Notorious criminal arrested in Dubai and brought to Sri Lanka

IPU to closely monitor Rishad’s trial

The Inter-Parliamentary Union (IPU) is to closely monitor the trial of Parliamentarian Rishad Bathiudeen. The IPU said it was pleased that Bathiudeen had been finally released on bail following his arrest under the Prevention of Terrorism Act. Bathiudeen was granted bail recently after being in remand over the Easter Sunday attacks and the death of a 16-year-old domestic worker. The Fort Magistrate?s Court ordered the release of the former Minister on bail in the case over the Easter Sunday a

21 Oct, 2021

Delta Plus not detected in Sri Lanka so far

Delta Plus, the new mutation of the Delta variant, has not been detected in Sri Lanka so far, health experts said today. Dr. Chandima Jeewandara, the head of the Department of Immunology and Molecular Biology at the Sri Jayewardenepura University said that tests carried out at their labs have not shown that Delta Plus was in Sri Lanka. “We have not detected Delta Plus in our laboratory so far. All our sequence data are uploaded real-time and available to public,” Jeewandara said. He tweeted s

21 Oct, 2021

Rehan Jayawickrame complains of death threats

By Ashanthi Warunasuriya Samagi Jana Balawegaya (SJB) Working Committee member Rehan Jayawickrame has complained of death threats. Jayawickrame said that the death threat was received over the phone, and was recorded. He alleged that the threat was made by an Army deserter. The SJB Working Committee member said that he made a Police complaint over the threat. He said the complaint was made with the office of the Akuressa Assistant Superintendent of Police (ASP). Jayawickrame was the Chairm

22 Oct, 2021