Former Minister of Investment Promotion, Lakshman Yapa Abeywardena, says he feels proud—not ashamed—over indictments filed against him for approving newspaper advertisements congratulating former President Mahinda Rajapaksa.
Speaking to the media, Abeywardena responded to the charges filed by the Commission to...
The Judicial Service Commission has sealed the official chambers of Kaduwela Magistrate Chanima Wijebandara, following several complaints lodged against her, Kaduwela Police confirmed.
As part of the ongoing investigation, the former magistrate has been granted permission to visit the court...
Former President Ranil Wickremesinghe has hit back at the Bribery Commission, accusing its legal counsel of deliberately misleading the court with references to him during today’s proceedings. He says he is consulting his lawyers on the legal action to...
The Colombo Magistrate’s Court has ordered that the case filed under the Prevention of Money Laundering Act against former President Mahinda Rajapaksa’s son, Yoshitha Rajapaksa, and his aunt, Daisy Forrest, be recalled on 11 July.
The case was taken up...
The police have launched sudden inspections of SLTB and private buses deployed for long-distance services, focusing on passenger safety and vehicle standards.
As part of this operation, buses operating from Hatton were inspected by the Ginigathhena Police. During the inspections,...
The bribery case against MP Chamara Sampath Dassanayake took a dramatic turn today (16 May) as Colombo Chief Magistrate Thanuja Lakmali heard arguments disputing a key defence made by former President Ranil Wickremesinghe.
Dassanayake, currently in remand custody, was produced...
Two passengers have been arrested by the Criminal Investigation Department (CID) at Bandaranaike International Airport (BIA), Katunayake, for attempting to smuggle gold worth Rs. 210 million into the country.
The suspects had concealed the gold inside vehicle spare parts and...
Several opposition party secretaries have agreed to hold discussions with Opposition Leader Sajith Premadasa on forming administrations in local government bodies, following a meeting held in Colombo on Wednesday night (15).
The meeting, chaired by former President Ranil Wickremesinghe at...
A delegation of Sri Lankan and American Buddhist monks and nuns visited the historic site of the First Parliament of the World’s Religions, held in September 1893 at the Art Institute of Chicago on Michigan Avenue. The visit marked...
President Anura Kumara Dissanayake today called on Sri Lanka’s newly appointed state diplomats to actively promote the country’s ongoing political transformation and strengthen its image on the global stage.
Addressing the new diplomatic heads at the Presidential Secretariat, the President...