Former Mt. Lavinia Crimes OIC detained over Lasantha’s murder
The CID had taken into custody the former Crimes OIC of the Mount Lavinia Police on a 48 hour detention order over the killing of Sunday Leader Editor...
Read More
SL’s budget related reporting seen as falling short of world standards
The Fiscal Management (Responsibility) Act, which governs budget related reporting in Sri Lanka, is falling short of international standards when cons...
Read More
Presidential Secretariat clarifies withholding of bond report documents
Several documents of the bond report containing sensitive information were withheld to be used for court proceedings, Secretary to the President Austi...
Read More
Spice Traders welcome ban on re-export of pepper from Sri Lanka
Spices & Allied Products Producers’ & Traders’ Association said they are happy to learn that President Sirisena has directed the re-export...
Read More
‘Missing sections’ of bond report: Prez to meet party leaders
President Maithripala Sirisena has invited leaders of all political parties represented in parliament today (Jan.29) to the Presidential Secretariat t...
Read More
JVP, JO want President’s Secy questioned over thousands of pages missing from bond report
The JVP and Joint opposition MPs demanded from Speaker Karu Jayasuriya yesterday to summon Secretary to the President to parliament and question him f...
Read More
NOC sends Notices for AGM
The National Olympic Committee (NOC) sent the official notification to the member clubs confirming the four-year delayed AGM will be held on 23 Februa...
Read More
Kataragama shooting -- Sagala pulls up Police Chief
Law and Order Minister Sagala Ratnayaka is reported to have taken Police Chief Pujith Jayasundara to task in connection with the incident where a ...
Read More
Speaker says nothing missing from Bond Commission report
Speaker Karu Jayasuriya announced yesterday that he had been informed by the Secretary to the President that Parliament had been given copies of the c...
Read More
Kataragama shooting incident :58 arrested persons released on bail
https://youtu.be/OlnCb8fCdqE?t=13 The 58 arrested persons arrested during the Kataragama incident were taken before Tissamaharama Magistrate who rele...
Read More
E-passport tender award challenged in Supreme Court
Sri Lanka’s new bio-metric E-passport project has been embroiled in a legal mesh as a result of the attempt made by the authorities to award the con...
Read More
Dead army officer’s claim doubtful: CID
Lasantha Wickrematunge’s murder: The Army Intelligence Officer who had committed suicide by hanging himself in 2016, having written a letter t...
Read More
President orders AG and other officials Act Now on Bond Commission Report Prime Minister’s ‘Value Judgment’ questioned
President Maithripala Sirisena yesterday directed the Attorney General, Jayantha Jayasuriya, the Governor of the Central Bank, Dr. Indrajit Coomaraswa...
Read More
JO criticizes giving Ravi a bond report copy but not Parliament
The Joint Opposition (JO) yesterday said the move to give former minister Ravi Karunanayake, an accused of the bond fiasco, a copy of the bond report ...
Read More
Parliament receives Bond Commission and PRECIFAC reports
UPDATE (2:28pm) - Speaker of Parliament Karu Jayasuriya says that the decisions on further action on the recommendations of the Bond Commission repor...
Read More
Do not be afraid to play your shots, Hatu tells Mendis
Many are the cricketers who have attributed their transformation into more effective players to coach Chandika Hathurusingha. Having promised the fans...
Read More
Licence of pilot who flew Minister suspended
The Civil Aviation Authority has suspended the licence of the pilot who had flown the civilian aircraft that transported the Fisheries and Aquatic Res...
Read More
Store owner travels 850 kms to attack woman who complained about slow service
A negative review can be harmful for any damage and it’s bound to hurt when someone complains about service at your business. But while such opinion...
Read More
Sri Lanka to build Rs19.6bn tower for govt offices.
Sri Lanka is starting to build a 25 floor tower, at a cost of 19.6 billion rupees at the main office complex in the administrative capita Sri Jayaward...
Read More
Death of teenager in custody Independent body must probe deaths in custody – HRCSL IGP orders transfer of Pettah OIC
The Human Rights Commission of Sri Lanka (HRCSL) proposes to establish an independent body to investigate cases of deaths in custody including killing...
Read More
President Maithripala Sirisena to hold office till 2021?
President Maithripala Sirisena has sought the Supreme Court’s opinion if he could remain President for six years till 2021. Details regarding the i...
Read More
Bond Commission report to be tabled in Parliament
The report issued by the Presidential Commission of Inquiry into the Issuance of Treasury Bonds will be tabled in Parliament today. Prime Minister Ra...
Read More
Final report of PRECIFAC handed over to President Sirisena
[embed]https://youtu.be/r6xke7-kQFk?t=13[/embed] https://youtu.be/r6xke7-kQFk?t=14...
Read More
Popular News
