Sri Lanka Customs said that the private sector has imported 440 metric tonnes of rice from India since December 09, 2024. MORE..
12 Dec 2024 (6:29 PM)
The Supreme Court has ruled that the arrest and detention of the former Governor of Western Province Azath Salley, under the Prevention of Terrorism Act (PTA) in 2021 was illegal. MORE..
12 Dec 2024 (2:51 PM)
The Colombo District Court today issued a restraining order preventing the Samagi Jana Balawegaya (SJB) from submitting their National List without including the name of Nizam Kariapper of the Sri Lanka Muslim Congress (SLMC). MORE..
12 Dec 2024 (1:21 PM)
The Supreme Court today dismissed a petition submitted by a lawyer, which claimed that his fundamental rights were violated by the Constitutional Council s rejection of a proposal made by then-President Ranil Wickremesinghe to appoint Appeals Court Chairman Nissanka Bandula Karunaratne as a Supreme Court Judge.
12 Dec 2024 (12:42 PM)
A woman from Thalathuoya has been arrested by officers of the Commission to Investigate Allegations of Bribery or Corruption (CIABOC) for allegedly soliciting a bribe of Rs 350,000. MORE..
12 Dec 2024 (4:32 PM)
President Joe Biden is commuting the sentences of roughly 1,500 people who were released from prison and placed on home confinement during the coronavirus pandemic and is pardoning 39 Americans convicted of nonviolent crimes. It s the largest single-day act of clemency in modern history. MORE..
12 Dec 2024 (11:21 PM)