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JVP recalls Julampitiye Amare’s terror
Pro-Rajapaksa lawyer Ajith Prasanna represents notorious underworld...
2019-11-09 18:30:00 0
Guidelines for PC appointments to be gazetted soon
Eleven guidelines to be followed when appointing President’s Counsels...
2019-10-26 18:30:00 0
Gnanasara Thera faces fresh contempt of court charge
Fresh contempt of court papers have been filed against controversial...
2019-10-19 18:30:00 0
Thenuwara slams media for distorting his comments
Slamming the media for distorting his remarks, Professor...
2019-10-12 18:30:00 0
Gota’s citizenship challenged in Court of Appeal
A writ challenging the validity of SLPP presidential hopeful Gotabaya...
2019-09-28 18:30:00 0
Political hand at the root of ‘strike wave’?
A wave of strikes has hit the streets seriously affecting the general...
2019-09-28 18:30:00 0
Solicitor General in hot water over leaked audio?
Attorney General Dappula De Livera will refer the matter of a leaked...
2019-09-21 18:30:00 0
Fresh controversy over Gota’s NIC
A day after the Sri Lanka Podujana Peramuna made a deposit on behalf...
2019-09-21 18:30:00 0
Grounds for first Avant Garde case to be reopened?
With the Attorney General successfully indicting individuals behind...
2019-09-07 18:30:00 0
Bond scam forensic audits not final
The forensic audit reports of the bond scandal has still not been...
2019-09-07 18:30:00 0
Justice delayed, but not denied :
A judgment delivered by the Supreme Court last week into a decade old...
2019-08-31 18:30:00 0
PC elections and legal wrangles
“The most effective manner in which a voter may give expression to...
2019-08-24 18:30:00 0
New revelations in Dr. Shafi Shihabdeen’s case
The Criminal Investigation Department (CID) on Friday (9) informed...
2019-08-10 18:30:00 0
SL branch of CIArb established
Sri Lanka recently joined in the Chartered Institute of Arbitrators (...
2019-08-10 18:30:00 0
CID under siege
Barely a week had passed since the Director of the Criminal...
2019-08-03 18:30:00 0
Toy pistol saga ends with imprisonment
Justice prevailed concluding two years of prosecution in the ‘toy...
2019-08-03 18:30:00 0
Key suspect in Keith Noyahr abduction exposed in court ahead of ID parade
There was high drama at the Mount Lavinia Magistrate’s court on...
2019-08-03 18:30:00 0
Sovereignty hysteria clouds UN official’s visit
Visiting UN Special Rapporteur on the Freedom of Peaceful Assembly...
2019-07-27 18:30:00 0
Dr. Shafi granted bail: A brief relief from a harrowing ordeal
KURUNEGALA: Bent in two, with his head in his hands in the tiny...
2019-07-27 18:30:00 0
SOFA debate: Full of sound and fury?
Left out of the hysterical public debate is the fact that Sri Lanka...
2019-07-27 18:30:00 0
Shakthika to be indicted?
The Attorney General is likely to file an indictment against short-...
2019-07-20 18:30:00 0
SOFA debate: Full of sound and fury?
Left out of the hysterical public debate is the fact that Sri Lanka...
2019-07-20 18:30:00 0
PCs issue in Supreme Court
A lawyer has petitioned the Supreme Court seeking an interim order...
2019-07-20 18:30:00 0
Imported garbage: An environmental disaster
Over a hundred containers of garbage are being dumped at an...
2019-07-20 18:30:00 0
Lanka’s largest ever development grant in political crosshairs
The intensity of the Joint Opposition propaganda cycle on the Status...
2019-07-13 18:30:00 0
MCC compact before Cabinet soon
A Cabinet paper on the Millennium Challenge Corporation (MCC) funding...
2019-07-13 18:30:00 0
‘Magistrates should not issue orders mechanically’
“I must express my concern over magistrates issuing orders of remand...
2019-07-13 18:30:00 0
Hemasiri and Pujith named as first and second suspects in Easter attacks
Two months after the brutal Easter Sunday bombings, former Defence...
2019-07-06 18:30:00 0
BASL writes to President on appointing PCs
In a letter addressed to President Maithripala Sirisena, the Bar...
2019-07-06 18:30:00 0
Capital Punishment: Final countdown?
Then I awake and look around meAt four grey walls that surround meAnd...
2019-06-29 18:30:00 0
No executions till end this week -Prisons Commissioner General
The Commissioner General of Prisons, Jayasiri Wijeyanath Tennakone on...
2019-06-29 18:30:00 0
Modi arrives today
Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi will arrive in Sri Lanka today...
2019-06-08 18:30:00 0
Illness may prevent Gota attending first trial date: Lawyers
Lawyers for Gotabaya Rajapaksa were unable to confirm that the former...
2019-06-08 18:30:00 0
HRCSL gets tough on racism
Human Rights Commission writes to BASL President, AG, about...
2019-06-01 18:30:00 0
SLFP pushing hard to reintroduce criminal defamation
The Sri Lanka Freedom Party (SLFP) is pushing hard for the return of...
2019-06-01 18:30:00 0
IGP claims he is the scapegoat
Former Inspector General of Police (IGP) Pujith Jayasundara has...
2019-06-01 18:30:00 0
‘UNP will choose presidential candidate democratically’ - Malik
The following is an interview with Minister of Development Strategies...
2019-05-25 18:30:00 0
Alleged misappropriation in rice imports : Rishad makes statement at FCID
Minister of Industry and Commerce Rishad Bathiudeen yesterday made a...
2019-05-25 18:30:00 0
Gnanasara’s release worries victims, minorities, activists
When the courts ordered the Bodu Bala Sena monk to pay her Rs. 50,000...
2019-05-25 18:30:00 0
Zero tolerance if SLPP members involved in violence - Namal
Parliamentarian Namal Rajapaksa says that the SLPP will take stern...
2019-05-18 18:30:00 0
Counter-terror response must adhere to rule of law, be mindful of human rights - Justice Kodagoda
 At a time when national security concerns are drowning out...
2019-05-11 18:30:00 0
Police station garage becomes ‘home’ to 160 foreign refugees
Authorities struggle to relocate 1600 Pakistani and Afghan refugees...
2019-05-11 18:30:00 0
Millennium Challenge Corp-Govt agreement soon
The Millennium Challenge Corporation (MCC) coordinating office in...
2019-05-11 18:30:00 0
Counter-Terrorism bill, the need of the hour
The Easter Sunday attacks two weeks ago were a reminder of how...
2019-05-04 18:30:00 0
CC mulls four-year tenure for CJ, AG, IGP posts
The Constitutional Council (CC) during its last convened meeting...
2019-05-04 18:30:00 0
Katuwapitiya: A village of white flags after Easter blast
The closely knit Negombo suburbs of Katuwapitiya, Katana and...
2019-04-27 18:30:00 0
SC moves to protect rights of disabled persons in historic verdict
The country’s highest court moved to safeguard the rights of persons...
2019-04-20 18:30:00 0
CC to deliberate on new Chief Justice next week
With two major appointments set for deliberation by the...
2019-04-20 18:30:00 0
IORA progresses with South Africa in the chair
The Indian Ocean Rim Association (IORA) who’s chair is currently held...
2019-04-20 18:30:00 0
Pre-dawn arrests thrust ‘Bond Scam’ back into spotlight
In the clearest sign that the CID investigations into the February...
2019-03-30 18:30:00 0

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