Draft ATA’s presentation in House delayed by several weeks
The presentation of the draft anti-terrorism act in parliament will be delayed by several weeks, said justice minister Wijeyadasa Rajapakshe.
The presentation of the draft anti-terrorism act in parliament will be delayed by several weeks, said justice minister Wijeyadasa Rajapakshe.
Sri Lanka’s international obligations do not prevent the filing of the case to seek compensation from the X-Press Pearl maritime disaster in a local court, said the Centre for Environment and Nature Studies (CENS).
Several parties in the opposition yesterday (24) agreed to function as a collective force against arbitrary and anti-democratic acts by the government.
Leading Tamil diaspora organisations have extended their full support for the general strike (hartal) taking place in the North & East of Sri Lanka on Tuesday (25).
Prominent child rights advocate Dr. Tush Wickramanayaka from the Stop Child Cruelty Trust, accused SLPP political activists and politically aligned organisations of exploiting children to spread a false and dangerous narrative against LGBT people to mislead the public for their own political agendas.
The court of appeal yesterday (24) issued a stay order preventing the naming of senior DIG Deshabandu Tennakoon as per attorney general’s written instructions to the CID as a case suspect.
People living in Delft Island in Jaffna have staged a protest over the safety of their lives following the murder of five elderly persons there.
An interim order issued by the court of appeal prevents the arrest or interrogation of former attorney general Dappula de Livera by the Terrorism Investigation Division (TID).
Colombo chief magistrate Prasanna Alwis today (24) ruled the court will not issue an order for the arrest of state minister Diana Gamage.
The leader of the National Freedom Front (NFF) Wimal Weeramansa calls for the naming of the person who had received a 250 million US dollar bribe to cover-up the X-Press Pearl marine disaster.