Suspect in remand custody commits suicide

Shirani?s lawyers cry foul

Lawyers appearing on behalf of former Chief Justice Shirani Bandaranayake, today raised concerns over two commissioners investigating bribery allegations against her. The lawyers had said that the two commissioners were biased, a lawyer appearing on behalf of the former Chief Justice said. This was said when Bandaranayake appeared before the Commission to Investigate Allegations of Bribery or Corruption today. Her lawyers also questioned the commission as to who had filed the allegations against

16 Jul, 2013

UNP to take disciplinary action

The UNP will go ahead and take disciplinary action against MPs Lakshman Seneviratna, Earl Gunasekera, Nilwala Wijesinghe, Upeksha Swarnamali, Prabha Ganesan and Manusha Nanayakkara after the Mount Lavinia Magistrate today removed an enjoining order which was earlier issued against such a move. The Magistrate had issued the enjoining order after the MPs, who were with the UNP but have now aligned themselves with the government, filed petitions in court. The UNP had decided earlier to take discipl

16 Jul, 2013

UK exporting arms to Sri Lanka

The UK government has approved more than 3,000 export licences for military sales to countries which it believes have questionable records on human rights including Sri Lanka. A BC report quoted the House of Commons Committees on Arms Export Controls as saying the value of the existing export licences to the 27 countries in question exceeds ?12bn. The chairman, Conservative MP Sir John Stanley, said he was astonished at the scale and value of the licences. Arms licences to Sri Lanka included pis

17 Jul, 2013