The Court of Appeal today (30) ordered to recall the arrest warrant issued by the Matale High Court against the Chairman of the Selection Committee of Sri Lanka Cricket (SLC), former Sri Lankan cricketer Upul Tharanga over failure to appear before the court pertaining to a match-fixing case. MORE..
30 Oct 2024 (3:22 PM)
The Supreme Court has dismissed four petitions filed seeking a ruling that the fundamental human rights have been violated through the government s recent decision to reduce the interest paid for the investments of Employees Provident Fund (EPF) in treasury bills and bonds to 9%, under the domestic debt restructuring process. MORE..
30 Oct 2024 (5:45 PM)
In yet another drug bust in Tamil Nadu, India s Narcotics Control Bureau seized crystal methamphetamine, also known as Ice , worth 270 million Indian rupees in Chennai. The drugs were meant to be trafficked to Sri Lanka, the investigators said. MORE..
30 Oct 2024 (11:51 PM)
Dhaka and Colombo have stressed accelerating negotiations over signing the Preferential Trade Agreement (PTA) at the earliest to unlock the untapped potential of bilateral trade between Bangladesh and Sri Lanka. MORE..
30 Oct 2024 (1:56 PM)
Sri Lanka s new government, led by President Anura Kumara Dissanayake, will launch a fresh investigation into the handling of the MV X-Press Pearl cargo ship disaster that devastated marine life along swaths of the island nation s coastline three years ago, a senior minister has told Al Jazeera. MORE..
30 Oct 2024 (8:06 PM)
Social media activist Ashen Senaratne says that he expects to enter the Parliament through the national list in the upcoming General Election, although his nomination was rejected. MORE..
30 Oct 2024 (2:27 PM)