Sri Lankan woman in Jordan contracts with COVID-19

2020-04-17   |   Law

A Sri Lankan woman has been contracted with COVID-19 in Jordan, Jordan Minister of Health Saad Jaber confirmed. According to the Jordan Times, six new...

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Toll of Covid-19 cases rises to 183

2020-04-07   |   Law

Five Covid-19 infected patients were reported today, increasing the total cases to 183 in Sri Lanka the Health Ministry said. more Covid-19 infected p...

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Expedite COVID-19 testings as over 40,000 associated with confirmed cases: GMOA

2020-04-05   |   Law

The Government Medical Officers Association (GMOA) today urged the health authorities to speed up the COVID-19 testing of some 42,000 personnel who ha...

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Sri Lanka High Commission in Singapore closed for two weeks

2020-03-31   |   Law

The Sri Lanka High Commission in Singapore will be closed with effect from today for two weeks since there had been a Confirmed COVID-19 Case reported...

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US overtakes China with most cases

2020-03-27   |   Law

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 colla...

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

2020-03-17   |   Law

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

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Wedding witness late by one hour!

2020-01-01   |   Law

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 Ka...

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Human hand – Blazer of Human Civilization

2019-09-25   |   Law

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 t...

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Gota, seven others released from Avant Garde case

2019-09-24   |   Law

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

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Russia and China to show united front at showcase economic forum

2019-06-10   |   Law

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

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

2019-06-05   |   Law

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

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Navy nabs 41 illegal immigrants

2019-05-27   |   Law

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 Polic...

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A rare case of extravagance!

2019-02-28   |   Law

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

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Ramanayake’s evidence lacks accuracy - Probe Committee

2019-02-27   |   Law

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

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Constitutional Council a corrupt and biased institution: Wijeyadasa

2019-02-15   |   Law

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

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Threatening Eknaligoda: Gnanasara Thera’s sentence suspended

2019-02-11   |   Law

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

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Navy escapes with a last minute penalty

2019-02-11   |   Law

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 Leag...

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

2019-02-08   |   Law

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 ...

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Death sentence within next two months: Prez

2019-02-07   |   Law

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

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

2019-02-03   |   Law

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 a...

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Bloomberg quotes Mahendran on Deutsche Bank alleged money laundering case

2019-02-01   |   Law

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

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Twelve Navy personnel injured in clash with illegal sand miners

2019-01-30   |   Law

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

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SLC employee sent on compulsory leave on corruption charges

2019-01-22   |   Law

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 ...

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Gota case: 18 witnesses banned from travelling abroad

2019-01-18   |   Law

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

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

2019-01-04   |   Law

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

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