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CID to launch fresh probe on Kurunegala doctor Shafi Shihabdeen

The Criminal Investigations Department (CID) is to conduct a fresh investigation on Kurunegala based doctor Mohamed Shafi Shihabdeen, who was accused of amassing assets through suspicious means and performing illegal sterilization surgeries. Dr. Shafi appeared before the Kurunegala Magistrate today. Dr. Shafi was released on bail in July this year after being?arrested and remanded over suspicions raised on the manner he had accumulated assets. He was later investigated over allegations he per

12 Dec, 2019

Committee of experts to review amended scope of Port City

A committee of experts is to be appointed to review the amended scope of the Colombo Port City, the Government said today. In 2014, Colombo Port-City Development Project was commenced by Sri Lanka Ports Authority with CHEC Port City Colombo (Pvt) Ltd, as a Private Sector Investment. After 08.01.2015 the original scope of the project was changed as ?Colombo Financial City? and a bill has been prepared under the directions of legal draftsman and assistance of the external consultants to set up s

12 Dec, 2019

Kamal Haasan demands inclusion of Sri Lankan refugees in Indian Citizenship Bill

Makkal Needhi Maiam founder Kamal Haasan wondered why Sri Lankan Tamils and Muslims were left out of the ambit of India’s Citizenship (Amendment) Bill if it was a “genuinely benevolent” legislation, the News Minute reported. “Why are Tamils who are subjected to a methodic genocide and Muslims facing discrimination, be excluded from the bill? If it’s a genuinely benevolent bill and not a vote garnering exercise, then why won’t this CAB stop to pick up stranded Tamils & troubled Muslims of Sri La

11 Dec, 2019