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 […]

Courtesy The Daily Mirror Controversial Sri Lankan cricketer Danushka Gunathilaka is still only a suspect in the incident, and if he is proven guilty, Sri Lanka will enforce all its laws against him, Sports and Youth Affairs Ministry Secretary Dr. Amal Harsha de Silva said. Addressing the media, he said Danushka Gunathilaka was a cricketer […]

Courtesy The Daily Mirror The Tissamaharama Magistrate Tharindu Sameera Silva today ordered the Department of Wildlife Conservation (DWC) to conduct a prompt investigation into the incident where a group had harassed and abused animals at Yala National Park recently and also ordered the suspects to be arrested and produced before court. The DWC was further […]

Courtesy The Daily Mirror Lodging a complaint with CID, Justice Minister Wijedasa Rajapksha has urged the CID Director to conduct an investigation into the false and malicious Facebook Post alleging that he as the Minister of Justice and Prison has given special treatment to remand prisoner Thilini Priyamali. The Justice Minister maintained that the dissemination […]

Courtesy The Daily Mirror *The case under investigation has so far seen a scam of Rs.3Bn being unravelled *So far 11 complaints had been received against Thilini *Investigators are also probing if there were Parliamentarians on her list Colombo has seen many controversies. Especially among the rich and elite who at times enjoy their evening’s […]

Courtesy Adaderana Colombo High Court Trial-at-Bar has accepted that charges cannot be maintained under the Public Properties Act against former Governor of the Central Bank of Sri Lanka (CBSL), Arjun Mahendran, Perpetual Treasuries Ltd, Arjun Aloysius and the other defendants over the case on Treasury Bond auction of 27 February 2015. The order was issued […]

Courtesy Khaleej Times It has also allowed trials against ex prime minister Mahinda Rajapaksa, finance minister and two central bank governors Sri Lanka’s top court has granted permission for proceedings against former President Gotabaya Rajapaksa, the rights group which filed the case against him said in a statement on Friday. The court also agreed to […]

Vikalpa    සිරෛයිල් ඉරුන්දු සිංගල සහෝදරනක්කු, දෙමළ බසින් පළවී ඇති කවි පොතේ සිංහල තේරුම කියන්න ට ඇය උත්සහ ගත්තාය. ‘හිරගෙයි සිට සිංහල සහෝදරයන්ට’. ‘මේක ලිව්වේ මගේ පුතා හිරගෙදර ඉන්නකොට, 2017 දී…’ මෙසේ කියන්නේ කිලිනොච්චියේ පදිංචි සෙල්ලයියා පවලවල්ලි අම්මා, අගේ පුතා 2017 හිරගෙදර සිට රචනා කළ කවි පොත ද අතැතිවය. අගේ පුතා වන සදීෂ් කුමාර් වසර […]

Courtesy The Daily Mirror Colombo Chief Magistrate’s Court today issued a warrant for the arrest of Ven. Uduwe Dhammaloka thera of Alan Mathiniyaramaya Temple in Polhengoda for not appearing in Court over a private plaint filed against him for allegedly using loudspeakers in a manner of causing nuisance. When case came up before Colombo Additional […]

Courtesy The Daily Mirror Colombo Fort Magistrate’s Court today issued notices directing former President Maithripala Sirisena to appear in court  on October 14 over a private plaint relating to Easter Sunday attack. Magistrate Thilina Gamage further decided to name former President Maithripala Sirisena as a suspect of the private plaint. Rev. Fr. Cyril Gamini Fernando […]

Courtesy Hiru News The petition filed by British national, Kayleigh Fraser dismissed by the Supreme Court, with a penalty of Rs 100,000 as court charges.

Courtesy Adaderana Minister of Power & Energy Kanchana Wijesekera has held a discussion with the officials of Lanka Coal Company and the supplier who was awarded the coal term tender. The coal procurement for the Lakvijaya Power Station in Norochcholai was taken up for discussion at this meeting. Due to various misleading statements that were […]

Courtesy The Daily Mirror While urging the public that they should not receive and/or pay foreign remittances through informal methods such as ‘Hawala’ or ‘Undial’ sytems’, the police said it would expand its investigations on illegal foreign currency traders. Police said the Central Bank of Sri Lanka has observed that the significant decrease in the […]

Courtesy Adaderana Sri Lanka Police has sought public assistance in identifying several more suspects who are accused of forcibly entering the premises of the Presidential Secretariat and damaging its properties. In a communiqué, the Police Media Division stated that the relevant persons were identified from the videos and photographs taken during the investigations regarding the […]

Courtesy MailOnLine Ranjan Ramanayake waves to supporters outside prison after his release An outspoken Sri Lankan politician imprisoned last year for accusing the island nation’s judges of corruption was released Friday after a presidential pardon. Ranjan Ramanayake, 59, was serving as a deputy minister in 2017 when he told reporters that most of the judiciary […]

Courtesy The Daily Mirror An investigation is underway to find out the policemen who took photographs while sitting on the President’s chair and several other locations inside President’s House, police informed Colombo Fort Magistrate. The Colombo Central Division Criminal Investigation Unit made this revelation before Magistrate Thilina Gamage in response to an allegation made by […]

Courtesy The Daily Mirror Former MP Ranjan Ramanayake has not got full freedom as he has not been given his civic rights, Leader of Opposition Sajith Premadasa said. Mr. Premadasa said he and Samagi Jana Balawegaya (SJB) is not happy with the half freedom he has got. “Mr. Ramanayake has not been released under article […]

Courtesy Adaderana The Colombo Fort Magistrate’s Court granted bail to 07 remanded suspects including Dhaniz Ali who were in remand custody over the forcible entry to the Presidential residence. The order was issued by the Colombo Fort Magistrate Thilina Gamage. In addition, two more suspects including Lahiru Weerasekara who were named as the suspects in […]

Courtesy Adaderana The Colombo Magistrate’s Court today ordered to remand until September 01 a woman who was arrested in relation to the incident of pushing a group of Sri Lanka Podujana Peramuna (SLPP) supporters into the Beira Lake at Slave Island on May 09. The order was issued when the case was taken up before […]

Courtesy Adaderana A leading activist of ‘Aragalaya’ protest movement, Senadhi Guruge, who was arrested in connection with an assault on two intelligence officers, has been remanded until September 02. When Guruge was produced before Colombo Fort Magistrate Thilina Gamage earlier today, the police made a request to refer him to an identification parade. Accordingly, he […]

Lanka Lead News රට තුළ පැනනැගුණු ආර්ථික ආපදාව හේතුවෙන් ජනතාව මුහුණ දුන් සාධාරණ දුක්ගැනවිලි ගසාකමින්, දෙමළ ඩයස්පෝරාවෙන් මෙන්ම සෞදි අරාබි හා කටාර් රාජ්‍යවල සංවිධානවලින් යහමින් මුදල් ලබා ගනිමින්, ශ්‍රී ලංකා රාජ්‍යය බිඳවැට්ටවීමට උත්සාහ කළ ගෝල්ෆේස් අරගලය පිටුපස සිටි දේශපාලන පක්ෂ දෙකක් ඇතුළු සියලු බළල් අත් පිළිබඳව පුළුල් විමර්ශනයක් සිදුකොට, මෙකී අරගලයට සිය සාධාරණ දුක්ගැනවිලි හේතුවෙන් […]

 Lanka Lead News බස්නාහිර පළාත් ජ්‍යෙෂ්ඨ නියෝජ්‍ය පොලිස්පති දේශබන්දු තෙන්නකෝන් මහතාට පහරදීමේ සිද්ධිය සම්බන්ධයෙන් අත්අඩංගුවට ගත් සැකකරුවන් 8 දෙනා අධිකරණය හමුවේ වරද පිළිගැනීමෙන් අනතුරුව ඇප මත මුදාහැර ඇති බව වාර්තාවේ. මේ අතර ජනාධිපති මන්දිරයට බලහත්කාරයෙන් ඇතුළු වූ බවට චෝදනා එල්ල වූ රංගන ශිල්පී ජෙහාන් අප්පුහාමි කොටුව මහේස්ත්‍රාත් අධිකරණයට භාර වී ඇති අතර ඔහුට රුපියල් ලක්ෂ […]

Courtesy Adaderana Sri Lanka Police has sought public assistance to identify several persons who are accused of entering the Prime Minister’s Office and damaging its property on July 13.  It said the Criminal Investigations Department (CID) is carrying out the investigations regarding the incident of several persons forcibly entering the Prime Minister’s Office and damaging […]