NPC now approves transfer of Kurunegala DIG

Supreme Court finds Anti-Terrorism Bill inconsistent with Constitution

The Supreme Court has determined that the Anti-Terrorism Bill is inconsistent with the Constitution of Sri Lanka. Deputy Speaker of Parliament Ajith Rajapaksa announced to Parliament that the Speaker has received the determination of the Supreme Court in respect of the Bill titled ?Anti-Terrorism? which was challenged in the Supreme Court in terms of Article 121(1) of the Constitution. Accordingly, the determination of the Supreme Court as to the Constitutionality of the Bill concludes as foll

20 Feb, 2024

Sri Lankan family dead in Canada ‘mass killing’

Canadian police are describing the deaths of members of a Sri Lankan family, including four young children, in Ottawa as a “mass killing”. Police say the six victims were newcomers to Canada, and the youngest was less than three months old. A 19-year-old student from Sri Lanka who lived with the family has been charged in the killings. “This was a senseless act of violence perpetrated on purely innocent people,” said Ottawa’s police chief on Thursday. Officers responded to emergency calls pl

07 Mar, 2024

Father of Sri Lankan family killed in Canada in shock

The father of a Sri Lankan family murdered in Canada is in shock following the biggest mass killing in Ottawa?s recent history. Lying in a hospital bed nursing physical wounds and unimaginable mental trauma, Dhanushka Wickramasinghe is trying to come to terms with the horrifying deaths of his young family and a good friend, the Ottawa Citizen reported. ?He is still in the shock level,? said Bhanthe Sumanarathana, a friend and resident monk at the Hilda Jayewardenaramaya Buddhist Monastery, who

08 Mar, 2024