Over 80 people injured near Parliament and PM Office

AG files indictments against driver over Borella hit-and-run incident

The Attorney General has filed indictments in the Colombo High Court against the driver of the vehicle involved in the Borella hit-and-run incident in which the traffic Officer in Charge of the Borella Police was killed. The Officer in Charge of the traffic division of the Borella Police, IP Sarathchandra, was injured in a hit and run incident in Bambalapitiya in February and succumbed to his injuries in hospital. A Defender type jeep in which the son of a Parliamentarian was travelling, was i

26 Jul, 2019

Karuna’s political party and nine others sign deal with SLPP

The political party led Rebel turned politician Vinayagamurthi Muralitharan alias Karuna Amman and nine other political parties signed an agreement with the Sri Lanka Podujana Peramuna (SLPP) today. The Tamil National Freedom Front Party led by Karuna Amman and leaders of the other nine political parties signed the agreement with the SLPP led by Mahinda Rajapaksa. Former Governor of the Western Province, Hemakumara Nanayakkara, who in recent times was a strong critic of Rajapaksa, also signed

26 Jul, 2019

As Sri Lanka debates death penalty US to execute convicts

While Sri Lanka debates a decision by President Maithripala Sirisena to impliment the death penalty on selected convicts the US Government has ordered the death penalty to be reinstated for the first time in nearly two decades. US?Attorney General William P. Barr has directed the Federal Bureau of Prisons (BOP) to adopt a proposed Addendum to the Federal Execution Protocol?clearing the way for the federal government to resume capital punishment after a nearly two decade lapse, and bringing just

26 Jul, 2019