Blair hails peaceful conduct of Parliamentary polls

After tense meeting UNP fails to agree on party leader post

A crucial United National Party (UNP) meeting at the party headquarters ended following a heated exchange of words between rival camps. The meeting was held to decide on the UNP leader post with Deputy Leader Sajith Premadasa seeking to replace current leader Ranil Wickremesinghe. However Wickremesinghe’s camp and Premadasa’s camp failed to reach a consensus. Wickremesinghe refused to step down and instead proposed the formation of a leadership council which will include himself, Premadasa an

16 Jan, 2020

CID submits report to court on probe conducted over Dr. Shafi

The Criminal Investigations Department (CID) submitted a report to the Kurunegala Magistrate?s Court today on the investigations conducted so far over Dr. Mohamed Shafi, who was accused of allegedly amassing assets through suspicious means and performing illegal sterilization surgeries. According to reports, the Magistrate was told that?statements were recorded from 76 nurses attached to the Kurunegala Base Hospital. The CID has also requested a further two months to conduct further investigat

16 Jan, 2020

Baddegama Magistrate Dhammika Hemapala interdicted

Baddegama Magistrate Dhammika Hemapala has been interdicted over the leaked telephone recordings involving Parliamentarian Ranjan Ramanayake. Meanwhile, the Judicial Services Commission has made recommendations to President Gotabaya Rajapaksa over High Court judge Gihan Pilapitiya. Earlier, Attorney General Dappula de Livera had given instructions to the Colombo Crimes Division to record statements from the judges who had been involved in telephone conversations with Ramanayake. Accordingly,

16 Jan, 2020