Senior State Counsel Dr. Awanthi Perera appearing for the Attorney General submitted to the court that two CID special teams headed by an Assistant Superintendent of Police (ASP) have commenced investigations. She further added that the investigations will be...
The Policeman who assaulted the lorry driver in Pannipitya yesterday has been remanded.
The Policeman in question assaulted a lorry driver after the driver got involved in an accident that caused severe injuries to the Traffic Officer-In-Charge of the Maharagama...
Health Ministry found a carcinogenic substance called aflatoxin in the coconut oil imported by these companies. The contaminated coconut oil is harmful for human consumption since a high level of aflatoxin could cause liver cancer. The Ware Houses with...
The Colombo Chief Magistrate's Court today ordered the release of former Chief Justice and former Attorney General Mohan Peiris, Supreme Court Judge A.H.M.D. Nawaz and former Secretary to the Ministry of Power and Energy M.M.C Ferdinando from a corruption...
President's Counsel Sanjeewa Jayawardena appearing for Director-General of Legal Affairs of the Presidential Secretariat, Senior attorney Harigupta Rohanadeera informed Court that recommendations of this commission will not be implemented at this juncture, since the President has appointed yet another...
The Catholic Church urged that officials named for such action by the Presidential Commission which probed the attacks should be prosecuted without any hesitation.
The statement said
"Look out for those who are directly or indirectly connected to the Easter Sunday...
The Policeman who assaulted a lorry driver in the Maharagama area was arrested by the Police yesterday.
According to Police the lorry driver from Pannipitya was involved in an accident where the Traffic OIC was of the Maharagama police was...
Engineers raced throughout the day to finish the job of dislodging the Ever Given after partially refloating the ship at dawn, taking advantage of an unusually high tide to make the job easier.
Tugboats helped pull the vessel out from...
The Terrorism Investigation Division has arrested two in Jaffna including a woman for operating an offensive YOU tube channel.
Police said that the channel helped to propagate LTTE material.
The suspects are likely to be detained under PTA.
The Colombo District Court today issued an Enjoining Order preventing the United National Party (UNP),from expelling Sri Jayawardenapura Kotte Municipal Councilor Dhammika Chandraratne from party membership until April 12.
Colombo District Court Judge Aruna Aluthge made this order subsequent to...
President Gotabaya Rajapaksa has emphatically stated that the country would not give in to pressure exerted by the UNHRC while blaming the previous government for betraying the country by co-sponsoring the UNHRC resolution.
He made this observation while addressing a...
A writ petition has been filed in the Court of Appeal seeking an order in the nature of a Writ of Mandamus directing environmental authorities to act in terms of the Law to accurately identify the area and demarcate...
