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Government has said the move was to ensure justice faster, to solve millions of dragged legal cases
Urging the administration to instead address lingering appellate court vacancies and consult stakeholders
The old Bogambara Prison was slated to become an investment project
97 kilos of drugs came through the central mail exchange in 2025
Successive Sri Lankan government has used PTA to suppress minorities, dissents, and political opponents: analysts
Chairman Mahesh Katulanda told reporters the office initially absorbed around 42,000 complaints from past commissions
Collective action is needed to tackle sexual violence in South Asia
Northern fishermen have chosen Chinese assisted sea cucumber farming after their livelihood hit by bottom trawling
Current laws also fail to recognize males as victims of rape. “We want to gender neutralize this"
Amendments to laws such as the Bail Act are also being considered to address this, he said.
Two new bills that will be presented to parliament after Cabinet approval
Minister in December expected the bid call to be announced by end 2023.
Tennakoon is appointed as the 36th IGP of Sri Lanka
India has already given 450 million Indian rupees to Sri Lanka for Unique ID project
Sri Lanka Police will continue to take street children into State custody, eventually place them with guardians
Yukthiya operation has led to arrest nearly 39,000 people in 1 month - police
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An ICIJ analysis has alleged Alles of using shell companies to buy properties in the U.K.
Police to acquire two acre land from Udupussellawa Plantation Company's Duckwari Estate to build station
All narcotic drugs seized in raids or by Customs will be destroyed at the new incinerator built in Wanathavilluwa
The proposed amendments could drastically change the initially gazetted bill, the CPA said.
UNHRC has already adopted resolution to collect, consolidate, analyse and preserve” war crime evidence
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Sri Lanka customs does not impose a penalty on the confiscated counterfeit goods
Sri Lanka has enacted 55 laws since it declared bankruptcy
Long-time Gandhi Acolyte Finds Gandhian Socialism the Only ’True’ Socialism.
Sri Lanka should increase tax files from 300,000 to a million, Minister Siyambalapitiya said.
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