Three names suggested as UNP’s Presidential Candidate: Ruwan
Three names, consisting those of Ranil Wickremesinghe, Karu Jayasuriya and Sajith Premadasa have been nominated
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
The Attorney General has instructed the Criminal Investigations Department (CID) to arrest Sri Lanka Army officer Lalith Rajapaksa in connection with the case involving the brutal attack on former Editor, Upali Tennakoon in January 2009.
Non Cabinet Minster for Mass Media, Ruwan Wijewardena has in writing requested Chairman of Sri Lanka Rupavahini Corporation (SLRC), Inoka Sathyangani to resign from the post of SLRC Chairperson.
Minister of Public Enterprise, Kandyan Heritage and Kandy Development and Leader of the House of Parliament, Lakshman Kiriella has dismissed the claim by Sri Lanka Freedom Party (SLFP) General Secretary, MP Dayasiri Jayasekara that appearing before the Parliamentary Select Committee (PSC) probing the Easter Sunday attacks would be sub judice.
The controversy surrounding the exact number of cadres of the Liberation Tigers of Tamil Eelam (LTTE), who surrendered to the Sri Lanka Army during the final stages of the war, has resurfaced with the claim by Sri Lanka Army that LTTE cadres had not surrendered to them while families of missing LTTE cadres claim that it was only the military on the ground during the last stages of the war.