President frees 444 prisoners to minimise congestion

Arrest order issued on ten suspects including Ravi Karunanayake

The Fort Magistrate?s Court issued an arrest warrant on 10 suspects, including former Minister Ravi Karunanayake over the Central Bank Treasury Bond Scam. The Court issued the arrest warrants after taking into consideration the representations made by the Attorney General. The Attorney General (AG) had this week directed the Inspector General of Police to obtain arrest warrants for Karunanayake, former Central Bank Governor Arjuna Mahendran, Director of Perpetual Treasuries Limited (PTL) Arjun

06 Mar, 2020

Over 150 passengers who arrived from South Korea, Italy sent to Batti

Over 150 passengers who returned from South Korea and Italy this morning were sent to the Batticaloa Campus quarantine centre. Officials said that 179 Sri Lankan students from South Korea had arrived at the Bandaranaike International Airport (BIA) in Katunayake at 3.33 am today. Meanwhile, 15 Sri Lankan students from Italy had arrived at the BIA this morning. The students were sent to the quarantine centre via buses organized by the Ministry of Health. They were sent to the Batticaloa Campus

10 Mar, 2020

Impunity for sexual and gender-based violence in Sri Lanka high

As the world observes International Women?s Day 2020 today, impunity for sexual and gender-based violence in Sri Lanka has been found to be high. Amnesty International noted that in Sri Lanka, 142 cases of rape, and 42 cases of ?serious sexual abuse, and 54 child abuse” cases have been reported during just the first 15 days of 2020. According to the Sri Lankan Government, investigations have already been completed into 78 of the rape cases, 21 of the serious sexual violence cases and 34 of the

08 Mar, 2020