The Fundamental Rights petition filed by a lawyer seeking a declaration that the Presidential election should not be held without a referendum on the 19th amendment to the Constitution, was dismissed by the Supreme Court with a Rs. 500,000 cost.
The Supreme Court has ordered former President Maithripala Sirisena and two others who were ordered to pay compensation to the victims for failure to prevent the Easter Sunday bomb attacks, to complete their outstanding payments before August 30, 2024.
The SJB aims to restore Sri Lanka’s past glory as a centre and paradise for education, said its leader Sajith Premadasa.
The Committee on Public Enterprises (COPE) disclosed that a 6-acre land, belonging to the Urban Development Authority, located at James Peiris Mawatha, Colombo 02, was leased for Rs 12 billion for 99 years in 2019, without the approval of the Board of Directors.
Field Marshal Sarath Fonseka claims no one can strip him from the SJB positions of chairman and electoral organizer for Kelaniya.
A group of government politicians has impressed upon president Ranil Wickremesinghe the urgent need for sterner action to curb the underworld,
Minister of Public Security Tiran Alles has issued a stern warning to high-ranking police officers regarding the recent questioning of the tattoo studio owner arrested in connection with the murder of popular businessman Surendra Wasantha Perera alias “Club Wasantha” in front of the media.
Government revenue in the first four months of this year has increased by 43.3 percent to Rs. 1218.1 billion compared with Rs. 821.3 billion received by the government in the first four months of 2023.