Intl help to probe Easter terror unnecessary: Cardinal island.lk - get the latest breaking news, showbiz & celebrity photos, sport news & rumours, viral videos and top stories from island.lk Daily Mail and Mail on Sunday newspapers.
Sarath Weerasekera’s only second reading ‘no’ vote, abstains on third reading The Second Reading of the 22nd Amendment to the Constitution was passed in Parliament on Friday with the required two thirds majority with the Bill receiving 179 votes in favour and one vote – that of Colombo District MP Rear Admiral (Retd.) Sarath Weerasekera […]
Sumanthiran launches blistering attack on Supreme Court island.lk - get the latest breaking news, showbiz & celebrity photos, sport news & rumours, viral videos and top stories from island.lk Daily Mail and Mail on Sunday newspapers.
Sri Lanka s Supreme Court has determined that a controversial rehabilitation bureau bill is, as a whole, inconsistent with article 12 (1) of the constitution and may therefore be enacted only by special majority, Speaker of Parliament Mahinda Yapa Abeywardena said.
The Sri Lankan government should withdraw a draft law that would give the authorities broad powers to detain people in military-run “rehabilitation” centers, placing them at great risk of abuse, Human Rights Watch said yesterday (17). The Bureau of Rehabilitation Bill, submitted to parliament on September 23, 2022, would allow the compulsory detention in centers […]