SC fixes date for hearing of appeal on Diana’s citizenship case
The Supreme Court yesterday (29) fixed a date for the hearing of the appeal petition filed challenging the Court of Appeal decision to dismiss a writ petition which challenged the legality of State Minister Diana Gamage’s parliamentary seat.
Rs. 110 M fraud in cancer treatment vaccine supply
The supplier implicated in the substandard human immunoglobulin vaccines scam has supplied low-quality cancer-treatment vaccine rituximab too, courts have been told.
Kokkutuduvai gravesite excavations suspended for 3 months
Excavations at the Kokkutuduvai mass grave in Mullaitivu have been suspended for three months after it transpired that the site spreads across the main road that leads to Kokilai.
‘Insult to Easter attack victims’: Catholic Church deplores Tennakoon’s appointment as Acting IGP
The Sri Lankan Catholic Church has deplored the appointment of Senior DIG Deshabandu Tennakoon as the Acting Inspector General of Police (IGP).
Borrowing at high interest & spending on unprofitable projects led to bankruptcy: Eran
Samagi Jana Balawegaya (SJB) Parliamentarian Eran Wickramaratne said that past successful governments’ policies of borrowing at high interest and spending on unprofitable projects led to the country’s bankruptcy.
Can cabinet decisions be challenged in parliament?
The Presidential Secretariat has sought the opinion of the attorney general if a cabinet decision can be challenged in parliament.
Contempt of court case filed against Roshan Ranasinghe
A Contempt of Court application has been filed in the Court of Appeal seeking an order to take action against former Sports Minister Roshan Ranasinghe for committing the offence of contempt of court.
Patali, Ajith in Sri Lankan state delegation to COP28
A large delegation led by president Ranil Wickremesinghe will represent Sri Lanka at the 2023 United Nations Climate Change Conference (COP28) in Dubai.
Deshabandu Tennakoon appointed as acting IGP
Deshabandu Tennakoon was this afternoon (29) appointed as the acting Inspector General Police.
Netherlands returns six looted colonial-era artefacts to Sri Lanka
The Netherlands has returned six Sri Lankan colonial-era artefacts looted by the Dutch to Sri Lanka after more than 200 years.