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Sri Lanka minister signals court filing of charges against Yoshitha likely within one-month

Yoshitha Rajapaksa was arrested on Saturday, but was granted bail in two days.

January 27, 2025 2 min read

Sri Lanka opposition: govt, immigration officials violating SC order on visa deal

Govt yet to implement SC's interim order; tourism industry raises concerns

August 22, 2024 4 min read

Sri Lanka’s top court suspends controversial VFS deal

Government has denied any wrong doing in the VFS deal

August 2, 2024 2 min read

Sri Lanka former legislator sentenced to rigorous imprisonment

Hirunika Premachandra given three years rigorous imprisonment for the abduction of a man in 2015.

June 28, 2024 1 min read
Sri Lanka's ex-President questioned over Airbus deal after death of key witness

Former SriLankan CEO was given US$2mn as bribe in 2013, UK court found

Sri Lanka to create 7 new courts to clear case backlog: Minister

There is also a shortage of legal staff, he said.

GR denies influencing courts regarding Choka Malli’s swearing-in

President Gotabaya Rajapaksa is saying neither he nor Prime Minister Mahinda Rajapaksa exerted undue influence on the Co...

September 11, 2020 2 min read

Opposition protests in Parliament as murder convict Jayasekara is sworn in as MP

Parliament descended into a raucous shouting pit this afternoon after the Opposition came to the House clad in Black sha...

September 8, 2020 2 min read
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Sri Lanka court permits death row inmate Jayasekara to come to Parliament

The Court of Appeal has issued an interim order permitting convicted murderer Premalal Jayasekara to attend Parliamentar...

September 7, 2020 2 min read

Media Freedom organisations hope editor’s arrest will not restrict reporting on courts

Media watchdog organisations are expressing the hope that the arrest of the Editor of the lankanewsweb.org website, will...

September 6, 2020 2 min read

Government violated the Constitution by passing Votes on Account without Parliament - Harsha

The Main Opposition Samagi Jana Balavegaya (SJB) says the government should admit it violated the constitution when it a...

August 27, 2020 2 min read
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Sri Lanka President promises a Constitution with “One country, one law for all people”

• Sweeping changes to the country’s Constitution that will ensure a stable Parliament • Priority will be given...

August 20, 2020 3 min read
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Police probing skeletal remains found in Pannai in Jaffna

Skeletal remains found near a temple in Jaffna are now with the Medical Officer for the forensic medical test and dating...

August 20, 2020 1 min read

New Justice Minister Ali Sabry promising court reforms to reduce delays

Newly minted Justice Minister Mohamed Ali Sabry is promising major reforms in the Courts system because he has seen the ...

August 18, 2020 2 min read

Gnanasara Thero likely to win Buddhist Monks' tussle over National List seat

Ultra Right-Wing Buddhist Monk Galagoda Aththe Gnanasara Thero will be nominated to be in Parliament by a small party ca...

Arjuna Ranawana
August 8, 2020 3 min read

Sri Lanka voters elect two men allegedly involved in murders to Parliament

Sri Lankan voters have chosen two men, one accused of murder and another convicted of the crime and sentenced to death a...

Arjuna Ranawana
August 7, 2020 2 min read
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Narcotics Bureau officers accused of trafficking re-remanded

The Colombo Magistrate's Court has ordered the 13 officers attached to the Police Narcotic Bureau accused of drug traffi...

August 5, 2020 1 min read

SLPP contestant Jayasekara’s candidature is “valid” despite death sentence - Deshapriya

Convicted murderer Premalal Jayasekara can contest tomorrow’s election but if he is elected the Elections Commission w...

August 4, 2020 2 min read

Intelligence officers helped trap wanted Negombo Prison Chief Sampayo - Police

Sri Lanka’s State Intelligence Service is assisting police battle organized crime and drug cartels, a Senior Police of...

August 3, 2020 2 min read
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Former top sleuth Shani Abeysekara allegedly planted evidence – Police spokesman

Former CID Director SSP Shani Abeysekara was arrested this morning by the Colombo Crime Division (CCD) for allegedly cre...

Imesh Ranasinghe
July 31, 2020 3 min read

Leading SLPP candidate in Ratnapura sentenced to death for murdering UNP supporter

The Ratnapura High Court has sentenced a Sri Lanka Podujana Peramuna Candidate Premalal Jayasekara to death for the murd...

July 31, 2020 2 min read

Sri Lankan man accused of killing wife in Canada gets his trial dismissed due to court delays

A Sri Lankan man accused of murdering his 21-year old wife in 2012 in Montreal, Canada, has had his murder trial dismiss...

July 18, 2020 2 min read

Sri Lanka COVID19: Welikada Prison hospital inmates test negative as officials scramble to trace inf...

Tests for COVID 19 on 170 inmates of the Welikada Prison hospital have returned negative, officials said today. The test...

July 7, 2020 2 min read

Magistrate orders police probe into how in-camera evidence by children was reported by media

The Fort Magistrate has ordered an investigation as to how evidence given to him in-camera by two children last week mad...

July 1, 2020 2 min read

Ahimsa’s objections on CID Director’s appointment; Constitutional Council wants NPC’s observat...

The Constitutional Council is calling for the National Police Commission’s (NPC) observations on a letter sent to the ...

June 25, 2020 3 min read

Magistrate orders probe as to whether journalist's computer had been tampered with

Colombo’s Chief Magistrate Lanka Jayaratne yesterday June 16 ordered the Government Analyst to examine a laptop belong...

June 17, 2020 2 min read