ 70 ව්‍යවස්ථාව අදාල කරගෙන පවරා නොමැත්තේනම් සාර්ථක කරගත හැකිද යන්න පෙන්වා දීම මෙම […]

මාධ්‍ය අංශය, වෛද්‍ය තිලක පද්මා සුබසිංහ අනුස්මරණ නීති අධ්‍යාපන වැඩසටහන. 2024.06.19 වන දින, විදේශ නඩු තීන්දු අනෝන්‍යව පිළිගැනීම, ලියාපදිංචි කිරීම සහ බලාත්මක කිරීම පිළිබද පනත් කෙටුම්පත පාර්ලිමේන්තු න්‍යාය පත්‍රයට ඇතුලත් කර පාර්ලිමේන්තුවට ඉදිරිපත් කර පළමුවර කියවූ අතර, එම පනත් කෙටුම්පතට එරෙහිව නීතීඥ අරුණ ලක්සිරි උණවටුන විසින් ආණ්ඩුක්‍රම ව්‍යවස්ථාවේ 121 ව්‍යස්ථාව යටතේ 2024 ජූලි 01 දින […]

Courtesy The Daily Mirror Colombo, June 28 (Daily Mirror) – Former Colombo district Parliamentarian Hirunika Premachandra, who has been jailed for 3 years by the High Court of Colombo for her involvement in the abduction of a youth using a Defender, is expected to seek bail from the Colombo High Court. President’s Counsel Anura Meddegoda, […]

නීතීඥ අරුණ ලක්සිරි උණවටුන B.Sc(Col), PGDC(Col) සමායෝජක, වෛද්‍ය තිලක පද්මා සුබසිංහ අනුස්මරණ නීති අධ්‍යාපන වැඩසටහන පාර්ලිමේන්තු මන්ත්‍රීවරයන්ගේ බලතල සහ වරප්‍රසාද අභිබවා 2024 අංක 8 දරන අධිකරණයකට, විනිශ්චය අධිකාරයකට හෝ ආයතනයකට අපහාස කිරීම පිළිබඳ පනතේ විධිවිධාන ක්‍රියාත්මක කරවීමට හැකි පරිදි මේ වන විට නීති සම්මත කරවාගෙන ඇත. එය පැහැදිලි කර ගැනීමට 1953 අංක 21 දරන පාර්ලිමේන්තු […]

Ontario Centre for Policy Research  An application was brought forward against Canada’s Prime Minister Justin Trudeau, for judicial review, challenging his message on Tamil Genocide Remembrance Day, issued on May 18, 2023. The primary intention of this Application is to obtain a clear legal position regarding the Tamil genocide. Canada’s top court, the Federal Court, […]

Ontario Centre for Policy Research  June 13, 2024Ottawa An application was brought forward against Canada’s Prime Minister Justin Trudeau for judicial review, challenging his message on Tamil Genocide Remembrance Day, issued on May 18, 2023. The primary intention of this Application is to obtain a legal position regarding the alleged Tamil genocide, whether the prime […]

By KELUM BANDARA Courtesy The Daily Mirror May 14 (Daily Mirror) –  The U.S. State Department has sought to intervene in the drafting of Sri Lanka’s new piece of legislation that, if enacted, will provide for the registration of both local and international NGOs in the country, a top source said yesterday. The final draft of […]

Courtesy Adaderana Minister of Public Security Tiran Alles says that action will be taken against the person who had caused a disturbance recently in the visa issuance section at the Bandaranaike International Airport (BIA) in Katunayake. The minister said that action will also be taken against the officers who had recorded the incident in question.   […]

Courtesy Adaderana Actress Damitha Abeyratne and her husband, who was arrested by the Criminal Investigation Department (CID) over an alleged financial fraud, has been remanded on the orders of the Colombo Fort Magistrate’s Court. Accordingly, the couple will be behind bars on remand until April 17. The actress and her spouse, who had been wanted […]

Courtesy Hiru News In a significant operation, the Police Narcotics Bureau (PNB) apprehended 8 suspects, including four officers of the Excise Department, for possession of 45kg of Kerala Cannabis in Chilaw. The PNB, in a coordinated effort, conducted the operation resulting in the arrests of the suspects found in possession of the sizable quantity of […]

Courtesy Adaderana Sri Lanka Navy says 05 Indian trawlers were seized and 32 Indian fishermen were apprehended for poaching in Sri Lankan waters off Talaimannar and near the Delft Island during separate operations conducted to chase away Indian poaching trawlers from Sri Lankan waters. The North Central and Northern Naval Commands deployed their Inshore Petrol […]

Courtesy The Daily Mirror Jaffna, March 17 (Daily Mirror) – The Sri Lanka Navy has seized a total of 18 Indian poaching trawlers and 146 Indian fishermen within Sri Lankan waters in 2024. In a latest incident, the Navy seized two Indian trawlers and arrested 21 Indian fishermen poaching in Sri Lankan waters off the […]

Courtesy Adaderana Two Class 2 Station Masters and a Railway Guard have been suspended from service for assaulting two foreigners at the Nawalapitiya railway station.

Courtesy The Daily Mirror Colombo, Feb. 27 (Daily Mirror)- The legality of the no confidence motion which is being brought against Speaker Mahinda Yapa Abeywardene is questionable, Minister of Justice Wijeyadasa Rajapakshe said today. The opposition claims that the Speaker got the Online Safety Bill enacted violating the constitution. It is not the Speaker who […]

Courtesy Adaderana Another 418 suspects have been arrested by Sri Lanka’s police and security forces personnel within 24 hours which ended at 12.30 a.m. today (18 Feb.), as part of the ongoing countrywide anti-drug operation ‘Yukthiya’. According to the Ministry of Public Security, detention orders have been secured against 8 of the suspects, while 2 […]

Courtesy Adaderana A total of 793 traffic offenders have been identified within the first 15 days of February through the 24-hour surveillance system implemented to monitor traffic violations. According to Police Spokesman DIG Nihal Thalduwa, 300 police stations across the country have been notified to take necessary action against the said offenders. He further noted […]

Courtesy The Daily Mirror Colombo, Feb 06 (Daily Mirror) –  Speaker  Mahinda Yapa Abeywardana today said he has no authority to accept or reject any amendments from anyone including the Supreme Court to the Online Safety Act and that the sole authority of such exercise is vested with Parliament. The Speaker was referring to remarks […]

උපුටා ගැන්ම ලංකා සී නිව්ස් ආන්දෝලනාත්මක එන්නත් ගනුදෙනුව සම්බන්ධයෙන් වන නීති කෘත්‍යට මුළු කැබිනට් මණ්ඩලයම අධිකරණයට කැඳවා සාක්‍ෂි ගත යුතු බවට ජනාධිපති නීතිඥ අනූජ පේ‍්‍රමරත්න මහතා ඉල්ලා සිටියි. ඔහු මෙසේ කියා සිටියේ අත්අඩංගුවට ගන්නා ලද හිටපු සෞඛ්‍ය අමාත්‍ය වත්මන් පරිසර ඇමති කෙහෙළියට මහතා වෙනුවෙන් මාලිගාකන්ද මහේස්ත්‍රාත් අධිකරණය හමුවේ කරුණු ඉදිරිපත් කරමිනි. ප‍්‍රශ්නගත ප්‍රතිදේහ එන්නත් ආනයනය […]

Courtesy The Daily Mirror Colombo, Feb 02 (Daily Mirror) – Former Health Minister Keheliya Rambukwella has been arrested  by the Criminal Investigation Department (CID) a short while ago in connection with the importation of substandard Immunoglobulin injections. Rambukwella complied with a court order, arrived at the CID this morning to provide a statement. Maligakanda Magistrate […]

උපුටා ගැන්ම ලංකා සී නිව්ස් අද වන විට ශාසනයට ඇතිවී තිබෙන පරිහානියට මහා නා හිමි නමක්ද වගකිය යුතුව ඇති බව අධිකරණ බන්ධනාගාර කටයුතු හා ආණ්ඩුක්‍රම ව්‍යවස්ථා ප‍්‍රතිසංස්කරණ අමාත්‍ය විජයදාස රාජපක්ෂ මහතා සඳහන් කරයි. පුවත්පතක් සමඟ සාකච්ඡාවට එක්වෙමින් ඔහු මෙම අදහස් පළ කර තිබේ. භික්ෂු කථිකාවත් පනත සම්මත කරලා ඔය කියන නිත්‍යානුකූල තත්ත්වය ඇති කරලා දෙන්න […]

Courtesy Adaderana Five civil society activists have been arrested while staging a ‘Satyagraha’ campaign in front of the Criminal Investigations Department (CID) today (31 Jan.) demanding the arrest of former Health Minister Keheliya Rambukwella. Unions and civil society organisations staged a ‘Satyagraha’ campaign today, demanding that the former Health Minister be arrested over his alleged […]

Courtesy Adaderana The saffron-robed person claiming to be ‘Vishwa Buddha’ has been referred for psychiatric treatment under the recommendation of the Judicial Medical Officer, Senior Deputy Solicitor General Dileepa Peiris revealed before the court today (26). Appearing on behalf of the Criminal Investigations Department (CID), the Senior Deputy Solicitor General stated that accordingly, the suspect, […]

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 By AJITH SIRIWARDANA Courtesy The Daily Mirror Hambantota, Jan. 25 (Daily Mirror)- A group connected to a particular political party and fake account holders have posted insulting posts on State Minister Sanath Nishantha’s tragic death, Minister Mahinda Amaraweera said. He told reporters that they observed those who circulate such insulting posts on social media and came […]

Courtesy Adaderana The self-proclaimed ‘Avalokiteshvara Bodhisattva’, Mahinda Kodituwakku has been further remanded until February 07. He was produced before Colombo Fort Magistrate Thilina Gamage earlier today. During today’s proceedings, the forensic psychiatrist told the magistrate that the suspect requires psychiatric treatment. Accordingly, the magistrate ordered that Kodituwakku be further remanded and referred to psychiatric treatment […]

Courtesy The Daily Mirror Colombo, Jan 21 (Daily Mirror) –  A total of 987 suspects have been arrested during the islandwide operation ‘Yukthiya’ within the last 24 hours, the Public Security Ministry said. They said 663 suspects have been arrested over drug offenses and 324 suspects who were on the list referred to Crime OICs […]