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Perumal Sivakumar, Anandi Kanagaratnam, and Gnanesa Lalith Kannangara
Clauses in proposed amendments to Sri Lanka's anti-corruption framework could weaken key governance elements established
Arrested suspects must be produced before a magistrate within 48 hours, unlike under the PTA.
Passed without vote amid transparency debate
Sri Lanka has increasingly seen illegal firms taking deposits and investments while promising higher returns
Enabling remote evidence either upon the request of parties or on the court's own motion.
Sri Lanka's Extradition Act has provisions for the bilateral exchange and repatriation of sentenced criminals.
National People’s Power (NPP) came to power explicitly promising to scrap the Prevention of Terrorism Act (PTA).
Follows ongoing investigation into a fraud where 74 billion rupees was transferred overseas across 10,151 transactions
Chairman Mahesh Katulanda told reporters the office initially absorbed around 42,000 complaints from past commissions
He succeeds Ambassador Julie J Chung who served in Sri Lanka from 2022 to 2026 and left in January this year.
Chandrika Kumaratunga and Amitav Acharya highlight new global order at Professor Shelton U Kodikara Memorial Oration
Government has said the move was to ensure justice faster, to solve millions of dragged legal cases
Transparency International Sri Lanka (TISL) has urged the government to withdraw proposed amendments
Despite US Federal Reserve raising flags on suspicious activity and JP Morgan issuing fraud alerts, Treasury transferred
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| US Dollar | 331.7485 | 330.8514 |
| UK Pound | 443.7468 | 438.3450 |
| Euro | 372.5204 | 371.0168 |
| Yen | 2.0969 | 2.0916 |
| Aus Dollar | 233.0533 | 231.1659 |
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| Indian Rupee | 3.4948 | 3.4202 |
| Korean Won | 0.2499 | 0.2479 |
| Oman Rial | 861.6397 | 859.3320 |
| Saudi Riyal | 88.4403 | 88.0955 |
| UAE Dirham | 90.3209 | 90.0766 |
| pts | % | |
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| S&P SL20 | 5,656.91 | -0.43% |
| CSE All Share | 19,927.30 | -0.28% |
| Turnover Rs | 1457.79 million | 1193.67 million |
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| 3-m bill | 7.61 | 7.84 |
| 6-m bill | 7.91 | 8.26 |
| 12-m bill | 8.23 | 8.3 |
| 3-yr bond | 9.24 | 9.25 |
| 5-yr bond | 9.82 | 9.56 |
| 8-yr bond | 10.50 | 10.48 |
| today | yesterday | |
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| Overnight Money | 7.70 | 7.69 |
| Gilt Repo | 7.74 | 7.72 |
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Framework gives binding and enforceable status to mediated settlement agreements,
The bills will subsequently be tabled in Parliament for approval.
"So that those courts can obtain the services of experienced and knowledgeable judges," Jayatissa told reporters.
The initiative brings together experts from US Army Pacific (USARPAC) and the US Army’s 18th Theater Medical Command
Stepped up action following a rise in plantation and forestry companies soliciting public funds illegally
will attend the 33rd ASEAN Regional Forum and 50th Anniversary Commemoration of Treaty of Amity and Cooperation
to amend the Title Registration Act No. 21 of 1998 after national title registration program, 'Bimsaviya', failed
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