Government silent on abolishing Executive Presidency

President warns he will act against politicising FCID, CID, CIABOC

President Maithripala Sirisena today warned that he will be compelled to take action against politicising the police Financial Crimes Investigations Division (FCID), Criminal Investigations Department (CID) and the?Commission to Investigate Allegations of Bribery or Corruption (CIABOC). The President said he had conveyed this message to Prime Minister Ranil Wickremesinghe and the cabinet at a meeting yesterday. President Maithripala Sirisena said this while speaking at an event at the?Sri Lank

12 Oct, 2016

Siva Senai group in Sri Lanka not linked to Shiv Sena

A group of Hindus in Sri Lanka has launched ?Siva Senai?, an organisation to ?protect Hindus from threats from other religious groups? in the island. A ceremony was recently held in Vavuniya, a Tamil-majority town located in Sri Lanka?s Northern Province. Clarifying that the organisation had no direct links to Shiv Sena, the right-wing political party in Maharashtra, the group?s Chief Organiser Maravanpulavu Sachithananthan told The Hindu: ?But we have their support.? The organisation which,

13 Oct, 2016

PM submits legal framework on law replacing PTA to cabinet

Prime Minister Ranil Wickremesinghe has submitted?the policy and legal framework of the new law, which is to replace the Prevention of Terrorism Act (PTA), to the cabinet. A committee chaired by the Minister of Law and Order and Southern Development had been appointed to draft the?new counter terrorism law instead of the existing Prevention of Terrorism Act. The Government says the new law will provide adequate provisions for prevention of terrorism and affirm Sri Lanka’s commitment on human r

12 Oct, 2016