Category: Local News

By Janaka Alahapperuma – Pix By : Sudath Silva A delegation of permanent representatives to the United Nations (UN), including ambassadors from Japan, Bangladesh, Nigeria and Romania, called on President Mahinda Rajapaksa at Temple Trees on Friday 07 December. The UN delegation visited Sri Lanka for a fact finding mission and held discussions with the President […]

Opposition members of the Parliamentary Select Committee (PSC) probing the charges in the impeachment motion against the Chief Justice have withdrawn from proceedings as the chairman has rejected their conditions. […]

  The Opposition Leader of the Kolonnawa Urban Council, Chandrasiri Dias has died while addressing the council today. […]

“I am not a man who takes revenge. The law is equal to everyone irrespective of their positions. If someone commits an offense, he will get punishments”, Said President Mahinda Rajapaksa at the opening Ceremony of the Weligama Resort on the Southern Expressway. […]

By Janaka Alahapperuma – Pix by: Sudath Silva President Mahinda Rajapaksa declared open the “Canonwin Arcade”, Sri Lanka’s first travel service center and Rest House on Southern Expressway and the interchange at Welipanna, Kottawa entrance connecting the Southern Expressway to the Colombo Outer Circular Road this afternoon on 06 December. Almost a year has passed […]

Music Maestro Pandit W. D. Amaradeva yesterday celebrated his 85th birthday at the Nelum Pokuna Mahinda Rajapaksa Performing Arts Theatre where a concert and a felicitation ceremony were held with the participation of a large number of artistes. This event was organized by Star Events headed by Sudharma Nethikumara in consultation with MCNS Director General […]

It was necessary to relax laws on abortion who became pregnant due to rape, incest or foetal abnormalities to ease the pain and hardship faced by them, Medical experts said yesterday. […]

The Greens are demanding the Federal Government set clear legal requirements for the interview process undertaken to determine whether an asylum seeker has a legitimate refugee claim. On Tuesday, 56 asylum seekers avoided being sent back to Sri Lanka after a Government backdown. […]

The Criminal Investigations Department has taken measures to record statements from all the inmates who were held at the Welikada Prison during the recent riots that took place at the prison. […]

FILE PHOTO Venerable Maduluwave Sobitha Thera, referring to the impeachment motion against the Chief Justice Shirani Bandaranayake, yesterday said that its was like the times of ‘King Kekille’. “The complainants are among the persons who are sitting in judgement. Nowhere in the world have complainants functioned as judges,” he said, adding that the impeachment motion […]

Courtesy: News First / Pix by Reuters Chief Justice Dr. Shirani Banaranayake arrived at the Parliamentary Complex this morning to once again appear before the Parliamentary Select Committee examining the impeachment motion brought against her. […]

COLOMBO (Reuters) – Sri Lanka’s judges on Monday demanded an impartial inquiry into charges against the chief justice that have created a standoff between the judiciary and President Mahinda Rajapaksa’s government. […]

  Former Minister and Opposition Leader of the Colombo Municipal Council, Mohamed Mahroof has passed away at a private hospital in Colombo this morning. […]

The Judiciary cannot issue writs or notices against Parliament, said former Chief Justice Sarath N. Silva. According to Section 3 of the Constitution, the sovereignty lies in the people and Parliament is answerable to them. The judicial power of the people is exercised by Parliament through Courts, he said. […]

Three people are believed to be buried following an earthslip in Jayawadanagama, Battaramulla which occurred a short while ago. Our reporter said that Rescue operations are currently underway. […]

The proposal to extend the time period of leadership by 6 years has been approved at the UNP convention today. However MP Sajith Premadasa objected this proposal. […]