JVP hands over 20th Amendment to the Constitution to Parliament

Mahanama and Dissanayaka further remanded in bribery case

President Maithripala Sirisena?s former Chief of Staff K Mahanama and former State Timber Corporation (STC) Chairman P. Dissanayaka have been ordered to be further remanded till June 19 by?the Colombo Magistrate?s Court. Mahanama and Dissanayaka had been arrested for accepting a bribe of Rs.20 million over a land deal. Mahanama and the Chairman of the State Timber Corporation, P. Dissanayake were arrested at the car park of a Colombo hotel recently while accepting the bribe from an Indian busi

05 Jun, 2018

Unreleased sections of bond report handed over to Speaker

Some sections of the Central Bank treasury bond report which were not released earlier, were handed over to Speaker Karu Jayasuriya today. The Speaker’s office said that?sections C 350 to C 360 of the report of the Presidential Commission of Inquiry on the Central Bank bond scam were handed over to the Speaker by the Presidential Secretariat today. Speaker Karu Jayasuriya told Parliament today that he had received a few sections of the unreleased parts of the report and more remained to be rel

05 Jun, 2018

Emil Ranjan and Rangajeewa further remanded till June 19

Former Prisons Commissioner Emil Ranjan and Inspector of Police (IP) Neomal Rangajeewa, who were arrested over the 2012 Welikada Prison riot, have been further remanded till June 19. The Colombo Magistrate?s Court ordered that?Emil Ranjan and Neomal Rangajeewa, who were remanded until today, to be further remanded till June 19. Emil Ranjan and?Neomal Rangajeewa had been arrested over the 2012 Welikada Prison clashes in which several inmates were killed. Investigators are attempting to uncover

05 Jun, 2018