… submits seven page legal objection Former Attorney General Dappula De Livera did not turn up at the Terrorist Investigation Division yesterday morning although he had been summoned. Instead, he was represented by a lawyer. Attorney-at-Law Dimitra Abeysekera, who represented the former AG, told the media that he had submitted a seven-page legal objection to […]
Acting on a tip off, the Police Narcotics Bureau (PNB) unit at the Bandaranaike International Airport (BIA) on Tuesday (18) found 60,640 PREGAB tablets (150 mg) taken by heroin addicts as an alternative. A senior PNB official said that the passenger, a resident of Rajawella, Digana, who arrived here on a flight from India was […]
By Rathindra Kuruwita The government’s attempts to limit activities that take place in the Galle face Green is a sign of desperation and fear, education secretary of the Frontline Socialist Party (FSP), Pubudu Jagoda says. Jagoda said that the Galle Face Green was the symbol of the protest movement of 2022. It had become successful […]
USD 250 Mn X-Press Pearl ‘bribe’: By Shamindra Ferdinando Environmentalist Dr. Ajantha Perera has lodged a complaint with the Commission to Investigate Allegations of Bribery or Corruption (CIABOC) regarding an alleged USD 250 Mn payoff meant to undermine Sri Lanka’s efforts to obtain maximum possible compensation for the unprecedented damages caused by the X-Press Pearl […]
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