Five, including two women arrested with heroin in Colombo

Justice Yasantha Kodagoda sworn in as SC Judge

Justice Yasantha Kodagoda was sworn in as a Judge of the Supreme Court of Sri Lanka. He took oaths before President Gotabaya Rajapaksa at the Presidential Secretariat today. Meanwhile, justice A.H.M. Dilip Nawaz was sworn in as the new President of the Court of Appeal. The Constitutional Council (CC) had last month approved the recommendation to appoint Kodagoda as a Supreme Court judge and Nawaz as President of the Appeal Court.

03 Feb, 2020

Concerns over failure by Government to sing National Anthem in Tamil

Concerns were raised today over the failure by the Government to sing the National Anthem in Tamil at the main Independence Day event at Independence Square. The National Anthem was sung only in Sinhalese, which was a shift from the policy of the former Government which decided to sing the anthem in Sinhalese and Tamil in order to promote reconciliation among the communities. A group of people led by some activists gathered at the Borella cemetery roundabout and sang the anthem in Tamil and Si

04 Feb, 2020

Sajith names Ranjith Madduma Bandara as Secretary of new alliance

United National Party (UNP) Deputy Leader Sajith Premadasa has nominated UNP Parliamentarian Ranjith Madduma Bandara as the General Secretary of the new alliance. The new alliance will be led by Premadasa who will also be the Prime Ministerial candidate of the alliance. The alliance will include the UNP and several other political parties which were in the United National Front. (Colombo Gazette)

03 Feb, 2020