Presidential Secretariat sources say the rumours being spread by the Pohottuwa politicos claiming the President will seek the Supreme Court's opinion on dissolving the 19th Amendment to the Parliament and on his term in office today (11) are false.
Attorney General Dappula de Livera has been in the limelight during the past few weeks as a man on a mission serving indictments in several long dragging probes as well as calling for trial at bar benches to hear cases on several key incidents that took place during the former Mahinda Rajapaksa regime.
The European Union’s (EU) Counter-Terrorism Coordinator,
The Supreme Court (SC) has today (10) given time to the Attorney General (AG) to respond to the fundamental rights (FR) application filed by missing journalist, Prageeth Eknaligoda’s wife, Sandhya Eknaligoda.
Three names, consisting those of Ranil Wickremesinghe, Karu Jayasuriya and Sajith Premadasa have been nominated
The Attorney General has said that steps would be taken to file a revision application in the Colombo High Court against the bail order delivered by the Chief Magistrate yesterday (9) in the magisterial inquiry into the alleged offences committed by former Defence Secretary Hemasiri Fernando and Inspector General of Police (IGP) Pujith Jayasundera.
The Attorney General’s directive to the Acting Inspector General of Police (IGP) to arrest Avant Grade Maritime Services Limited Chairman, Nissanka Senadhipathi has come three days after the Defence Ministry, which is under the purview of the President, had issued a letter expressing interest in resuming the Galle Weapon Storage Facility with Avant Garde, it is learnt.
Former IGP Pujith Jayasundara and former Defense Secretary Hemasiri Fernando were released on bail by the Colombo Chief Magistrate Lanka Jayaratne today.
Former Chairman of the Rakna Lanka Security Company Victor Samaraweera was taken into custody today after he surrendered to the Criminal Investigations Department (CID).
Chairman of the Ceylon Chamber of Commerce (CCC) Dr. Hans Wijayasuriya has come under fire for his alleged
