Courtesy Adaderana The Supreme Court is due to deliver the verdict on the petitions filed against the Central Bank (Amendment) Bill confidentially to the Speaker of the Parliament. The second hearing of the Bill took place today (24 March), before a three-judge bench of the Supreme Court, during which the presentation of the petitioner’s arguments […]

By Shamindra Ferdinando Courtesy The Island Ali Sabry responds to accusations Opposition MP Gevindu Cumaratunga yesterday (19) alleged that the Wickremesinghe-Rajapaksa government was going ahead with a project launched by former Justice Minister Ali Sabry with the backing of President Gotabaya Rajapaksa to conduct Law College examinations only in the English medium, much to the […]

Courtesy The Daily Mirror The government will honour the Supreme Court’s decision preventing withholding any funds allocated to conduct Local Government Polls 2023 and will proceed accordingly, State Minister of Finance Ranjith Siyambalapitiya said. He said everyone should respect the court’s decision.  “It can be the Ministry of Finance, the government or an institution, It […]

Courtesy Adaderana The Court of Appeal of Sri Lanka has ruled that the provisions of the Right to Information (RTI) Act are relevant to parliamentarians as well and that they are legally bound to declare their assets and liabilities. This ruling was delivered by an Appeals Court judge bench consisting of Sampath Abeykoon and P. […]

Written by Arun Janardhanan  Courtesy The Indian Express Santhan is the only Lankan national among the four to have expressed his wish to return to the country. A top official in the Trichy district collector’s office said a review of Santhan’s papers are pending. Nalini Sriharan (PTI Close to four months after the six convicts in […]

Courtesy The Daily Mirror The Court of Appeal today issued a writ of certiorari quashing the charges against former Finance Minister Ravi Karunanayake in connection with two cases filed in Colombo High Court over Central Bank bond issuance. Court of Appeal two-judge-bench comprising Justices Sobhitha Rajakaruna and Dhammika Ganepola made this order consequent to the […]

Courtesy Adaderana President Ranil Wickremesinghe has urged young lawyers to specialise in offshore economy law and a form a committee to lead new legal developments in the Port City. Addressing the Annual General Meeting (AGM) of the Royal College Lawyers’ Association held at the Blue Ballroom of the Hilton Hotel Colombo yesterday (25 Feb.), the […]

Courtesy Adaderana Sri Lankan YouTuber and political vlogger Dharshana Handungoda has been arrested by the Criminal Investigations Department (CID).  He was reportedly arrested on Sunday (05) upon arriving in the country from Dubai.  In May last year, Handungoda had been summed by the Criminal Investigation Department for questioning, however, he had declined to give a […]

Courtesy Adaderana Sri Lanka Police have decided to file an appeal against the recent release of Wasantha Mudalige, convener of the Inter-University Students’ Federation (IUSF),  from the charges filed against him under the Prevention of Terrorism Act (PTA). Accordingly, Police Spokesman Nihal Thalduwa stated that the Police Headquarters today (02 Feb.) requested the Attorney General […]

Courtesy The Daily Mirror Power and Energy Minister Kanchana Wijesekara said that a charge sheet related to the removal of the chairman of the Public Utilities Commission of Sri Lanka (PUCSL) Janaka Ratnayake is being prepared and will be presented to the Parliament soon. Speaking at a media briefing, the minister said legal action will […]

Courtesy The Daily Mirror Secretary to the Ministry of Power and Energy and the officials that took part in the discussion with Human Rights Commission were pressurized over the matter with regard to proving continuous electricity supply during the A/L examination, Power and Energy Minister Kanchana Wijesekara said. The Minister said in a twitter post […]

Courtesy Adaderana The officials who took part in the recent discussion with the Human Rights Council of Sri Lanka (HRCSL) pertaining to the uninterrupted supply of electricity during the 2022 GCE Advanced Level Examination, intend on taking legal action against officials of HRCSL, following the incident where the group was coerced into signing certain documents. […]

Courtesy Adaderana The Human Rights Commission of Sri Lanka (HRCSL) has decided to file a defamation complaint against recent claims made following the inquiry into the uninterrupted supply of electricity during the 2022 GCE Advanced Level Examination. The complaint was also filed on the grounds of neglect, a statement issued by the HRCSL read, as […]

Courtesy The Daily Mirror Two members of Public Utilities Commission of Sri Lanka ( PUCSL) including Deputy Chairman Udeni Wickremesinghe and Member of the Commission Professor Mohan Samaranayake had requested the Ministry of Finance and the defence authorities to probe the incident of alleged storming of civil activists into the PUCSL office on St. Anthony’s […]

Courtesy The Daily Mirror Retired Major Ajith Prasanna was today sentenced to four years rigorous imprisonment by Supreme Court in connection with a contempt of court The Supreme Court further imposed a fine of Rs. 300,000 for the charges.

Courtesy The Daily Mirror The Keselwatta Police has filed a B report before Colombo Chief Magistrate’s Court against a group of lawyers who organised a protes on 18th of January, condemning the Attorney General’s alleged interference with the judiciary. According to the B report, Keselwatta police alleged that a group of lawyers including Senior Counsel […]

Lanka Lead News පාස්කු ප්‍රහාරයට අදාළව වගකීම් පැහැර හැරීම පිළිබදව රාජ්‍ය නිලධාරීන් 4 දෙනෙකු සහ ජනාධිපතිවරයකු පෞද්ගලිකව වගකිව යුතු බවට ලබාදී ඇති නඩු තීන්දුව පිළිබදව ලංකා ලීඩ් විසින් ජාතික සංවිධානවල මතය විමසන ලදී. මේ මාධ්‍ය ප්‍රකාශක වෛද්‍ය වසන්ත බණ්ඩාර මහතාගේ මතය ඔහුගේ වචනයෙන්. ජාතික ආරක්ෂාවට අදාළව විධායකයේ වගකීම් පැහැර හැරීමේ වගකීමෙන් ජනාධිපතිවරයකුට පවා ගැලවිය නොහැකි […]

Courtesy Adaderana Adarsha Karadana, who was recently in the spotlight after releasing a controversial video of her estranged partner former MP Ashu Marasinghe, has been arrested by the Police Computer Crimes Division of the Criminal Investigation Department (CID).  Accordingly, Karadana was arrested over a complaint lodged by the former Presidential Advisor, pertaining to a video […]

Courtesy The Daily Mirror Wildlife officials have been advised by their director general to arrest people who feed wild elephants and those cause harm to them, after increasing incidents have been reported. Director General of Wildlife Department, Chandana Suriyabandara said that incidents were reported not only on the Buttala-Kataragama road, but also in other places […]

Courtesy Hiru News Measures are underway to introduce a law similar to the Social Media Regulation Act of Singapore to regulate social media, such as YouTube and Facebook, in Sri Lanka, President Ranil Wickremesinghe said on Friday (06). According to Hiru News, President Wickremesinghe pointed out that Sri Lanka has laws pertaining to newspaper and […]

Courtesy Adaderana The Colombo Magistrate’s Court today (06 Jan.) ordered Sepal Amarasinghe, a social media activist arrested by the Criminal Investigation Department, to be remanded until the 10th. Colombo Additional Magistrate Tharanga Mahawatta issued the relevant order after considering the facts presented by the Criminal Investigation Department (CID). Amarasinghe was arrested by the CID last […]

Courtesy The Daily Mirror President Ranil Wickremesinghe has instructed the IGP to initiate an immediate and comprehensive investigation regarding the construction of a fake Dalada Maligawa in Pothuhera, Kurunegala. The instruction was given after the Ven. Mahanayaka Theras had reported it to the President, Presidential Media Division said.

Courtesy Hiru News Prof. Ashu Marasinghe, former advisor to President Ranil Wickremesinghe has sent a letter of demand claiming Rs.500 million and one billion rupees as damages from former Parliamentarian Hirunika Premachandra and Adarsha Karandana respectively for allegedly making a defamatory statement regarding him during a press conference held on December 23. This letter of […]

Courtesy The Daily Mirror Chief incumbent of the Maligawatta Sri Bodhirajarama Vihara Uvatenne Sumana Thera has been remanded till December 14 by Colombo Chief Magistrate’s Court over an alleged financial fraud relating to coconut oil deal. The CID alleged that Sumana Thera had issued eight dishonored cheques amounting to Rs.58 million in lieu of purchasing […]

“නීතියේ සිංහල නුගමුල” ෆීනික්ස් නීති සංග්‍රහය, වෛද්‍ය තිලක පද්මා සුබසිංහ අනුස්මරණ නීති අධ්‍යාපන වැඩසටහන රනිල් වික්‍රමසිංහ ජනාධිපතිවරයාගේ නීතීඥ වෘත්තියට වසර 50ක් සම්පූරණ වීම වෙනුවෙන්කොළඹ ෂැන්ග්‍රිලා හෝටලයේදී දෙසැම්බර් 04 දාපවත්වන ලද උත්සවය අංශ කිහිපයකින් වැදගත් වේ. දේශපාලනික, නෛතික සහ ආර්ථික අංශ 3ම එහිදී සළකා බැලිය හැකිය. 1972 දී කොළඹ රාජකීය විද්‍යාලයේ නවරගහලේදී ඩොමීනියන් සිට නිදහස දක්වා […]

නීතියේ සිංහල නුගමුල “ෆීනික්ස් නීති සංග්‍රහය” වෛද්‍ය තිලක පද්මා සුබසිංහ අනුස්මරණ නීති අධ්‍යාපන වැඩසටහන නීතිය යනු පාර්ලිමේන්තුව පනවන නීති සහ ඒ අසුරෙන් අධිකරණය ලබා දෙන අර්ථ නිරූපණවල එකතුවකි. ප්‍රධාන නීති මූලාශ්‍ර 2කි, ඒ පාර්ලිමේන්තු පනවන පනත් සහ ඉහළ අධිකරණ තීරණ ය. අංගුලිමාල සිවුර දරාගෙන බුදු හාමුදුරුවන්ට කරදර කළා කියා ජනාධිපතිවරයා ප්‍රකාශ කළද එය වැරදි බව […]

The US Department of Justice From November 14 to 18, ICITAP conducted two, two-day training programs regarding Forensic Interviewing training to forty (40) male and female officers from the Sri Lankan Police Women & Children’s Bureau who are responsible for conducting investigations involving child abuse, eight (8) Attorney General’s Department Child Abuse Unit prosecutors and […]

සමායෝජක, වෛද්‍ය තිලක පද්මා සුබසිංහ අනුස්මරණ නීති අධ්‍යයන වැඩසටහන. “මා රුසියාව මගේ මාතෘභූමිය ලෙස සළකන්නේ නම් එයින් අදහස් කරන්නේ මම රුසියානු ජාතිකයෙකු ලෙස රුසියාවට ආදරය කරන බවත්, මගේ සමස්ත චින්තනයෙන් මෙන්ම ගීත ගායනය, හැසිරීම පවා රුසියානු ජාතිකයෙකු ලෙස කටයුතු කිරීම බවත් ය. මම රුසියානු ජනතාවගේ අධ්‍යාත්මික ශක්තිය විශ්වාස කරමි. එහි ආත්මය මගේ ආත්මයයි. එහි ඉරණම […]

Courtesy New Indian Express MHA sources say no fixed time frame set for deportation, but will be in accordance with law. NEW DELHI: The four Sri Lankan nationals, convicted for their role in the assassination of former Prime Minister Rajiv Gandhi, but released by the Supreme Court recently, will be deported to their country of origin, […]

Courtesy DNA Santhan, Robert Payas, and Jayakumar are Sri Lankans while Nalini and R P Ravichandran, belong to Tamil Nadu. Nalini (File) The six Indian and Sri Lankan nationals convicted in the assassination of former Prime Minister Rajiv Gandhi are likely to be released from jail today. The jail authorities have reportedly received copies of […]