Sunday, 10 Sep 2023
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by By Maneshka Borham
Nearly seven years after the gruesome massacre of 27 inmates which took place within the walls of the Welikada Prison, the Attorney General’s department finally served the main accused with indictments this week. Two of the main accused in the case Police Inspector Moses Neomal Rangajeewa formerly of the Police Narcotics Bureau (PNB) and Former Welikada Prison...
Opposition Leader, Mahinda Rajapaksa is in favour of abolishing the Executive Presidency through the proposed 20th Amendment to the Constitution, said Janatha Vimukthi Peramuna (JVP) frontliner K.D Lalkantha. He said that Rajapaksa was agreeable to the idea.
“Nevertheless, he is unable to support the proposal due to certain political elements around him” Lalkantha said. “...
The Colombo Additional Magistrate yesterday granted the Colombo Crimes Division (CCD) permission to detain drug kingpin Mohamed Najim Mohamed Imran alias Kanjipani Imran for three months under the Prevention of Terrorism Act (PTA). According to the Police, he is wanted in connection with three manslaughter charges, 15 attempted murders and illegal drug smuggling charges....
There is perhaps no other peak so often and regularly ascended by humans, as the Sri Pada. This year as the Sri Pada season begins on December 13, with the Unduvap poya, for some it is an annual pilgrimage that must be undertaken, while to many it is a trip that one must complete at least once in a lifetime. Every year, starting from Unduvap poya till Vesak, pilgrims of...
by By Maneshka Borham
For nearly 300 years, the Galle Fort Post Office had stood the test of time. That is until last week when a significant portion...
Former Inspector General of Police Chandra Fernando has labelled the National Police Commission a ‘failed experiment’. In an...
Former Solicitor General Shavindra Fernando PC has failed to present himself before the Criminal Investigations Department (CID)...
Though microfinance once was a popular lending system which also sought to empower rural women, today it has entrapped...
The Ceylon Teachers Union has threatened to take trade union action against Southern Province (SP) Governor, Keerthi Tennekoon’s...
President Maithripala Sirisena called on the nation to unite casting away all differences and divides in a bid to develop the...
As Sri Lanka marks a decade of peace on May 19, Army Commander Mahesh Senanayake has pledged to preserve the peace within the...
Former Navy Commander Admiral Wasantha Karannagoda will present himself at the Criminal Investigations Department (CID) for the...
It was the 1978 Constitution by former President J.R. Jayewardene which transformed Sri Lanka’s political system from the British...
The News Editor of the Sunday Leader at the time, Mandana Ismail Abeywickrema, vividly remembers the fateful Thursday in 2009.It...
15-year-old killed in accidentA 15-year-old boy was killed in Mahabage when he lost control of the motorcycle he was riding and...
The previously announced islandwide private bus strike set for December 1 will go ahead as planned despite the rift within the...