LNP - Woman serving life imprisonment found innocent: CA observes trial judge misdirected himself of the facts
After spending more than two years in prison, a woman sentenced to life imprisonment for drug trafficking was acquitted by the Court of Appeal, observ...
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LNP - Duty of the State to protect rights of prisoners: UN
While condemning ‘any ill treatment of prisoners’, the United Nation today said that ‘the duty of the State was to protect the rights of prisone...
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LNP - 18 players sign contracts till end of 2021
18 Sri Lanka players have signed Men’s National Player Contracts with Sri Lanka Cricket (SLC) for a five-month period ending December 31, 2021. Acco...
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LNP - Colombo recorded highest positive cases yesterday: NOCPCO
After marking the number of daily COVID-19 cases as high as 2,961 yesterday, the Colombo District recorded the highest number of positive cases that s...
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LNP - COVID-19 cases are rising globally including in Sri Lanka: WHO
The COVID19 cases are rising globally including in Sri Lanka, the World Health Organization Country Office for Sri Lanka said. WHO cautioned that this...
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LNP - Nissanka Senadhipathi, Palitha Fernando released from Avant-Garde bribery case
Avant-Garde Chairman Nissanka Yapa Senadhipathi and former Chairman of Rakna Lanka, Major General (Retired) Palitha Fernando have been released from t...
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LNP - SLC to offer 60 domestic contracts
Sixty domestic cricketers are to be awarded annual contracts, Sri Lanka Cricket (SLC) said yesterday. This will be in addition to the contentious cent...
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LNP - Players agree to go to England without tour contracts
Sri Lanka’s cricketers have agreed to tour England, it is reliably learnt. According to sources at Sri Lanka Cricket (SLC), the players will tour ev...
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LNP - With increase in COVID cases, it is not practical to relax travel restrictions: PHI
With the increase of the number of daily COVID positive cases in the country, it is not practical to lift the islanwide travel restrictions on June 14...
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LNP - Avant-Garde floating armoury case; Nissanka Senadhipathi acquitted
The Colombo High Court Trial-at-Bar today acquitted and released all the suspects, including Avant Garde Chairman Nissanka Senadhipathi from all charg...
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LNP - MAS Holdings issues statement on spike in COVID cases in Polgahawela Thurulie plant
The MAS Holdings has issued an official statement with regard to spike in COVID-19 cases in the Thurulie plant, Polgahawela where 380 employees tested...
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LNP - SC finds several clauses of Port City Bill inconsistent with Constitution
Speaker Mahinda Yapa Abeywardena presented the determination of the Supreme Court with regard to the Colombo Port City Economic Commission Bill to the...
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LNP - Colombo tops highest COVID cases yesterday
With the daily count of new Covid reaching 2,275 yesterday, the Colombo district recorded 438 cases as the highest, the National Operations Centre for...
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LNP - IPL suspended as more players contract COVID-19
The Board of Control for Cricket in India (BCCI) has indefinitely postponed the Indian Premier League (IPL) 2021 after several players and support sta...
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LNP - Navy increases security in Sri Lankan waters to prevent illegal migration attempts
Sri Lanka Navy says it has deployed more naval units to patrol the northern and northwesters waters of the island around the clock, following the poss...
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LNP - Colombo HC concludes Avant-Garde floating armoury case; decision on May 21
The Colombo High Court today concluded the hearing of the case filed against the Chairman of the Avant Garde Maritime Services Company Nissanka Senadh...
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LNP - Bangladesh to impose 7-day nationwide lockdown amidst spike in cases
The Bangladesh government on Saturday decided to impose a week-long nationwide lockdown from Monday as COVID-19 cases and deaths surged across the cou...
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LNP - MCC inconsistent with Constitution
Attorney General Dappula de Livera, PC, has informed President Gotabaya Rajapaksa that the Millennium Challenge Corporation (MCC) Compact, Project Imp...
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LNP - Proposal for recruiting lawyers as CIs discarded
Public Security Minister, retired Rear Admiral Sarath Weerasekera, and Justice Minister Ali Sabry, PC, yesterday (18), against the backdrop of a con...
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LNP - Expert Committee concerned over PC polls before reaching consensus on new Constitution
The nine-member Expert Committee tasked with preparing a preliminary draft for a new Constitution is concerned about the continuing push for Provincia...
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Treasury bond scams: Sixth Forensic Audit yet to be commissioned
Many an eyebrow has been raised over the inordinate delay in carrying out the recommendations made by the Presidential Commission of Inquiry that...
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LNP - Senior lawyer asks AG to prosecute Bathiudeen for destroying Kallaru forest
The Attorney General’s Department could now prosecute MP Rishad Bathiudeen as the Court of Appeal yesterday found that the clearing of part of the...
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LNP - Silent death of constitutional holy cows
That the 20th Amendment was passed does not come as a surprise. That some opposition MPs voted with the government also does not come as a surprise an...
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