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Appeals Court defers decision on Keheliya's petition against remand order

Sri Lanka, April 30 -- The Appeals Court has deferred its decision on the writ application filed by former Health Minister Keheliya Rambukwella challenging the remand order issued by the Maligakanda M... Read More


Patali arrives at CID to record a statement

Sri Lanka, April 30 -- MP Patali Champika Ranawaka arrived at the Criminal Investigation Department (CID) on Tuesday morning (30). The leader of United Republic Front ('Eksath Janaraja Peramuna') was... Read More


Special notice to voters regarding electoral register

Sri Lanka, April 30 -- The Election Commission calls on the members of the public to ensure that their names are listed in the electoral register. Accordingly, the citizens who were born before 31 Ja... Read More


Four arrested for impersonating CID officers and soliciting Rs.10M bribe

Sri Lanka, April 30 -- Four persons were taken into custody in Kollupitiya while impersonating Criminal Investigation Department (CID) officers and demanding Rs. 10 million in cash, the Bribery Commis... Read More


Four arrested for impersonating CID officers remanded

Sri Lanka, April 30 -- The four persons arrested at Kollupitiya for impersonating CID officers and demanding Rs. 10 million in cash from a person have been remanded until May 14 by the Colombo Chief M... Read More


President to attend two May Day rallies tomorrow

Sri Lanka, April 30 -- President Ranil Wickremesinghe is scheduled to participate in two May Day rallies tomorrow (01) in lieu of International Labour Day. The May Day Rally organized by the Ceylon W... Read More


Colombo consumer price inflation climbs to 1.5% in April

Sri Lanka, April 30 -- The overall rate of inflation as measured by the Colombo Consumer Price Index (CCPI) on year-on-year (y-o-y) basis increased to 1.5% in April 2024, the Department of Census & St... Read More


Interim order issued preventing President and CC from nominating judges to SC

Sri Lanka, April 30 -- The Supreme Court has issued an interim stay order on the President and the Constitutional Council, preventing them from nominating judges to the Supreme Court, except as Chief ... Read More


Court defers verdict in Rathupaswala shooting case

Sri Lanka, April 30 -- The Gampaha High Court the Trial-at-Bar has deferred delivering the verdict in the case against a Brigadier and three soldiers of the Sri Lanka Army over the shooting to death o... Read More


Sri Lanka to designate 40 more destinations as tourist zones

Sri Lanka, April 30 -- The government plans to designate 49 more destinations as official tourist zones, says State Minister Diana Gamage. Addressing a press conference on Monday (29), the State Mini... Read More