Lawyers file appeal against ruling on Venerable Gnanasara Thero

Diana to sue individuals who attacked her on social media

By Indika Sri Aravinda Samagi Jana Balawegaya (SJB) National List Parliamentarian Diana Gamage says she intends to take legal action against individuals who attacked her on social media. Diana Gamage told Colombo Gazette that false allegations were posted on social media after she supported the 20th Amendment to the Constitution. She noted that among the allegations made was that she was a dual citizen and that was why she supported even the dual citizenship clause in the 20th Amendment. Gam

27 Oct, 2020

AG instructs IGP to probe COVID-19 spread from Brandix

By Easwaran Rutnam Attorney General (AG) Dappula de Livera has instructed acting Inspector General of Police (IGP) C.D. Wickremeratne to investigate the spread of the coronavirus from the Brandix factory in Minuwangoda. Nishara Jayaratne, the co-ordinating officer to the AG said that the acting IGP has been instructed to submit a progress report on the investigation in two weeks. “The AG had advised the acting IGP to probe if there was negligence on the part of Brandix resulting in the spread

27 Oct, 2020

Mangala asks why JVP didn’t protest when Chinese delegation arrived

Former Foreign Minister Mangala Samaraweera has asked why the Janatha Vimukthi Peramuna (JVP) did not protest when a high-level Chinese delegation visited Sri Lanka. The JVP staged a protest outside the US Embassy in Colombo today against the visit by US Secretary of State Michael R. Pompeo. However, the JVP did not protest when a high-powered Chinese delegation led by former Chinese Foreign Minister and the current Communist Party Political Bureau Member Yang Jiechi, arrived in Colombo earlie

27 Oct, 2020