Law & Order විජේදාස රාජපක්ෂ අධිකරණ ඇමතිවරයා මුල්වී රනිල් වික්‍රමසිංහ ජනාධිපති සමයේ ගෙනා 2024 අංක 8 දරන අධිකරණයකට අපහාස පනත මගින් නීතීඥවරුන්ට, ඔවුන්ගේ  පවුල්වලට වන දුක්ඛදයක තත්ත්වය ගැන 2024 අප්‍රේල් 2 වනිදා අධිකරණ අමාත්‍යාංශය ඉදිරිපිට විරෝධතා පවත්වන ලද්දේ  “නීතියේ නිදහස …අධිකරණ ස්වාධීනත්වය සහ නීතීඥ වෘත්තීය අයිතිවාසිකම් රැක ගැනීම වෙනුවෙනි… https://youtu.be/vld-NXxIlC4?si=_fm26M_4NCYBo-tV

Aruna Laksiri Unawatuna B.Sc(Col), PGDC(Col), AAL, Coordinator, Dr. Thilaka Padma Subasinghe Memorial Legal Education Program. Some people have forgotten that a President said at the opening of the New Court Complex in Galle that there is an error in the 19th Constitutional Amendment brought in 2015 regarding  the presidential and parliamentary terms of office and […]

නීතීඥ අරුණ ලක්සිරි උණවටුන B.Sc(Col), PGDC(Col) සමායෝජක, වෛද්‍ය තිලක පද්මා සුබසිංහ අනුස්මරණ නීති අධ්‍යයන වැඩසටහන.  2015 දී ගෙනා 19වන ආණ්ඩුක්‍රම ව්‍යවස්ථා සංශෝධනයේ ජනාධිපති සහ පාර්ලිමේන්තු ධූරකාලයේ දෝෂයක් පවතින හෙයින් එය එක්තරා නීති විශාරදයකුගේ අතපසුවීමක් බවත් එයට ජනතාවගෙන් සමාව ගන්නා බවත් ගාල්ල අලුත් අධිකරණ සංකීර්ණය විවෘත කරන අවස්ථාවේ ජනාධිපතිවරයෙකු පැවසුවා සමහරුන්ට අමතක වී ඇත. ඒ වේදිකාවේ […]

උපුටා ගැන්ම  ලංකා ලීඩර් පසුගියදා මාතර මහේස්ත්‍රාත් අධිකරණයට ඉදිරිපත් වූ පොලිස්පතිවරයා සම්බන්ධයෙන් මහේස්ත්‍රාත්වරයා ඉදිරියේ ඔහුට ඇප ලබා දීමට විරුද්ධ වීමට කරුණු දක්වමින් අතිරේක සොලිස්ටර් ජනරාල්වරයා වෘත්තීමය නොවන ග්‍රාම්‍ය වචන භාවිත කරමින් ආණ්ඩුක්‍රම ව්‍යවස්ථාවෙන් සැකකරුවෙකුට හිමි අයිතීන් නොසලකා හරිමින් කටයුතු කර ඇති බව විවිධ පිරිස් විසින් සමාජ මාධ්‍ය තුළ අදහස් දක්වා තිබුණි. අතිරේක සොලිසිටර් ජනරාල්වරයාගේ හැසිරීම විවිධ […]

Hiru News Former IGP Deshabandu Tennakoon has been remanded until April 3 after being produced before the Matara Magistrate’s Court today. Tennakoon, who had an open warrant issued for his arrest, surrendered to the court yesterday morning accompanied by a group of lawyers after being in hiding for 20 days. On February 27, the court […]

Courtesy The Daily Mirror Former Inspector General of Police (IGP) Deshabandu Tennakoon was remanded until tomorrow (20) following his appearance before the Matara Magistrate’s Court this morning (19).

Courtesy The Daily Mirror Colombo, March 18 (Daily Mirror) – The Supreme Court today ruled that a detention order issued by former President Gotabaya Rajapaksa in 2020 under the Prevention of Terrorism Act (PTA) was unlawful and violated the fundamental rights of the petitioner. A three-judge bench comprising Justices S. Thurairaja, A. H. M. D. […]

lanka C news 88-89 කාලයේ බටලන්ද වධකාගාරයේ වද විදි විශාල පිරිසක් ඊට සාක්ෂි දෙන්න සූදානමින් සිටින බව ජනතා විමුක්ති පෙරමුණේ ප‍්‍රධාන ලේකම් ටිල්වින් සිල්වා මහතා සඳහන් කරයි. තමන් නීතියට වැඩකරන බවත් කිසිවකුට මඩ ගැසීමේ උවමනාවක් නැති බවත් හෙතෙම කියා සිටියි ඒ අනුව ඉදිරියේදී මෙම වධකාගාර සිදුවීමට සම්බන්ධ බොහෝ දෙනෙකුට නීතිය හමුවේ දඬුවම් විඳීමට සිදුවනු ඇති […]

Courtesy Hiru News Former President Ranil Wickremesinghe has rejected the Batalanda Commission report, claiming it was intended to smear him politically. “I wholly reject the report. It was published as a sessional paper in 2000, but no one, including the JVP, requested a debate,” Wickremesinghe said in a special video statement. He added that there […]

Courtesy Adaderana An agreement has been reached between the Attorney General (AG) and the legal counsels of the suspects implicated in the 2023 shooting incident near a hotel in Weligama. In this regard, the AG has issued a special notice today (16) regarding the order to arrest former IGP Deshabandu Tennakoon and six other suspects […]

Courtesy Adaderana The National Child Protection Authority (NCPA) has launched an investigation into a case where a teacher at a private tuition class had forced a male student to kneel and then instructed another female student to assault the kneeling student with a cane. Additionally, a video showing the tutor assaulting other students in his […]

Courtesy Adaderana Minister of Justice and National Integration Harshana Nanayakkara has announced that steps will be taken to swiftly pass a bill prohibiting the corporal punishment of children.  The Minister made this statement in Parliament today (March 8) during the Committee Stage Debate on expenditure head of the Ministry of Women and Child Affairs, in […]

Courtesy Hiru News The Matara Magistrate’s Court has issued a foreign travel ban on former IGP Deshabandu Tennakoon, along with a warrant for his arrest issued earlier. The court has also ordered the arrest of eight suspects, including Tennakoon, in connection with the shooting incident that occurred on December 31, 2023, in front of the […]

Courtesy The Island Sajith Opposition and SJB Leader Sajith Premadasa yesterday called on the government to ensure increased security for judges, as well as the public, and especially journalists. Premadasa said that protection must be given to journalists such as Chamuditha Samarawickrama acing threats at present. Referring to Tuesday’s shooting inside a courthouse, the Opposition […]

Courtesy The Island Two shooting incidents could not be described as collapse of national security, Minister of Public Security Ananda Wijepala told Parliament yesterday. Making a special statement to the House, Minister Wijepala said: We regret these unfortunate incidents. The government has taken severe measures following these incidents. The investigations are in progress and I […]

Courtesy Adaderana The Vavuniya High Court has sentenced former Senior Deputy Inspector General of Police (SDIG) Lalith Jayasinghe to four years of rigorous imprisonment for releasing a suspect in connection with the gang rape and murder of 18-year-old schoolgirl S. Vidya in Punguduthivu in 2015.

Courtesy The Daily Mirror Colombo, Feb 18 (Daily Mirror) – The Colombo High Court today granted bail to Sri Lanka Podujana Peramuna (SLPP)  Parliamentarian Namal Rajapaksa after serving him with indictments in connection with the controversial Krrish deal case. Colombo High Court Judge Manjula Tillekaratne ordered Namal Rajapaksa to be released on a cash bail […]

Courtesy Adaderana More than 30,000 suspects have been arrested in connection with the anti-drug and crime prevention operations conducted by the police across the island, according to Police Media Spokesperson SSP Buddhika Manatunga. Addressing a press briefing today (15), SSP Manatunga stated that these operations were launched on January 12 and have been implemented across […]

වෛද්‍ය තිලක පද්මා සුබසිංහ අනුස්මරණ නීති අධ්‍යාපන වැඩසටහන නීතිපතිවරයා ඉවත් කරන්න යාම ජනතාවගේ පරමාධිපත්‍යය ද?ගැසට් කළ 22 නිසා ජනාධිපති, පාර්ලිමේන්තු ධූර කාලය වසර 6ද?2025 මාර්තු 15 කොළඹ දී.. 28වන නීති අධ්‍යාපන වැඩසටහන නීතිපතිවරයා ඉවත් කරන්නට යාම ජනතාවගේ පරමාධිපත්‍යයද? 19යේ වැරැද්දක් නිවැරදි කිරීමටගැසට් කළ 22 ගැනනීතීඥ සංගමය නිහඬ ඇයි? නීතිපතිගේ අනුමැතියෙන් ගැසට් කළ22 නිසා අලුත් ජනාධිපතිවරයාගේ […]

Courtesy The Daily Mirror One of the devastated churches after the Easter Sunday blasts Pillayan, whilst in Batticaloa prison, is accused of having aided and abetted the conspirators of the Easter attack to make connections with Zaharan and his suicide team Even after Maithripala Sirisena became Executive President in 2015, regular Army intelligence payments to the […]

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 BY Buddhika Samaraweera Courtesy The Morning The issue of illegal ticket sales for the popular Colombo to Ella train route has become one of the most-talked-about topics in the recent past, with accusations of fraud involving ticket resellers.  Many passengers, both local and foreign, have found it impossible to secure tickets, either online or at […]

Courtesy Hiru News President Anura Kumara Disanayake held a discussion with the Attorney General and officials from the Attorney General’s Department at the Presidential Secretariat today (06). During the discussion, the President emphasized the importance of coordinated efforts among all institutions working towards the effective enforcement of the law. President Dissanayake highlighted the critical responsibility […]

By Namini Wijedasa SUNDAY TIMES The London-headquartered Lyca Group has been actively expanding its operations in Sri Lanka with Chairman and Founder Subaskaran Allirajah indirectly, deviously and circuitously, undertaking acquisitions in the local media sector”, states a petition filed before the Supreme Court.These transactions have been carried out through proxies to circumvent Sri Lankan regulations […]

 BY Buddhika Samaraweera Courtesy The Morning The Government should first distinguish between privileges and security for former Presidents and avoid making decisions solely based on financial factors, said the Spokesperson for former President Mahinda Rajapaksa, attorney Manoj Gamage. Recently, the National People’s Power Government revised former Presidents’ security arrangements by reducing the number of Police […]

Courtesy The Daily Mirror While standing by former Deputy High Commissioner of Sri Lanka in Canberra Himalee Arunatilaka, who faced a lawsuit over a salary issue of a domestic aide, Foreign Minister Vijitha Herath said Arunatilaka had not committed any financial fraud and that it was due to an issue with Sri Lankan salary scale. […]

උපුටා ගැන්ම ලංකා සී නිව්ස් මහජන ආරක්ෂක අමාත්‍යාංශයේ ලේකම් වන රවී සෙනෙවිරත්න මහතා යටතේ පාස්කු බෝම්බ ප‍්‍රහාරයට අදාළ විමර්ශන සිදුකිරීම පිළිගත නොහැකි යයි අගතියට පත් පාර්ශව වෙනුවෙන් අධිකරණයට මෝසමක් ගොනු කර ඇත. ලේකම්වරයා පාස්කු ඉරිදා ප්‍රහාරය සම්බන්ධයෙන් පත් කළ විමර්ශණ වාර්තාවක සැකකරුවෙකු ලෙස නම් කර ඇති නිසා මෙම මෝසම ගොනු කර ඇත. නීතිඥ සජිත ගමගේ […]

Courtesy The Daily Mirror Colombo, October 22 (Daily Mirror) – The government will not accept the report of the Committee headed by retired Judge A.N.J. De Alwis that probed the Easter Sunday bomb attacks in its entirety as it is politically motivated, Minister Vijitha Herath said today. He told the weekly media briefing to announce […]

Courtesy The Daily Mirror Colombo, Oct 22 (Daily Mirror) – Secretary to the Public Security Ministry former Senior Deputy Inspector General (DIG) Ravi Senaviratne and Director of Crimes of Sri Lanka Police, former Director CID, SSP Shani Abeysekera will not be removed from their positions for any reasons, Minister Vijitha Herath said today. He told […]

Courtesy The Daily Mirror Former President Ranil Wickremesinghe is to make a special statement tomorrow on the two committees he had appointed to probe the Easter Sunday bomb attacks.   Sources close to Wickremesinghe said he has decided to come up with a statement following the revelations made by former Minister Udaya Gammanpila on Monday.  […]