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US overtakes China with most cases Law

US overtakes China with most cases

The US now has more confirmed cases of coronavirus than any other country, with more than 85,500 positive tests. According to the latest figures collated by…

27 Mar 2020
Dinesh hasn’t contracted COVID-19: Foreign Ministry clarifies Law

Dinesh hasn’t contracted COVID-19: Foreign Ministry clarifies

Dismissing social media reports that Foreign Relations Minister Dinesh Gunawardana has contracted COVID-19 through a ministry official, the ministry said…

17 Mar 2020
Wedding witness late by one hour! Law

Wedding witness late by one hour!

Two prominent politicos of the same political party had been invited to sign as witnesses at a wedding held on a grand scale in a high-end hotel in Kandy…

01 Jan 2020
Human hand – Blazer of Human Civilization Law

Human hand – Blazer of Human Civilization

We have already discussed the main lines and the secondary lines in the hand in some detail. There are signs in the hand which are no less important than the…

25 Sep 2019
Gota, seven others released from Avant Garde case Law

Gota, seven others released from Avant Garde case

The Magistrate's Court today discharged the eight accused including Gotabaya Rajapaksa from the Avant Garde floating armoury case filed by the Bribery…

24 Sep 2019
Russia and China to show united front at showcase economic forum Law

Russia and China to show united front at showcase economic forum

ussian President Vladimir Putin, Chinese President Xi Jinping, United Nations Secretary-General Antonio Guterres and Slovak Prime Minister Peter Pellegrini…

10 Jun 2019
Magistrate rejects objections, Johnston’s bribery trial on Aug.9 Law

Magistrate rejects objections, Johnston’s bribery trial on Aug.9

Colombo Chief Magistrate Lanka Jayarathne yesterday rejected preliminary objections raised by former Minister Johnston Fernando and two others in five…

05 Jun 2019
Navy nabs 41 illegal immigrants Law

Navy nabs 41 illegal immigrants

Forty-one Sri Lankans arrested in the deep seas off the Southern Coast while illegally migrating to Australia were handed over to the Galle Port Police by the…

27 May 2019
A rare case of extravagance! Law

A rare case of extravagance!

A nephew of a high political authority has reportedly bought an expensive wristwatch for Rs. 8 million.   This person had bought the costly wristwatch…

28 Feb 2019
Ramanayake’s evidence lacks accuracy - Probe Committee Law

Ramanayake’s evidence lacks accuracy - Probe Committee

The UNP’s four-member committee, appointed to probe the claims made by State Minister Ranjan Ramanayake, about Parliamentarians who allegedly use cocaine, has…

27 Feb 2019
Constitutional Council a corrupt and biased institution: Wijeyadasa Law

Constitutional Council a corrupt and biased institution: Wijeyadasa

Former Minister and MP Wijeyadasa Rajapakshe said yesterday the Constitutional Council was one of the most corrupt institutions in the country and stressed the…

15 Feb 2019
Threatening Eknaligoda: Gnanasara Thera’s sentence suspended Law

Threatening Eknaligoda: Gnanasara Thera’s sentence suspended

The six-month rigorous imprisonment imposed on Ven. Galagodaatte Gnanasara Thera for threatening Sandya Eknaligoda, was suspended for five years by the Colombo…

11 Feb 2019
Navy escapes with a last minute penalty Law

Navy escapes with a last minute penalty

Out-of-form Navy Sports Club brushed off a late scare as they claimed a thrilling 18-17 win over Air Force Sports Club in their Dialog Inter-Club League Rugby…

11 Feb 2019
A farce to be enacted to conform to a legal requirement! Law

A farce to be enacted to conform to a legal requirement!

he national unity government move has taken centre-stage again. The motive behind this move is to accommodate more ambitious ones in the top team. In the…

08 Feb 2019
Death sentence within next two months: Prez Law

Death sentence within next two months: Prez

President Maithripala Sirisena today said that the death sentence would be carried out within the next two months on those convicted for drug offences.…

07 Feb 2019
An unusual case of having the cake and eating it too! Law

An unusual case of having the cake and eating it too!

There is a city mayor who has rented out his vehicle for a monthly payment of Rs. 160,000, but he continues to use it himself. A paradox? But we are assured it…

03 Feb 2019
Bloomberg quotes Mahendran on Deutsche Bank alleged money laundering case Law

Bloomberg quotes Mahendran on Deutsche Bank alleged money laundering case

Former Central Bank of Sri Lanka Governor Arjuna Mahendran had reportedly offered his opinion to Bloomberg, in reference to a proposed investment by Qatar in…

01 Feb 2019
Twelve Navy personnel injured in clash with illegal sand miners Law

Twelve Navy personnel injured in clash with illegal sand miners

Twelve Sri Lanka Navy personnel were injured following a clash between illegal sand miners in Kandakadu, Kinniya and the Navy. According to Navy spokesman…

30 Jan 2019
SLC employee sent on compulsory leave on corruption charges Law

SLC employee sent on compulsory leave on corruption charges

Former Sri Lanka National Cricket team analyst Sanath Jayasundara, who was employed at the SLC Brain Center, has been sent on compulsory leave by the SLC on…

22 Jan 2019
Gota case: 18 witnesses banned from travelling abroad Law

Gota case: 18 witnesses banned from travelling abroad

Acceding to a prosecution request in the case filed against former defense secretary Gotabaya Rajapaksa, the Special High Court today directed the Court…

18 Jan 2019
UPFA decries TNA statements on draft constitution ...admits possibility of split in the grouping Law

UPFA decries TNA statements on draft constitution ...admits possibility of split in the grouping

The SLFP/UPFA yesterday ruled out its support for draft constitution that was to be presented to parliament before Independence Day, Feb 04.   Addressing…

04 Jan 2019
PM violated Constitution by nominating 35 for Cabinet: JVP Law

PM violated Constitution by nominating 35 for Cabinet: JVP

JVP leader Anura Kumara Dissanayake said yesterday that Prime Minister Ranil Wickremesinghe was looking for loopholes in the Constitution to increase the…

24 Dec 2018
Latham ton puts New Zealand in charge of first Sri Lanka Test Law

Latham ton puts New Zealand in charge of first Sri Lanka Test

New Zealand’s Tom Latham plays a shot during day two of the first Test cricket match between New Zealand and Sri Lanka at the Basin Reserve in Wellington on…

17 Dec 2018
Bowling action of Akila Dananjaya found to be illegal Law

Bowling action of Akila Dananjaya found to be illegal

The International Cricket Council yesterday announced that an independent assessment has found the bowling action of Sri Lanka’s off-spinner Akila Dananjaya to…

11 Dec 2018