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Lalith Weeratunga and Anusha Pelpita appeal against court ruling

Lawyers appearing for Lalith Weeratunga, secretary to former President Mahinda Rajapaksa and former Telecom Regulatory Commission Chairman Anusha Pelpita today filed an appeal against the recent Colombo High Court ruling which found them guilty in a corruption case. Weeratunga and Pelpita were found guilty in the ?sil redi? case and were sentenced to three years in jail by the Colombo High Court, and ordered to pay Rs. 2 million each as a fine and Rs. 50 million each as compensation. They were

11 Sep, 2017

India attaches great importance to ties with Sri Lanka

Prime Minister Narendra Modi said India attaches great importance to its relations with Sri Lanka and that he looks forward to continue to work closely with the leadership of the island nation to further strengthen and expand bilateral cooperation, the Press Trust of India reported. He conveyed this to visiting Sri Lankan Foreign Minister Tilak Marapana when he called on him. Marapana was on a three- day bilateral visit to India. “Held wide-ranging discussions on India-Sri Lanka ties with SL’s

10 Sep, 2017

Two Sri Lankan women saved from traffickers in Nepal

Amid a growing trend of Nepali men and women being trafficked via Sri Lanka, two Sri Lankan women have been rescued from the clutches of traffickers who tried to send them to various foreign destinations using Nepal as the transit point, the Kathmandu Post reported today. The Central Investigation Bureau (CIB) of Nepal Police rescued two Sri Lankan women from a hotel in Thamel on August 25. Both of them left for their homes on Thursday. The CIB, with support from the International Organi-zatio

11 Sep, 2017