US Assistant Secretary of State to discuss economic situation in Sri Lanka

US tells Sri Lanka to prosecute officials involved in trafficking

The United States has urged?Sri Lanka to prosecute officials involved in human trafficking. The call was made in an annual report released by US?Secretary of State Michael R. Pompeo on?human trafficking. Pompeo will unveiled the 2018 Trafficking in Persons (TIP) Report at the US State Department yesterday (Thursday). On Sri Lanka, the report says while respecting due process, Sri Lanka must improve efforts to investigate and?prosecute suspected traffickers, including complicit officials, and?

29 Jun, 2018

Court orders PTL telephone recordings to be sent to analyst

A court order was issued today to send the recordings of telephone conversations of?Perpetual Treasuries Limited (PTL) to the?Government Analyst. The Attorney General?s Department had informed the court that the recordings which were submitted to the Central Bank treasury bond commission had been altered.

29 Jun, 2018

Injunction against allowing only NFC to distribute movies in Sri Lanka

An injunction was issued today against allowing only the National Film Corporation (NFC) to distribute movies in Sri Lanka. The?injunction issued by the Colombo District Court is valid for 14 days. The distribution of local films, which was handled by four private companies, recently came under the purview of the National Film Corporation. However film distributors opposed the decision. The distribution of movies was earlier handled by the National Film Corporation, and EAP Films and Theaters

28 Jun, 2018