Category: Local News

The Colombo High Court has served indictments on the former DIG Anura Senanayake for allegedly fabricating and concealing evidence on the murder of Sri Lankan rugby player Waseem Thajudeen.

The United Kingdom (UK) yesterday said the implementation of the death penalty in Sri Lanka would inevitably makes it more difficult for the UK to cooperate on law enforcement issues, including counter-terrorism.

Amnesty International says it is shocked by President Maithripala Sirisena’s decision to sign the death warrants of four prisoners jailed on drug-related offenses.

Army Commander Lt. Gen. Mahesh Senanayake, yesterday, told the Parliamentary Select Committee (PSC) probing the Easter Sunday carnage that there was still the possibility of terrorist attacks.

The government is making effort to provide necessary legal or infrastructure support to develop the freelancing community as well as the start up culture in Sri Lanka, Digital Infrastructure and Information Technology Minister Ajith P. Perera told the Social Media Day 2019.

President Maithripala Sirisena said that whoever comes to power at the next Presidential poll should abolish the 19th Amendment to the Constitution to create stability in the country.

President Maithripala Sirisena says that he has already signed the order to impose the death penalty for prisoners convicted for drug dealing.

The leader of the All Ceylon Makkal Congress Parliamentarian Rishad Bathiudeen and Commander of the Sri Lanka Army Lieutenant General Mahesh Senanayake will appear before the Parliamentary Select Committee probing the Easter Sunday attacks today.

People injured by the Easter Sunday bombings who cannot be properly treated locally will be sent abroad for treatment at state expense, Prime Minister Ranil Wickremesinge promised yesterday. The Prime Minister gave this assurance when he officiated at a function of the National Peace Council at the BMICH yesterday.

Dr. Seigu Siyabdeen Mohamed Shafi of the Kurunegala Teaching Hospital who was arrested for allegedly accumulating assets via illegal means, has filed a Fundamental Rights (FR) petition with the Supreme Court requesting to declare his arrest and detention as unlawful.

Sri Lankan President Maithripala Sirisena must immediately halt plans to execute at least 13 prisoners convicted of drug-related crimes, Amnesty International said today.

At least 4 army soldiers were killed while another 3 soldiers were wounded after an army truck collided with a train in Kilinochchi, the military spokesman confirmed.

Minister of Power and Energy Ravi Karunanayake says an individual who has not even won his electoral seat will not become the UNP Presidential Candidate.

Parliamentarian Venerable Athuraliye Rathana Thero urges President Maithripala Sirisena not to allow the government to proceed with the proposed Status of Forces Agreement (SOFA) with the United States.

UN High Commissioner for Human Rights Michelle Bachelet today said that she was concerned that the terrorist attacks two months ago in Sri Lanka have fuelled increasing tensions.

The National Police Commission (NPC) has decided to entertain public complaints against the Police through the internet too.