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Thursday, November 14th, 2019
FB Royal Park murder convict Jude Shramantha Jayamaha has appealed for a second chance saying he never intended to harm anyone and that he was ashamed for what has happened. Jayamaha was serving life in prison over the 2005 murder of Swedish national Yvonne Johnson at the Royal Park condominium. President Maithripala Sirisena last week granted a […]
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Sunday, November 10th, 2019
Courtesy The Hindistan Times Convicted killer Jude Jayamaha, from a wealthy, high-profile family, walked out of Welikada prison Saturday following the highly unusual amnesty granted by President Maithripala Sirisena. Sri Lanka’s president has pardoned a death-row prisoner who murdered a Swedish teenager just a week before he leaves office, officials said Sunday, in a move […]
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Friday, November 1st, 2019
Courtesy Adaderana The Colombo Magistrate’s Court today (01) reminded the Attorney General to brief the bench on legal action that would be taken against State Minister of Education Vijayakala Maheswaran over her statement concerning the now-defunct LTTE. When the case was taken up before the Colombo Magistrate this morning, the officers of the Criminal Investigation […]
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Thursday, October 24th, 2019
Courtesy The Daily Mirror The Legal Officer’s Association of the State Legal Advisor- the Attorney General’s Department, which is bound to be an impartial body, has now come under criticism for obtaining advertisements from private organisations and state institutions for a souvenir they are going to publish. A WhatsApp message that had been circulated by […]
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Monday, October 21st, 2019
By Sugeeswara Senadhira Courtesy Ceylon Today A petition has been filed in Supreme Court, seeking issuance of a directive to the Government, to take measures to withdraw from the UNHRC Resolution it co-sponsored in September 2015, titled ‘Promoting Reconciliation, Accountability and Human Rights in Sri Lanka.’ The petitioner claimed that his fundamental rights were violated […]
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Thursday, October 10th, 2019
උපුටා ගැන්ම හිරු පුවත් ජනාධිපති ධුර අපේක්ෂක සජිත් ප්රේමදාස මහතා රණවිරු අරගලය සිදුකළ ස්ථානයට පැමිණීම හේතුවෙන් තම විශ්රාම වැටුප් අරගලය මැතිවරණ නීතියට හසුවී ඇතැයි ආබාධිත රණවිරුවන් චෝදනා කරනවා. ඔවුන් මේ බව ප්රකාශ කළේ මාතරදී අද පැවති ප්රවෘත්ති සාකච්ඡාවකට එක්වෙමින්.
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Thursday, October 3rd, 2019
නීතිඥ අරුණ ලක්සිරි උණවටුන ජනාධිපතිවරණය මේ අවස්ථාවේ අත්හිටුවාගත යුත්තේ ආරක්ෂක අමාත්යාංශය බෙදුම්වාදීන්ගේ ග්රහණයට යාම වළක්වා ගැනීමටය. මෛත්රී ජනාධිපතිගෙන් පසු ආරක්ෂක ඇමතිධූරය පාර්ලිමේන්තුවට යන බව 19වන ආණ්ඩුක්රම ව්යවස්ථා සංශෝධනය අනුව පැහැදිලිය. වර්තමාන පාර්ලිමේන්තුවේ ආණ්ඩුවේ සංයුතිය බැලීමේදී ආරක්ෂක අමාත්යාංශය පාර්ලිමේන්තුවට යාම රටේ අනාගතයට අහිතකර වේ. මේ හේතුවෙන් ජනාධිපතිවරණයට පෙර පාර්ලිමේන්තු මැතිවරණයක් පවත්වා අලුත් ආණ්ඩුවක් හදා ගැනීමේ අවශ්යතාවයක් […]
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Tuesday, October 1st, 2019
Editorial Courtesy The Island October 1, 2019, 8:20 pm IGP Pujith Jayasundera, currently on compulsory leave, was arrested, yesterday, for having manhandled a lift operator at the Police Headquarters, in 2017. One may wonder why on earth the police took so long to take action against the police chief for that incident in spite of […]
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Thursday, September 26th, 2019
By Kamal Mahendra Weeraratna Courtesy Ceylon Today The Convener of the Truth Seekers Organisation, Attorney Premanath C. Dolewatta, yesterday (26), lodged a complaint with the Police Department urging it to institute legal action against UNP Parliamentarian Hesha Vithanage. Dolewatta has complained that in a statement reportedly made by Vithanage, at a public rally held in […]
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Friday, September 20th, 2019
By Saman Indrajith Courtesy The Island President Maithripala Sirisena yesterday told the Parliamentary Select Committee probing the Easter Sunday carnage that former Defence Secretary Hemasiri Fernando had lied to the PSC and Court on matters related to the tragic disaster. President Sirisena said that Fernando’s testimonies to the PSC and Court were different from what […]
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Thursday, September 12th, 2019
Courtesy Adaderana The Court of Appeal today directed the Colombo Magistrate’ Court to acquit all accused including former Defence Secretary Gotabaya Rajapaksa from the Avant-Garde case filed by the Bribery Commission. The decision was announced by the judge bench comprising Justices Achala Wengappuli and Arjuna Obeysekara, after considering the appeal filed on behalf of the […]
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Tuesday, September 3rd, 2019
උපුටා ගැන්ම හිරු පුවත් වෛද්ය සාෆි ෂිහාබ්දීන් විසින් ගැබිණි මවකට සිදුකළ බව කියන අසාධාරණයක් සම්බන්ධයෙන් පූජ්ය අතුරලියේ රතන හිමියන් ජාතික පොලිස් කොමිසමට අද පැමිණිලි කළා. උන්වහන්සේ එහිදී සඳහන් කළේ ස්වාධීන කොමිෂන් සභාවක් මඟින් මෙම වෛද්යවරයා පිළිබඳ වහාම පරීක්ෂණයක් සිදු කළ යුතු බවයි. 2018 වර්ෂයේදී මංගලිකා ගුණසේකර නැමැති 36 හැවිරිදි ගැබිණි මවකගේ දරු ප්රසූතිය කුරුණෑගල ශික්ෂණ […]
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Monday, September 2nd, 2019
Courtesy The Straits Times COLOMBO (AFP) – Sri Lanka will request the extradition of an ex-central bank chief in relation to a US$74 million (S$103 million) insider trading scam, the attorney-general said Monday (Sept 2), months after Colombo accused Singapore of sheltering him. Arjuna Mahendran, a Singapore national of Sri Lankan origin, was accused in […]
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Saturday, August 31st, 2019
Augustin Fernando Courtesy Daily Mirror The member of Wennappuwa Pradeshiya Sabha, Dulakshi Chamodari Fernando (21) and her elder sister, who were arrested for obstructing the duties of police officers at the CeyNor junction in Wennappuwa, were further remanded till October 6 by the Marawila Additional Magistrate.
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Wednesday, August 28th, 2019
Courtesy Adaderana President Maithripala Sirisena has given instructions to the relevant authorities to expedite the investigations regarding the allegations of Central Bank bond scam. The President further advised to promptly conduct investigations and to take actions against the wrongdoers and said that the delay in conducting investigations is a hindrance to deliver justice. He made […]
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Sunday, August 25th, 2019
උපුටා ගැන්ම හිරු පුවත් පාතාල කල්ලි නායක කංජිපානි ඉම්රාන්හට පසුගියදා දුන් තීන්දුවෙන් පසු කොළඹ අපරාධ කොට්ඨාසය හා නීතිපති දෙපාර්තමේන්තුව ක්රියා කළ ආකාරය සැක සහිත බව පූජ්ය මාගල්කන්දේ සුදත්ත හිමියන් පවසනවා. උන්වහන්සේ මේ බව සඳහන් කළේ අද කළුතර ප්රදේශයේ පැවති ප්රවෘත්ති සාකච්ඡාවකට එක්වෙමින්. මේ අතර, විවාහයෙන් පසු මුස්ලිම් ආගම අතහැර බෞද්ධාගම වැලදගත් බියගම ප්රදේශයේ කාන්තාවකට විවිධ […]
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Friday, August 23rd, 2019
Courtesy Adaderana Attorney General Dappula de Livera has informed the Acting IGP to refrain from submitting inconclusive reports in respects to the high-profile cases including the murders of Wazim Thajudeen and Lasantha Wickramatunga. He stated this in a letter to Acting IGP C. Wickramaratne in connection to the reports submitted by Sri Lanka Police to […]
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Wednesday, August 21st, 2019
Courtesy Adaderana Wennappuwa Pradeshiya Sabha member from United National Party (UNP) Dulakshi Fernando and her sister, who were arrested for allegedly obstructing the duties of police officers, have been remanded till the 30th of August. The order was delivered by Marawila Magistrate when the duo was produced before the court today (21). The 21-year-old Pradeshiya […]
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Wednesday, August 21st, 2019
උපුටා ගැන්ම හිරු පුවත් පොලිස් නිලධාරීන්ගේ රාජකාරියට බාධා කිරීමේ සිද්ධියකට අදාළව වෙන්නප්පුව ප්රාදේශීය සභාවේ එක්සත් ජාතික පක්ෂ මන්ත්රීනි දුලක්ෂි චමෝදරී ප්රනාන්දු, සහ ඇගේ් වැඩිමහල් සහෝදරිය මේ මස 30 වනදා දක්වා රක්ෂිත බන්ධනාගාර ගත කර තිබෙනවා. ඒ, ඔවුන් අද මාරවිල මහේස්ත්රාත් අධිකරණයට ඉදිරිපත් කිරීමෙන් අනතුරුවයි. සිද්ධියට අදාළව චෝදනා එල්ලවී වරෙන්තු ලබා සිටි මන්ත්රීවරියගේ පියා සහ 16 […]
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Tuesday, August 20th, 2019
උපුටා ගැන්ම හිරු පුවත් අපරාධ පරීක්ෂණ දෙපාර්තමේන්තුවේ අධ්යක්ෂ ජ්යෙෂ්ඨ පොලිස් අධිකාරි ශානි අබේසේකර මහතාට එරෙහිව නීතිඥයින් පිරිසක් අධිකරණය හමුවේ නඩු තුනක් ගොනුකර තිබෙනවා. ඉන් ඉල්ලා තිබෙන්නේ විත්තිකාර ශානි අබේසේකර මහතා සිය රාජකාරි කටයුතු වලදි අනුගමනය කළ යුතු නෛතික ක්රියාපටිපාටීන් උල්ලංඝණය කර ඇති බැවින් ඔහුට විරුද්ධව නීතිමය පියවර ගන්නා ලෙසයි. අපරාධ පරීක්ෂණ දෙපාර්තමේන්තුවේ අධ්යක්ෂ ජ්යෙෂ්ඨ පොලිස් […]
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Monday, August 19th, 2019
උපුටා ගැන්ම හිරු පුවත් විශේෂ අධිකරණ පිහිටුවා ව්යාජ චෝදනා මත තම පාක්ෂිකයන්ට නඩු පැවරූ පුද්ගලයන්ට එරෙහිව තමන්ගේ රජයක් තුළ සාමාන්ය නීතිය යටතේ වන්දි ඉල්ලා නඩු පවරන බව මහාචාර්ය ජී.එල්.පීරිස් මහතා පවසනවා. />ශ්රී ලංකා පොදුජන පෙරමුණ පක්ෂ කාර්යාලයේ අද පෙරවරුවේ පැවති ප්රවෘත්ති සාකච්ඡාවකට එක්වෙමින් ඔහු මේ බව සඳහන් කළා.
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Wednesday, August 7th, 2019
By Sonia Sarkar Courtesy Telegraph India has a more humanitarian approach towards drug offenders than its neighbours Bangladesh and Sri Lanka After a moratorium of 43 years, the gallows were getting ready in Sri Lanka. Two executioners with ‘excellent moral character’ and ‘mental strength’ were appointed. A list of four convicts — involved in drug offences […]
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Thursday, August 1st, 2019
Courtesy Adaderana A Bill on repealing the death penalty was presented to the parliament today (01) by MP Bandula Lal Bandarigoda. The Bill was tabled as a Private Member’s Bill. The proposal was seconded by UNP MP Mylvaganam Thilakarajah.
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Wednesday, July 31st, 2019
Yohan Perera and Ajith Siriwardana Courtesy The Daily Mirror JVP MP Bimal Ratnayake today questioned as to what action the government intends taking about the failure on the part of the Attorney General’s Department to take steps to ban National Thowheed Jama’at when the Terrorist Investigation Unit made requests to this effect twice. Mr. Ratnayake […]
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Monday, July 29th, 2019
Shehan Chamika Silva Courtesy The Daily Mirror Filing a writ application in Court, the tenth accused in the Treasury Bond case, Ajahn Punchihewa has stated that he could have given vital information regarding investigations over the Bond scam, as he had information about a penthouse apartment in Singapore, valued at Singapore Dollars 7.6 million, occupied […]
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Thursday, July 25th, 2019
Sri Lanka News අද දින පුවත්පත්වල එක්සත් ජාතීන්ගේ සංවිධානයේ නියෝජිතයෙකු අගවිනිසුරුවරයා පසුගිය ආසන්න දිනයක හමු වී සාකච්ඡා කර ඇති බව සදහන් වන අතර ඒ පිළිබදව සම්පූර්ණ තොරතුරු ලබා ගැනීමට පුරවැසියෙකු ලෙසත්, නීතිඥවරයෙකු ලෙසත් අවශ්ය බව බව නීතීඥ අරුණ ලක්සිරි උණවටුන අගවිනිසුරුවරයා වෙත දන්වා ඇත. එකී සාකච්ඡාව සම්බන්ධව අදාල සියලු තොරතුරු ජනතාවට දැන ගැනීමට ලැබීම නීතියේ පාලනය සම්බන්ධයෙන් වැදගත් හෙයින් […]
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Saturday, July 20th, 2019
Darshana Sanjeewa Balasuriya Courtesy The Daily Mirror The Acting IGP has written to the National Police Commission (NPC) yesterday saying it is not possible to remove the CID from investigating Dr. Mohammed Shafi’s case and hand it over to the Police Special Investigation Unit (SIU). The NPC on Thursday called for a report from the […]
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Friday, July 19th, 2019
Courtesy Adaderana The Defender vehicle, which was recently involved in the attack on a van at Kalagedihena, has been found at a residence in Maharagama area, says the Police Media Spokesperson SP Ruwan Gunasekara. SP Gunasekara added that the Defender vehicle was taken into police custody. The driver of the Defender and another individual have […]
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Friday, July 19th, 2019
Courtesy Adaderana The Permanent High Court-at-Bar today served indictments on 8 accused in the the Central Bank bond scam case including Perpetual Treasuries Limited (PTL) owner Arjun Aloysius. The defendants were subsequently granted bail by the court, Ada Derana reporter said. The case was taken up before a bench comprising Justices Sampath Abeykoon, Sampath Wijeyaratne […]
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Wednesday, July 17th, 2019
By Neville Ladduwahetty Courtesy The Island It has been reported that the State Land (Special Provisions) Bill, tabled in Parliament on 28 June, sought approval for passing necessary provisions for awarding the sole right to state land held by citizens. The government is reported to have said that the Bill will benefit the people who […]
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