Category: Local News

Issuing a statement the 43rd Chief Justice of Sri Lanka, Dr. Shirani Bandaranayake states  “many will come and many will go. What matters is not the person who is the incumbent custodian of this position. What matters is the continued existence of an independent judiciary”. […]

By Shenali Waduge Rizana Nafeek a Sri Lankan national from Muttur was beheaded according to Saudi Arabian law on 9 January 2013 having been found guilty of killing a 4 month baby while serving as a domestic in Saudi Arabia in 2005. The appeals for her release were many – from both local and international. […]

By Janaka Alahapperuma – Pix by: Sudath Silva Former Attorney General and legal advisor to the president, Mohan Peiris was sworn in as the 44th Chief Justice of Sri Lanka a short while ago, the President Media Unit confirmed. He took oaths before President Mahinda Rajapaksa at 12.35 pm today on January 15 at Temple Trees. […]

The Police Headquarters says that security around the Hulftsdorp Court Complex has been beefed up. […]

Former Attorney General Mohan Peiris is tipped to be appointed as the next Chief Justice today, after approval by the Parliamentary Council (PC) in conformity with the 18th Amendment to the Constitution, informed sources said yesterday. […]

The Lawyers Collective has decided to challenge the appointment of the new Chief Justice before the Supreme Court by filing a fundamental rights violation case. […]

By Janaka Alahapperuma from London Indian government has offered a large number of scholarships for Sri Lankan students to follow undergraduate, postgraduate and PhD degrees in some of the leading universities in India, a Press Release issued by the Indian High Commission in Colombo stated. All government funded ICCR scholarships cover full tuition fees for […]

By Shenali Waduge Unless it’s a mistake or purposely done the UN removal of Sri Lanka from its List of Shame for child conscription does not clearly distinguish the fact that it was the LTTE that conscripted children to its terror outfit and not Sri Lanka’s army. Therefore, Sri Lankan authorities need to ask UN […]

The Hindus of Sri Lanka, together with their fellow believers in South Asia, celebrate the important Thanksgiving and Harvest Festival of Thai Pongal today, President Mahinda Rajapaksa said. […]

By Janaka Alahapperuma – Pix by: Sudath Silva The national function ‘Abhises Abhiman’ to present letters of appointment to trainee graduates who were recruited to government service in 2012 was held under the patronage of the President Mahinda Rajapaksa at Sugathadasa Stadium this morning on 12 January. […]

Chairman of the Kelaniya Pradeshiya Sabha (PS), Prasanna Ranaweera, expressed gratitude to President Mahinda Rajapaksa, for accepting the resignation of Minister Mervyn Silva from the post of Sri Lanka Freedom Party (SLFP) Organizer of Kelaniya, and alleged the minister would have killed them all, if he remained in the position. […]

Presidential Coordinating Secretary Wijeyananda Herath states that the president has signed the removal letter of Chief Justice Dr. Shirani Bandaranaike. […]

By Walter Jayawardhana A meteorite that Landed recently, close to the ancient city of Polonnaruwa in Sri Lanka has been described as the most important scientific discovery in the last 500 years as it carried “compelling evidence of life” from outer space. […]

According to the Constitution of the country, Sri Lanka President Mahinda Rajapaksa has only one option before him now to act on the resolution passed by the Parliament on Friday on the removal of the Chief Justice Dr Shirani Bandaranayake. […]

A cargo vessel “MV Orana” owned by an Ajman based shipping company, Kassab Inter Shipping LLC was hijacked by Somali pirates on 2nd December 2010 with twenty crew members on board including a Sri Lankan seaman named Mr. K.A.S.Soorasena. […]

President Mahinda Rajapaksa has accepted the resignation letter tendered by Minister Mervyn Silva from the post of chief organizer of Kelaniya electorate, the Government Information Department reported today. […]