Namal and five others named in Hellocorp fraud case

Cabinet decides to cancel license issued to W.M. Mendis

Cabinet has decided to cancel the license issued to W.M. Mendis & Co Ltd to resume operations. The decision was taken on the advise of President Gotabaya Rajapaksa. W.M. Mendis & Co Ltd, owned by controversial businessman Arjun Aloysius, was recently granted permission to recommence operations. The Excise Department said that permission was granted to recommence operations under strict conditions. However, when the Cabinet met this evening it was decided to cancel the licence again. W.M. Me

05 Jul, 2021

Ex-Maldives Minister remanded over child sex racket in Sri Lanka

A former Maldives Minister has been remanded in Sri Lanka over a child sex racket. Maldives’ former State Minister for Finance and Treasury, Mohamed Ashmalee has been remanded till July 16, a court official told AFP. Ashmalee and several politicians from Sri Lanka’s ruling party were among dozens of people arrested after a child sex racket was busted. Sri Lanka Police said two websites were used to sell underage girls for sex, adding that they found the phone records of at least one 15-year-o

05 Jul, 2021

President Rajapaksa included in RSF?s 2021 ?press freedom predators? gallery

President Gotabaya Rajapaksa has been included in the Reporters Without Borders (RSF) 2021 ?press freedom predators? gallery. RSF published a gallery of grim portraits, those of 37 heads of state or Government who crack down massively on press freedom. Some of these ?predators of press freedom? have been operating for more than two decades while others have just joined the blacklist, which for the first time includes two women and a European predator. Nearly half (17) of the predators are mak

06 Jul, 2021