Courtesy The Daily Mirror The United Kingdom (UK) has sought assistance from the Sri Lankan government to prevent Sri Lankans from coming to Britain as illegal immigrants. British High Commissioner to Sri Lanka Sarah Hulton who met Public Security Minister Tiran Alles recently requested the Minister to cooperate in preventing illegal Sri Lankan immigrants from […]

Courtesy Adaderana Another petition has been filed before the Commercial High Court demanding compensation for the environmental disaster caused by the X-Press Pearl ship, which was gutted in a fire in May 2021 on Sri Lankan waters. Accordingly, the petition seeks an order to secure a compensation of at least USD 06 billion from the […]

Courtesy Adaderana President Ranil Wickremesinghe has ordered the Criminal Investigation Department (CID) to launch an immediate investigation into the controversial statement made by Pastor Jerome Fernando, in a manner that harms religious harmony. Issuing that order, President Wickremesinghe has mentioned to the President’s Advisor on National Security, Sagala Ratnayake that such irresponsible statements can create […]

Courtesy The Telegraph Online Lanka court issues restraining order against events commemorating Rajapaksa’s fall Gotabaya RajapaksaFile picture A Sri Lankan court on Tuesday accepted a request by the police to curb the commemoration of the events which led to the resignation of the bankrupt government of president Gotabaya Rajapaksa a year ago. On May 9 […]

අරුණ ලක්සිරි උණවටුන B.Sc(Col), PGDC(Col), නීතීඥ සමායෝජක, වෛද්‍ය තිලක පද්මා සුබසිංහ අනුස්මරණ නීති අධ්‍යාපන වැඩසටහන (දිසා අධිකරණයේ නඩු විභාග හදිසි කිරීමෙන් නීතිය බිඳවැටෙන ආකාරය මෙම ලිපියෙන් පෙන්වා දෙයි) ශ්‍රේෂ්ඨාධිකරණයේ සහ අභියාචනාධිකරණයේ මුල් වරට පවරන නඩු මෙන් නොව දිසා අධිකරණයේ පවරන නඩු වෙනස් කාර්ය පටිපාටියක් අනුගමනය කරයි. ශ්‍රේෂ්ඨාධිකරණයේ සහ අභියාචනාධිකරණයේ මුල් වරට පවරනු ලබන නඩු නිෂ්ප්‍රභා […]

Courtesy Adaderana Welisara Magistrate Thusitha Dhammika has deemed the deaths of the 11 inmates at the Mahara Prison, who were shot dead during a riot that erupted in 2020, a ‘crime’. The magistrate mentioned this on Thursday, delivering the verdict of the magisterial inquest on the incident. He, thereby, ordered the Criminal Investigation Department (CID) […]

by Arundathie Abeysinghe Courtesy PIME Asia News Two years ago, the cargo ship caught fire, causing what is considered Sri Lanka’s worst environmental disaster. Some experts believe Sri Lankan courts could have handled the issue. Meanwhile, the Minister of Justice reports that a bribe was allegedly paid to hinder the case. Colombo (AsiaNews) – Sri […]

Courtesy The Daily Mirror Stern action would be taken against the organisers who organise indecent events at New Year festivals, Buddhist and Cultural Affairs Minister Vidura Wickramanayake said. He said a special team is enaged in collecting information on such New Year festival celebration events. The Buddhist and Cultural Affairs Ministry had received information that […]

Courtesy Adaderana The games at Sinhala & Tamil New Year festivals organized in the future will be regulated, Minister of Buddhasasana, Religious and Cultural Affairs Vidura Wickremanayake says. Speaking further on the matter, the lawmaker rebuked organizing games that are deemed ‘inappropriate’ for the country’s culture and traditions. Wickremanayake said such events should be nipped in […]

Courtesy Adaderana Former Attorney General Dappula de Livera has been once again issued a summons to appear before the Terrorism Investigation Division (TID). He was initially informed to make an appearance at the TID on April 19 to record a statement pertaining to his controversial comment on a massive conspiracy behind the 2019 Easter Sunday […]

උපුටා ගැන්ම Lanka Lead News දැනට පවතින 365, 365 (a) නීති රාමුවන්ට සංශෝධනයන් එකතු කිරීමේදී 1995 අංක 22 පනත යටතේ හඳුන්වාදුන් සංශෝධනයන් ස්වයංක්‍රීයව අහෝසි වන බවත්, ඒ අනුව ළමා අපයෝජන, අපරාධ ආවරණය ස්වයංක්‍රීයව අහෝසි වන බවත් සමාජ ක්‍රියාකාරිනීයක හා නාගරික මන්ත්‍රීවරියක වන ශර්මිලා ගෝනවෙල මහත්මිය පවසයි. මේ පිළිබඳව ඇය පළකර ඇති අදහස් පහළින් දැක්වේ. දැනට […]

Courtesy The Daily Mirror Defence Secretary Kamal Gunarathne said he would take legal action against three persons including journalist Chamuditha Samarawickrama, demanding compensation of Rs. 500 million each for defamation through social media. The Defence Secretary said that he has taken action to file cases against three persons demanding Rs. 500 million compensation each for damaging […]

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 […]