UK reiterates commitment to reconciliation in Sri Lanka

Returnees from Saudi Arabia, Qatar, UAE and India contract virus

Returnees from Saudi Arabia, Qatar, the UAE, and India have contracted the coronavirus, the Government said today. The Government said that 20 people had tested positive for the coronavirus today. Of them, nine were returnees from Saudi Arabia and seven from Qatar, the UAE, and India. The remaining four persons are those who had associated with infected patients from the Kandakadu treatment and rehabilitation center.? Among them, one person has been reported from Pelmadulla and the other thr

19 Jul, 2020

EC tells CID to postpone probe on Ravi and Rishad

The National Election Commission has requested the Criminal Investigations Department (CID) to postpone investigations into former Ministers Rishad Bathiudeen and Ravi Karunanayake as they are candidates at the 5th August Parliamentary election. Election Commission member S Ratnajeevan H Hoole said that there is legitimate suspicion of the reasons? behind investigations which are commenced during elections and the Election Commission has asked for a postponement of the investigations until poll

20 Jul, 2020

Rajitha, Patali, Shani summoned before commission

Former Parliamentarians Rajitha Senaratne and Patali Champika Ranawaka, former Director of the Criminal Investigations Department (CID) Shani Abeysekera and Senior State Counsel Janaka Bandara have been summoned before the Presidential Commission of Inquiry (PCOI) appointed to probe incidents of political victimization. The Group has been ordered to appear before the PCOI on 28 July to testify in connection to a complaint filed by Chairman of Avant- Garde Security Services Nisanka Senadhipathi.

20 Jul, 2020