Karuwalagaspitiya Pradeshiya Sabha member arrested

Sri Lanka to ink another deal with the Chinese

Sri Lanka is to sign another agreement with China, this time to market tea online. Cabinet has granted approval to sign a Memorandum of Understanding (MOU) with Fujian Star China International Trade Company Ltd to market Pure Ceylon Tea across online and offline platforms within China. The agreement will be signed between the Sri Lanka Tea Board and Fujian Star China International Trade Company Ltd, which is a subsidiary company of Bennie Tea Industry Company Limited. Bennie Tea Industry Comp

12 Jan, 2021

Hejaaz Hizbullah to be detained for another 90 days

Attorney-at-Law Hejaaz Hizbullah is to be detained by the Criminal Investigations Department (CID) for another 90 days. The CID informed the Fort Magistrate?s Court that it has obtained Defence Ministry approval to detain Hejaaz Hizbullah for another 90 days. The human rights lawyer has been held at the Criminal Investigation Department headquarters in Colombo since his arrest on 14 April 2020, with restricted access to his lawyers, family and wife. Hizbullah was arrested on charges of allege

11 Jan, 2021

Ranjan Ramanayake sentenced to jail for contempt of court

Opposition Parliamentarian Ranjan Ramanayake has been sentenced to jail for contempt of court. Ramanayake was sentenced to four years Rigorous Imprisonment by the Supreme Court today. Prison officials have moved MP Ranjan Ramanayake to the Correctional Center for Youthful Offenders in Pallansena for quarantine. Ramanayake was?accused of contempt of court?for allegedly making a controversial statement regarding the composition of the Supreme Court judge bench hearing the petitions filed agains

12 Jan, 2021