Transparency International Sri Lanka (TISL) last week petitioned the Supreme Court, challenging the ‘Microfinance and Credit Regulatory Authority Bill’. It has artgued that the Bill fails...
by Dr Nihal Jayawickrama The Attorney-General had indicted 13 persons on 17 counts including murder following the death of one Bharatha Lakshman Premachandra in 2012. In...
The Supreme Court last week (23) granted leave to proceed with yet another Fundamental Rights petition filed against Acting Inspector General of Police Deshabandu Tennekoon and...
By AJA Abeynayake The Supreme Court yesterday ruled that the presidential pardon granted by President Gotabaya Rajapaksa to former MP Duminda Silva was unlawful. The bench...
ECONOMYNEXT –The Supreme Court has faulted Acting Police Chief Deshabandu Tennakoon and three other over torture and ordered them to pay 500,000 rupees each in compensation...
by Harim Peiris As we approach the end of 2023 and with about a year to go for the next presidential election due before end 2024,...
By Sujeeva Nivunhella Last week in Vienna, Ambassador M.R.K Lenagala, Sri Lanka’s representative to the UNO and other international organizations in Vienna, officially became the Ambassador...
In a judgment delivered on Thursday (23), the Supreme Court concluded that the respondent parties including the Road Development Authority (RDA) did not violate the fundamental...
By Saman Indrajith Chief Opposition Whip and Kandy District SJB MP Lakshman Kiriella told Parliament on Tuesday that every Sri Lankan was now entitled to claim...
The Bar Association of Sri Lanka issuing a statement yesterday said that it was disturbed by the allegations made by a Cabinet Minister in Parliament on...