Former Chairman of SriLankan Airlines, Nishantha Wickramasinghe, who was arrested by the Commission to Investigate Allegations of Bribery or Corruption (CIABOC), has been further remanded until 15 July following his appearance before the Colombo Magistrate’s Court today (1).
Wickramasinghe was...
Colombo Additional Magistrate Harshana Kekunawela today (1) ordered that the trial in the case against Shashi Weerawansa, the wife of former Minister Wimal Weerawansa, be held on 11 November.
The case relates to allegations that Shashi Weerawansa obtained a diplomatic...
Donald Trump’s move to cut most of the US funding towards foreign humanitarian aid could cause more than 14 million additional deaths by 2030, according to research published in The Lanceet medical journal on Monday.
A third of those at...
Samagi Jana Balawegaya (SJB) MP Ramanathan Archchuna today (30) made a special statement in Parliament regarding the controversial release of 323 cargo containers, expressing his willingness to reveal full details about the shipments — but only if the government...
vThe Malwathu Maha Viharaya in Kandy has issued a special statement refuting a misleading news report that claimed former President Mahinda Rajapaksa requested the Chief Prelate of the Malwathu Chapter to intervene on behalf of his wife, Shiranthi Rajapaksa.
The...
Events in Sri Lanka this July
Sirus Migration Education, a leading Australia-based migration and education consultancy, has announced its upcoming two-week visit to Sri Lanka this July. The initiative will feature two exclusive in-person events, offering Sri Lankan entrepreneurs and...
A man who allegedly provided a false tip-off to the Police Emergency Unit (119) claiming that a woman was planning a grenade attack on President Anura Kumara Dissanayake during the upcoming Upasampada ceremony at the Galnewa public grounds has...
Justice Minister Harshana Nanayakkara has pushed back against a claim made by UN High Commissioner for Human Rights Volker Türk that a bill to decriminalise same-sex relationships is currently under consideration in Sri Lanka’s Parliament, The Sunday Times reported....
About 90 percent of land, held by the armed forces during the war in the Northern and Eastern provinces, had been released, in stages, since 2010, A group of military officers told The Island on condition of anonymity.
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