News Room : BASL asks for IGP’s intervention – The Island
Trouble erupts on eve of Kaushalya’s appointment as new head Outgoing President of Bar Association Saliya Pieris, PC, yesterday (24) said that attempts were being made to intimidate him over the stand he took on a number of contentious issues including the appointment of the new IGP. Pieris said so in response to The Island queries in the wake of protest...
News Room : Appeals court – The Island
A Michigan court of appeals has ruled that the parents of a teenager responsible for a school shooting in the United States can be tried for involuntary manslaughter, paving the way for a groundbreaking case. In a unanimous opinion, the three-judge appeals court called for a full trial against James and Jennifer Crumbley, whose son Ethan Crumbley opened fire at...
News Room : State media – The Island
A Michigan court of appeals has ruled that the parents of a teenager responsible for a school shooting in the United States can be tried for involuntary manslaughter, paving the way for a groundbreaking case. In a unanimous opinion, the three-judge appeals court called for a full trial against James and Jennifer Crumbley, whose son Ethan Crumbley opened fire at...
News Room : SF claims thousands of police and military personnel leaving – The Island
By Saman Indrajith Thousands of police and military personnel had left the services recently as they did not want to carry out illegal orders, Field Marshal Sarath Fonseka told Parliament yesterday. According to the war-winning army commander 200 policemen have resigned during the past two months and 25,000 soldiers have left the army during the last two years. “We urged the...
News Room : Russia boosts defences near Japan amid US row over Asia Pacific – The Island
Russia has said that a division of its Bastion coastal defence missile systems has been deployed to Paramushir, one of the Kuril Islands in the north Pacific, some of which Japan claims as its territory. The move is part of a wider strengthening of Russia’s defences in its vast far eastern regions, Defence Minister Sergei Shoigu said on Wednesday, partly...
News Room : Lebanese take to streets as anger over economic meltdown grows
Aljazeera reported that Lebanese officers have fired tear gas at hundreds of people, mostly retired members of the security forces, who had gathered near government buildings in the capital to protests against deteriorating economic conditions. Crowds on Wednesday (22) gathered in the streets of central Beirut carrying Lebanon’s tricolour flags and logos of security forces. The protest was called for...
News Room : Public sector will stop engaging in business and open it to the private sector in the future – President
President Ranil Wickremesinghe said that due to the public sector engaging in business activities, the money that was available for the construction of 100 projects similar to the Mahaweli during the past decades, has been lost and noted that in the future, the public sector will stop engaging in business and open it to the private sector to create...
News Room : Technical Certificates of Completion for 64 out of 74 plots of Port City Colombo SEZ – The Island
Technical Certificates of Completion for 64 out of 74 plots of the Port City Colombo SEZ have been received by the Commission, a Colombo Port City Economic Commission semi-annual progress report for FY 2022 notes. A press release by the Commssion said: ‘The Colombo Port City Economic Commission (the Commission), the Single Window Investment Facilitator authorised to assist investors, businesses,...
News Room : Showers in Sabaragamuwa, Central, Uva and Southern provinces and in Polonnaruwa district – The Island
Weather forecast issued at 05.30 a.m. on 20 March 2023 by the Department of Meteorology Showers or thundershowers will occur at several places over most parts of the island during the afternoon or night. Showers may occur in Western and Sabaragamuwa provinces and in Nuwara-Eliya, Galle and Matara districts during the morning as well. Fairly heavy showers above 50mm are likely at...
News Room : SJB, JVP move SC against Finance Secy. for contempt of court – The Island
Chairman of the Uththara Lanka Sabhagaya (ULS) Wimal Weerawnsa, MP, has questioned the failure on the part of the Janatha Vimukthi Peramuna (JVP) to protest against the recent clandestine visit here by Central Intelligence Agency (CIA) Director, William Joseph Burns. The Jathika Nidahas Peramuna (JNP) leader, Weerawansa, said that at the time he represented the JVP, the party always took...