The Commission to Investigate Allegations of Bribery or Corruption (CIABOC) will commence an investigation into a complaint against Prime Minister Mahinda Rajapaksa over his visit to the Tirupati Temple in India using a private jet last year.
Investors are braced for Sri Lanka to default during the Covid-19 pandemic, saying they expect Asia’s top high-yield bond issuer to restructure its debt and call on the IMF for assistance as its financial crisis worsens.
The Sri Lankan Government must repeal the draconian Prevention of Terrorism Act (PTA), as a new set of proposed reforms are woefully inadequate and overlook the most egregious provisions of the legislation, the International Commission of Jurists (ICJ) said.
The contradictory actions of the Criminal Investigation Department (CID) to the speech made by the President on the country’s independence day is not acceptable in a democratic state, the Chairman of the National Movement for Social Justice Karu Jayasuriya said.
Fuelling speculation of a surprise resignation from the Energy Ministry portfolio, Minister Udya Gammanpila is expected to make a special statement to parliament this morning (08).
The Court of Appeal on Monday (7) ordered to grant bail to Attorney-at-Law Hejaaz Hizbullah who was arrested and remanded under the provisions of the Prevention of Terrorism Act (PTA).
The National Union of Workers has accused the government of arbitrary land confiscation in plantation areas in the hill country under the guise of development.
Reverend Father Cyril Gamini, the Director of the National Catholic Centre has expressed concerns after the Criminal Investigation Department (CID) had summoned an individual who had responded to a Facebook post on the Easter Sunday attack shared by him on his personal social media account.
Police officers in the Eastern Province are being accused of providing false information to the Courts in order to obtain an injunction order against a local journalist, it is learnt.
Civil society activists and organisations in Sri Lanka have condemned the government's response to a testimony given by prominent human rights lawyer Ambika Satkunanathan at the European Parliament’s Subcommittee on Human Rights.
