Supreme Court to hear case on Ranjan from December 10

Private Member’s Bill to repeal MMDA submitted to Parliament

A Private Member’s Bill was presented to Parliament today to repeal the Muslim Marriage and Divorce Act (MMDA). The Bill was presented by the Venerable Athuraliye Rathana Thero. In presenting the ?Bill to repeal the Muslim Marriage and Divorce Act, No. 13 of 1951? the Venerable Athuraliye Rathana Thero also tabled concerns raised by Muslim women on the MMDA. The monk said that he was submitting the Bill as he felt it was a social issue which needs to be addressed. However, he noted that some

08 Jan, 2020

Ranjan admits to “unethical actions” with good intentions

United National Party (UNP) Parliamentarian Ranjan Ramanayake admitted to “unethical actions” to achieve his target in his fight against corruption. Speaking to reporters on the telephone recordings leaked to the media, Ramanayake said that the leaked conversations must be looked at fairly. A number of telephone conversations involving Ramanayake were leaked to the media this week. The conversations involve Ramanayake and former senior officers of the Criminal Investigations Department and we

08 Jan, 2020

Travel ban imposed on former CID Director Shani Abeysekera

A travel ban has been imposed by court on former Director of the Criminal Investigations Department (CID), Shani Abeysekera, who was interdicted yesterday. Abeysekera was interdicted based on information which surfaced in a telephone conversation between him and former State Minister Ranjan Ramanayake. The Police Headquarters said SSP Abeysekara was interdicted for allegedly causing disrepute to the Police service through his telephone conversations. Acting IGP C.D. Wickramaratne has also bee

08 Jan, 2020