Court allows TID to grill Wellampitiya copper factory worker

AG directs IGP to produce facts on Hejaaz Hizbullah’s case

Attorney General (AG) Dappula de Livera today (17) directed Inspector General of Police (IGP) C.D. Wickremeratne to report facts on the case linked to detained human rights activist and Attorney-at-Law Hejaaz Hizbullah. The AG?s Coordinating Officer, State Counsel Nishara Jayaratne told Colombo Gazette that IGP Wickremeratne was further directed to produce Hizbullah before the relevant Magistrate?s Court. Hizbullah will be presented in court on charges filed under Section 2(1) (h) of the Preve

17 Feb, 2021

Sri Lanka?s first waste-to-energy power plant launched in Kerawalapitiya

Sri Lanka?s first waste-to-energy power plant was launched in Kerawalapitiya today. Prime Minister Mahinda Rajapaksa. Minister of Power Dullas Alahapperuma, Governor of the Western Province, Marshal of the Sri Lanka Air Force, Roshan Goonetileke, Mayor of Colombo, Rosy Senanayake, Chairman of Aitken Spence PLC, Deshamanya D.H.S. Jayawardena and other dignitaries attended the event. The growing problem of waste disposal was addressed by the Colombo Municipal Council who invited bids for the imp

17 Feb, 2021

Principal of Madrasa School arrested over links to Hejaaz

The principal of a Madrasa School has been arrested over links to Attorney-at-Law Hejaaz Hizbullah. Attorney General Dappula de Livera had earlier directed Inspector General of Police (IGP) C.D Wickremeratne to report facts and produce the Principal of the Madrasa School,? Mohammed Shakeel before the relevant Magistrate?s Court for allegedly abetting Hejaaz Hizbullah on charges under section 2 (1) (h) of the Prevention of Terrorism Act (PTA) and section 3(1) of the ICCPR Act. Accordingly, the

17 Feb, 2021