SC order in Easter Sunday cases: By Norman Palihawadane Police Headquarters is waiting for instructions from the Attorney General’s Department on conducting a disciplinary inquiry against former head of State Intelligence Service, Senior DIG Nilantha Jayawardena, as ordered by the Supreme Court last week. Sources said SDIG Jayawardena had to be sent on compulsory leave […]
JVP Leader Anura Kumara Dissanayake says the Presidential Secretariat has launched a media campaign to turn public opinion against the local council elections, scheduled to be held soon. Addressing the media on Friday, Dissanayake said, “I have documentary proof of the government campaign. The document has the names of journalists who could be bought over […]
New tax administration system for Excise Dept. proposed at a cost of Rs 2 bn By Shamindra Ferdinando The International Monetary Fund (IMF) has stepped in to help streamline tax collection here amidst allegations of corruption and inefficiency against revenue collecting authorities. Justice Minister Dr. Wijeyadasa Rajapakse, PC, has repeatedly alleged both in and outside […]
Officers of the Department of Excise conducted raids across the country in search of counterfeit fool-proof stickers on bottles of liquor.Spokesman of the Department, Additional Excise Commissioner Kapila Kumarasinghe, said that stocks of bottles of liquor, with counterfeit fool proof stickers, had been found from liquor shops and restaurants at Neluwa, Thambuttegama, Thalawa, Nelubewa and […]
by Norman Palihawadane Ratnapura police probing the theft of money collected from the tills of the Sabaragamuwa Maha Saman Devalaya and stored away for safekeeping within the temple premises said that they did not out the possibility of the thieves having received inside help.There are 60 CCTV cameras within the Devale precincts but the theft […]