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Police placed on alert for mass joint opposition protest

The Police have been placed on alert at several locations in Colombo for the?mass joint opposition protest. Police Deputy Inspector General (DIG) Ajith Rohana said that existing laws will be used to protect key locations during the protest. He said that there was no attempt by the Police to stop a peaceful protest from being staged tomorrow. However he said that steps will be taken to protect public property during the protest. Law and Order Minister?Ranjith Madduma Bandara said that there w

04 Sep, 2018

Parliament explodes over scheduled protest by joint opposition

Parliament had to be adjourned today after a tense situation arose over the scheduled protest by the joint opposition tomorrow. The tense situation arose after the joint opposition accused the Government of attempting to block a mass protest set to take place in Colombo tomorrow against the Government. Joint opposition Parliamentarian Dinesh Gunawardena told Parliament they had information the Police was to be used to block the peaceful protest. Prime Minister Ranil Wickremesinghe however ins

04 Sep, 2018

President’s former chief of staff and former STC head further remanded

President Maithripala Sirisena?s former Chief of Staff K Mahanama and former State Timber Corporation (STC) Chairman P. Dissanayaka were today ordered to be further remanded till September 18th. Mahanama and Dissanayaka were remanded till today over a bribery case and were ordered to be further remanded when the case was heard today. Mahanama and Dissanayaka had been arrested for accepting a bribe of Rs.20 million over a land deal. Mahanama and the Chairman of the State Timber Corporation, P.

04 Sep, 2018