SLFP CC empowers the President to decide

Police obtain court order against commemorating LTTE in North

The Police have obtained a court order against commemorating the LTTE in the North next week. Police spokesman, Deputy Inspector General (DIG) Ajith Rohana said that retraining orders were obtained against commemorating slain LTTE cadres in Mannar and Vavuniya. DIG Ajith Rohana said the restraining orders were obtained against five individuals in Mannar and eight individuals in Vavuniya. He said that the court orders were obtained as some individuals were preparing to commemorate LTTE cadres

19 Nov, 2020

Local area lockdowns in a number of areas likely to be lifted

By Vyshnavy Velrajh The lockdown enforced in a number of areas is to be reviewed and will likely be lifted, officials said. The COVID Task Force is considering the possibility of relaxing restrictions imposed in some areas from next week by limiting it to only the specific areas where there are active coronavirus cases. Head of the National Operations Centre for the Prevention of COVID-19 (NOCPC) Amy Commander Lieutenant General Shavendra Silva told Colombo Gazette that the areas where local

19 Nov, 2020

Lalith Weeratunga and Anusha Palpita acquitted

The Court of Appeal today acquitted former Secretary to the President Lalith Weeratunga and former Director General of the Telecommunications Regulatory Commission Anusha Palpita. The court acquitted and released the two former state officials over the case filed on the distribution of sil cloths in 2015. The verdict was issued when petitions filed by Weeratunga and Palpita against the Colombo High Court?s decision to convict and sentenced to three years imprisonment with hard labor and fines,

19 Nov, 2020