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The CID informed Colombo Magistrate’s Court that former Minister Mervyn Silva did not lodge a complaint against former Defence Secretary Gotabaya Rajapaksa regarding the ‘white van abductions’.

Sri Lanka’s government Wednesday decided to revoke a purported agreement Avant Garde had entered into with the defence minister under former secretary Gotabhaya Rajapaksa and asked the navy to take over the private firm’s operations.

Former President and Parliamentarian Mahinda Rajapaksa has issued a condolence message in view of the death of the Ven. Sobitha Thera.

Minister Sagala Ratnayaka is tipped to take oaths as the Law and Order Minister in addition to his portfolio of Southern Development. Meanwhile D.M. Swaminathan is reported to get the Prisons portfolio in addition to his portfolios Rehabilitation and Resettlement.

Missing journalist Prageeth Eknaligoda’s wife Sandya on Tuesday declined to reveal the outcome of the meeting with the United Nations Working Group on Enforced or Involuntary Disappearances saying that the UN official asked her not to reveal anything to the media.

Minister of Justice and Buddha Sasana Wijeyadasa Rajapakshe said, he will not relinquish his ministerial portfolio because the charges against him are baseless.

President Maithripala Sirisena assured yesterday that he would brief the Cabinet in one week over the government’s course of action on the Avant Garde private security firm.

Law and Order Minister Tilak Marapana, being an honest politician, had told the truth about the Avant Garde issue in Parliament, ex-President Mahinda Rajapaksa said yesterday.

Minister of Law and Order Thilak Marapana has sent a letter to President Maithripala Sirisena stating that he is resigning from his ministerial portfolio.

President Maithripala Sirisena has expressed shock and sadness over the untimely demise of the Most Venerable Maduluwave Sobitha Thera.

Sri Lanka Muslim Congress (SLMC) Leader Rauff Hakeem dropped a bombshell in public on Saturday when he revealed that there was a split in the government.

RAMESWARAM: All the 126 Indian fishermen in Sri Lankan custody will be released by courts in the island nation on Monday. The Sri Lankan government has already issued release orders to the fisheries department.

The Avant Garde Armoury case has caused cracks in the Maithri–Ranil Yahapalanaya Government in a serious manner forcing President Maithripala Sirisena to summon a special meeting of the Cabinet of Ministers next Wednesday.

Justice Minister Wijeyadasa Rajapakse, PC, Friday claimed that the then Gen. Sarath Fonseka had spurned an offer to nurse the Kelaniya electorate on behalf of the UNP at the April 2010 parliamentary polls.

Most Venerable Maduluwawe Sobitha thero has passed away this morning at a hospital in Singapore – SL Mission in Singapore confirms.