Justice prevails, finally
Author Shakthika Sathkumara, who was arrested and remanded under the International Covenant on Civil and Political Rights (ICCPR) Act, was granted bail by the Kurunegala High Court yesterday (5).
Author Shakthika Sathkumara, who was arrested and remanded under the International Covenant on Civil and Political Rights (ICCPR) Act, was granted bail by the Kurunegala High Court yesterday (5).
Prime Minister Ranil Wickremesinghe’s chief of staff, Minister Sagala Ratnayake has been discovered while having a secret discussion with former Defence Secretary and “Pohottuwa” party’s presidential candidate, Gotabhaya Rajapaksa.
The issue of former Defence Secretary and presidential hopeful Gotabhaya Rajapaksa’s dual citizenship has taken a new twist with revelations that he had obtained his new Sri Lankan passport sans the “dual citizen” stamp without appearing in person and by applying after hours to the Immigration and Emigration Department.
Despite claims being made to the effect by the leadership of Islamic State (IS) of its involvement in the Easter Sunday attacks in April, a panel appointed by the UN has noted that the IS was not involved in the April attacks in Sri Lanka.
Prime Minister Ranil Wickremesinghe has decided to indefinitely postpone the signing of the Democratic National Front’s (DNF) new alliance agreement which was to be held tomorrow (05), sources from the Prime Minister’s Office said.
President Maithripala Sirisena has ordered Governor of the Central Province, President's Counsel Maithri Gunaratne and Governor of the Southern Province Keerthi Tennekoon to resign from their posts last night (02).
The controversy over the dual citizenship of former Defence Secretary and presidential hopeful Gotabhaya Rajapaksa has taken center stage with documents of his loss of US citizenship circulating in social media platforms.
Leader of the Sri Lanka Muslim Congress (SLMC), Minister Rauf Hakeem has informed United National Party (UNP) Leader,
A majority of the United National Party (UNP) Working Committee members believe that the Democratic National front (DNF),
Members of the United National Party (UNP) Working Committee have requested party leader, Prime Minister Ranil Wickremesinghe not to proceed with the signing of the Memorandum of Understanding (MOU) on the formation of the proposed Democratic National Front (DNF), until several amendments are made to the draft Constitution of the proposed political alliance.