The Court of Appeal today extended the interim order staying the police circular to ban the use of full face helmets until July 2.

Prime Minister Ranil Wickremesinghe will meet a group of eminent lawyers tonight to discuss the way forward on the Supreme Court stay order preventing the arrest of former Defence Secretary Gotabhaya Rajapaksa.

The annual Victory Day celebrations will be held at the Vihara Maha Devi Open Air Theatre Colombo today.

The Government said it will not allow LTTE commemorative events to be held in the Northern Province.

The unearthing of possibly billions of rupees worth of assets syphoned off from Sri Lanka and stashed away in the United States of America begins with the return of the high-powered US investigative team that was in Colombo last week.

Former Court of Appeal Justice Keerthi Wimalachandra has resigned from his post as a Commissioner of the Bribery Commissioner.

Speaker Chamal Rajapaksa signed the blueprint of the 19th Amendment to the Constitution a short while ago, General Secretary of Parliament said.

Former President Mahinda Rajapaksa yesterday distanced himself from allegations over questionable investments in the Steel Corporation and Marriott Hotel in Dubai.

Sri Lanka has briefed diplomats based in the country on moves to restore democracy, the Foreign Ministry said on Wednesday.

A Sri Lankan refugee accused of murder allegedly stabbed another refugee through the stomach with such force the blade damaged the victim’s spine, an Adelaide court has heard.

An investigating Committee revealed that a sum of Rs. 91 million of government owned Ocean View Development Company funds, which was under former Minister Wimal Weerawansa during the previous regime, had been misappropriated.

Sri Lanka’s central bank permitted the spot currency to rise by 10 cents after letting it drift down 60 cents in three calibrated steps since April 30, but did not provide any reason for the latest upward adjustment to the rupee.

The Supreme Court today issued an interim order staying the police from arresting former defense secretary Gotabaya Rajapaksa until the final determination of the fundamental rights petition filed by him.

Former Secretary to the President Lalith Weeratunga is currently giving a statement at the special investigations unit regarding alleged financial fraud at the Reconstruction and Development Agency (RADA), police said.