The parliamentary sectoral oversight committee on environment is discussing a civil case to obtain a 6.2 billion US dollar compensation in lieu of the X-press Pearl maritime disaster.
Veteran singer and musician Prof. Sanath Nandasiri has passed away, aged 81.
The post of inspector general of police remains vacant by this morning (28), according to police headquarters sources.
A private member’s bill has been gazetted with the aim of decriminalizing homosexuality in Sri Lanka.
Former president Mahinda Rajapaksa says that an election will likely be held before December this year.
The cabinet has given approval for three leading global fuel suppliers to enter the fuel retail market in Sri Lanka in collaboration with Shell Company, power and energy minister Kanchana Wijesekera tweeted.
Leader of UK’s Liberal Democratic Party Sir Ed Davey has renewed a call for an independent international investigation into war crimes and genocide of Tamils in Sri Lanka.
SLPP MP Namal Rajapaksa accepts the need for a system change and claims he has always appeared on behalf of such a transformation.
No successor has so far been appointed to police chief C.D. Wickramaratne, who retired yesterday (26).
The Court of Appeal today (27) dismissed a writ petition filed by a lawyer seeking an order to the CID to arrest Western Province senior DIG Deshabandu Tennakoon for his failure to prevent an attack on peaceful protesters at Galle Face last year.
