The Supreme Court has ordered the attorney general to submit the document by former President Maithripala Sirisena to pardon to Jude Shramantha Jayamaha, who had been sentenced to death over the Royal Park murder.
The Members of Parliament bade farewell to former speaker Joseph Michael Perera, who passed away aged 81.
A Sivam Kovil in the Wanni revered by the Wanni Hindus for more than 200 years has been vandalized.
Old Anandian Karu Jayasuriya has been conferred with the honorary title ‘Anandabhimani’ by his alma mater.
Former DIG in charge of the TID Nalaka Silva has been reinstated around five years after his suspension on a charge of conspiring attempts on the lives of ex-presidents Mairthripala Sirisena and Gotabaya Rajapaksa.
Sri Lanka is among the countries where people took to the streets to protest against injustice, deprivation and discrimination, but were met with intense crackdowns and excessive, sometimes lethal, force, said Amnesty International in its report for 2022/23.
Arjuna Ranatunga has been asked to resign as chairman of the National Sports Council (NSC) immediately.
The Government Analyst’s Department yesterday confirmed that Pulasthini Mahendran alias Sarah Jasmine, a converted Islamic extremist and part of Zahran Hashim’s terror group has died in the bomb attack that took place in Sainthamaruthu on April 26, 2019.
The Navy has denied that it was planning to build any other shrine or religious monument on Kachchativu Island.
Nadun Chinthaka Wickramaratne alias Harak Kata today (29) filed a fundamental rights petition in the Supreme Court seeking an order to the police to ensure his safety whilst in detention.
