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Former President and United National Party (UNP) Leader Ranil Wickremesinghe said that the 17‑year revolution launched by Sri Lanka’s firstContinue Reading
Several opposition political parties and civil society organisations are planning to stage a mass protest next week against the proposed 22nd Amendment to the Constitution.
An invitation from the Indian government and a scheduled Buddhist religious ceremony were among the grounds presented by lawyers representingContinue Reading
The mother of Sri Lankan migrant worker Sivarasa Anojan, who has reportedly been sentenced to death in Saudi Arabia, hasContinue Reading
The Select Committee of Parliament to conduct a comprehensive study on the lack of preparedness to face Cyclone Ditwah and report to Parliament and submit its proposals and recommendations in that regard has decided to summon representatives of Pradeshiya Sabhas and Municipal Councils to examine how local authorities coordinated their response during the disaster.
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Iranian Parliament Speaker Mohammad Bagher Ghalibaf used the Taylor Rule on social media to argue that a US interest rate hike cannot counter the economic impact of conflict-related disruptions at the Strait of Hormuz. His post came shortly before the US Federal Reserve announced a 25-basis-point rate increase, which it partly attributed to rising energy costs and geopolitical tensions.
“What stands in the way becomes the way,” Marcus Aurelius writes in Meditations. Nearly two millennia later, the idea capturesContinue Reading
Colombo Chief Magistrate Asanga S. Bodaragama today directed the Inspector General of Police to investigate into whether former Minister Wimal Weerawansa’s remarks made at a rally on September 12 amounted to contempt of court and to report the findings to court.
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Sri Lankan Justice Minister Harshana Nanayakkara announced that the government plans to increase prison officers' salaries and allowances in the upcoming national budget. He also stated that compensation will be given to families of officers killed during unrest at Negombo Prison, and that discussions were held with President Anura Kumara Dissanayake on a special allowance.
Public Security Minister Sunil Watagala said even former Executive Presidents and senior politicians were now required to appear before law enforcement agencies when summoned for questioning, instead of having investigators visit their residences to record statements.
Batticaloa District MP Shanakiyan Rasamanickam has raised grave concerns over the reported death sentence handed down to Sivarasa Anojan, aContinue Reading
ජාතියේ නිධානය වන දරුවන්ගේ ජීවිත සුරක්ෂිත කිරීම සඳහා වග කිව යුතු රජයක් ලෙස සියලු පියවර ගන්නා බව ජනාධිපති අනුර කුමාර දිසානායක මහතා පැවසීය.
බලවේග පේෂකර්ම ව්යාපාර පහක් ( මාතලේ ගලේවෙල අරංගල වත්තේගම උකුවෙල) පෞද්ගලික සමාගමකට අනූ නව අවුරුදු බදු පදනම මත ලබා දී තිබූණද එම ව්යාපාර අවුරුදු දහයක් පහළොවත් අතර කාලයක් වසා දමා තිබූ බවත් මෙම ඉඩම් සඳහා හිඟ බදු මුදල් අයවී නොතිබීමෙන් රජයට කෝටි 11කට ආසන්න මුදලක් අහිමි වී තිබූ බවත් ජාතික විගණන කාර්යාලය පවසයි.
Minister of Energy Anura Karunathilaka announced that tenders have already been called for further battery storage projects of 400 megawatts,Continue Reading
The Colombo Chief Magistrate has ordered the Inspector General of Police to investigate whether statements made by politician Wimal Weerawansa criticizing the remanding of SLPP MP Namal Rajapaksa constitute contempt of court. The order followed a request from the Bribery Commission during a court hearing related to an alleged Airbus bribery transaction. Additionally, the court extended Namal Rajapaksa's remand until September 29.
Sri Lanka Podujana Peramuna (SLPP) MP Namal Rajapaksa was ordered to be further remanded until September 29 by the ColomboContinue Reading
Parliamentarian Namal Rajapaksa, who was arrested by the Commission to Investigate Allegations of Bribery or Corruption over allegations of accepting a Rs. 100 million bribe in connection with a transaction involving the purchase of Airbus aircraft, has been ordered to be further remanded until September 29 by Colombo Chief Magistrate Asanga S. Bodaragama today.
ශ්රීලංකන් ගුවන් සමාගමට එයාර්බස් ගුවන් යානා මිලදී ගැනීමේදී රුපියල් මිලියන 100ක අල්ලසක් ලබා ගත්තේ යැයි රක්ෂිත බන්ධනාගාර ගත කර සිටි පාර්ලිමේන්තු මන්ත්රී නාමල් රාජපක්ෂ මහතා තවදුරටත් මේ මස 29 වනදා දක්වා රක්ෂිත බන්ධනාගාර ගත කරන ලෙස කොළඹ මහේස්ත්රාත් අධිකරණය නියම කළේය. ඔහුගේ ඇප ඉල්ලීම පිළිබඳ නියෝගය එදින ප්රකාශයට පත් කරන බවත් මහෙස්ත්රාත්වරයාගේ නියෝගයේ සඳහන් වුණි. […]
Namal Rajapaksa, Sri Lanka Podujana Peramuna (SLPP) MP, has been further remanded until September 29 by the Colombo Chief Magistrate’s Court in connection with a Rs. 100 million bribe case linked to the Airbus scandal. He was arrested by the Commission to Investigate Allegations of Bribery or Corruption (CIABOC) on September 4. Separately, he was also ordered remanded until September 23 in a related money laundering case filed by the CID.
The Malaysian pardons board chaired by the king agreed on Friday to allow jailed former premier Najib Razak to serve the remainder of his sentence under house arrest, four years after a conviction related to a multi-billion-dollar financial scandal, the prime minister’s legal department said.
