Legal action sought against Perpetual Treasuries for false evidence

AG files indictments against driver over Borella hit-and-run incident

The Attorney General has filed indictments in the Colombo High Court against the driver of the vehicle involved in the Borella hit-and-run incident in which the traffic Officer in Charge of the Borella Police was killed. The Officer in Charge of the traffic division of the Borella Police, IP Sarathchandra, was injured in a hit and run incident in Bambalapitiya in February and succumbed to his injuries in hospital. A Defender type jeep in which the son of a Parliamentarian was travelling, was i

26 Jul, 2019

As Sri Lanka debates death penalty US to execute convicts

While Sri Lanka debates a decision by President Maithripala Sirisena to impliment the death penalty on selected convicts the US Government has ordered the death penalty to be reinstated for the first time in nearly two decades. US?Attorney General William P. Barr has directed the Federal Bureau of Prisons (BOP) to adopt a proposed Addendum to the Federal Execution Protocol?clearing the way for the federal government to resume capital punishment after a nearly two decade lapse, and bringing just

26 Jul, 2019

SC issues order preventing trial at special High Court against Gota

The Supreme Court issued an order today preventing the trial against former Defence Secretary Gotabaya Rajapaksa at the special High Court. The Supreme Court issued the order preventing the case against Rajapaksa over the D.A. Rajapaksa Museum from being taken up at the Permanent High Court Trial-at-Bar till 1st October. Rajapaksa was accused of misappropriating state funds to construct the museum when Mahinda Rajapaksa was President.

25 Jul, 2019