HRW urges SL to ensure free and fair election

15 Aug 2015

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Authorities in Sri Lanka should ensure that voters have safe and secure access to the polls to vote in parliamentary elections on Monday (17), Human Rights Watch (HRW) said yesterday.

Former CJ challenges President’s move

14 Aug 2015

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Former Chief Justice Sarath N. Silva claimed yesterday President Maithripala Sirisena should learn the law of the country from the kindergarten level.

Court stays Anura,Susil functioning as general secretaries

14 Aug 2015

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Former UPFA MPs Duminda Dissanayake and Dr. Vishwa Warnapala today obtained an enjoining order preventing SLFP General Secretary Anura Priyadarshana Yapa and UPFA General Secretary Susil Premajayantha from functioning as the general secretaries of the SLFP and the UPFA and that Mr.Dissanayake and Dr. Warnapala be empowered to function as the general secretaries of the SLFP and the UPFA respectively.

Vote for any animal but not betel leaf: CBK

13 Aug 2015

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Former President Chandrika Bandaranaike said the people could vote for any animal and not for the betel leaf symbol or the hand symbol at the forthcoming general elections if they wanted to save the country from corrupt individuals.

Thajudeen case delayed by govt. institutions-Sister

13 Aug 2015

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Aisha Thajudeen, the sister of the popular ruggerite, Wasim Thajudeen, who died under mysterious circumstances, said that the case had dragged on due to delays on the part of government institutions.

Thajudeen case delayed by govt. institutions: sister says

13 Aug 2015

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Aisha Thajudeen, the sister of the popular ruggerite, Wasim Thajudeen, who died under mysterious circumstances, said that the case had dragged on due to delays on the part of government institutions.

Soldier gets life sentence for heroin possession

13 Aug 2015

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A former army major who was found guilty of possession of six kilograms of heroin was sentenced to life imprisonment by Colombo High Court Judge Lalith Jayasuriya.

French national falls to his death in Kandy

12 Aug 2015

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A 28-year-old French national staying in the circuit bungalow at Ampitiya was reported to have been killed last night after he fell off the third floor of the Bungalow.

Paddy Marketing Board considers taking MRIA stores

12 Aug 2015

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The Paddy Marketing Board was looking at the possibility of using stores at the Mattala Rajapaksa International Airport (MRIA) to store the paddy harvest of the Hambantota District in the Maha season, a top official told the Daily Mirror today.

Video: Ranil in Gampaha

11 Aug 2015

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Ex- British PM Tony Blair in SL

11 Aug 2015

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Former British Prime Minister Tony Blair arrived in Sri Lanka this evening on a tour with his family.

Tsunami funds: Champika says MR may lose civic rights if guilty

11 Aug 2015

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United National Front for Good Governance (UNFGG) General Secretary and Minister Patali Champika Ranawaka said today that former president Mahinda Rajapaksa would be stripped of his civic rights if he was found guilty of misappropriating Tsunami funds.

C.B. Ratnayake’s driver found dead

11 Aug 2015

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Former minister C.B. Ratnayake’s driver was found dead at Mr. Ratnayake’s official residence at Malalaseka Mawatha, Colombo 7 this afternoon, police said.

Lankan found not guilty of raping S.Korean student

11 Aug 2015

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An appeals court on Tuesday found a Sri Lankan man accused of raping a South Korean college student not guilty, citing a lack of evidence.

Rajitha’s son’s case: Court dismisses Habeas Corpus application

11 Aug 2015

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The Colombo High Court today dismissed the Habeas Corpus application filed by Dinithi Aloka’s parents against Minister Rajitha Senaratne and his family members after the parents told Court they wished to withdraw the application.

Speeding motorists, watch out!

08 Aug 2015

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Traffic laws that deal with high speeding vehicles will be implemented in 72 major roads in the country from August 11 as sign boards have been set up in those roads.

Ranil in Morawaka

08 Aug 2015

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Special operations to nab underworld gangs

08 Aug 2015

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Police said today special search operations have been launched throughout the country to arrest underworld gangs and notorious criminals connected to serious crimes.

Special court to hear cases on women harassment: Ranil

08 Aug 2015

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United National Front for Good Governance (UNFGG) will set up a special court to hear cases on harassment of women, Prime Minister Ranil Wickremasinghe said today.

US citizens in Sri Lanka advised on possible political violence

08 Aug 2015

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The United States has issued a security warning to its citizens living or traveling in Sri Lanka on possible election- related violence ahead of the parliamentary election.