Law

The Attorney General had requested the Chief Justice to appoint a Trial-at-Bar to hear the Indictments comprising 23, 270 charges against 25 accused before the Colombo High Court Trial-at-Bar in connection with the Easter Sunday terror…

Colombo Chief Magistrate Buddhika Sri Ragala yesterday (06) ordered the release of the father of the bomber who blew himself up at St. Anthony’s Church in Kochchikade on Easter Sunday, April 21, 2019. He had been in remand prison…

Police today said that 44 persons including teachers who were arrested after protesting in front of the Presidential Secretariat on Wednesday (04) , were granted bail today. They were released on a personal bail of Rs 100,000…

The Colombo High Court set September 06 to hear the evidence of the bribery case filed by the Bribery Commission against former Finance Minister Ravi Karunanayake and Perpetual Treasuries director Arjun Aloysius. When the case…

Police Media Spokesperson Senior DIG Ajith Rohana stated that the Police have launched investigations into a phrase found written on a wall of the bedroom of the 16-year-old girl who died while employed at the residence of…

Colombo High Court Judge Damith Thotawatte yesterday (02) ordered the plaintiffs to inform the Court in writing as to who is in charge and who is presenting to Court the State-owned jeep used by former Minister and Member of Parliament…

Popular singer Umaria Sinhawansa has been released on bail and her driving license was temporarily suspended. She was arrested by the Welikada Police last evening following a vehicle accident near the Rajagiriya flyover The…

The body of 16 year-old domestic worker who died while working as a domestic aide at MP Rishad Bathiudeen's residence has been exhumed. The body will be taken to the Peradeniya Teaching Hospital for the second post-mortem.…

Colombo Chief Magistrate Buddhika C. Ragala yesterday ordered former Deputy Minister Sarana Gunawardana to be released from eight cases filed by the Bribery Commission against him during the tenure of the Yahapalanaya Government.…

The Colombo High Court today acquitted and released Avant Garde Chairman Nissanka Yapa Senadhipathi and former Chairman of Rakna Lanka, Major General (Retired) Palitha Fernando over the High profile Avant Garde floating armory case.…