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Parliament is to hold a fresh three-day debate on the Easter Sunday attacks following the revelations made by former President Maithripala Sirisena. The Committee on Parliamentary Business has decided that Parliament will be in session on the 24th, 25th and 26th of April and in accordance to a mo

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By Kalyananda Tiranagama  (Continued from Friday) There is no doubt that real terrorism is closely linked with other serious anti-social crimes such as drug trade, human smuggling, foreign exchange racketeering and computer crimes. What was the need for removing offences punishable under (i) Ss. 114, 116 -126 of the Penal Code; (ii) Poisons, Opium and […]

BBC reported that three security force members have died in clashes in the state of Sinaloa after the arrest of a son of notorious Mexican drug kingpin “El Chapo”. Ovidio Guzmán-López – himself alleged to be a leader of his father’s former cartel – was captured in Culiacán after a six-month surveillance operation. Furious gang […]

An unbeaten 56 off 22 balls and two wickets for four runs by skipper Dasun Shanaka helped Sri Lanka to defeat India by 16 runs in the second T20I and level the three match series 1-1 Sri Lanka 206/6 in 20 overs (Dasun Shanaka 56*, Kusal Mendis 52; Umran Malik 3-48) beat India 190/8 in […]

Weather forecast issued at 05.30 a.m. on 06 January 2023 by the Department of Meteorology Showers or thundershowers will occur at times in Northern, North-Central, Eastern, Uva and Central provinces. Fairly heavy showers above 50mm can be expected at some places in Trincomalee, Mullaitivu and Polonnaruwa districts. Showers or thundershowers will occur at several places […]

Gamapaha District SJB MP Field Marshal Sarath Fonseka yesterday called on people to revive the Aragalaya protests to save the country from self-serving politicians in power. The war winning army commander told Parliament that the nation could not move forward without getting rid of the sinister elements in politics. “I call upon people to come out to the streets […]

SJB General Secretary MP Ranjith Madduma Bandara says his party has been inundated with applications for nominations to contest at the upcoming Local Government elections. Madduma Bandara said that the SJB had interviewed candidates for the second day on Tuesday at the party head office at Pitakotte. The SJB had made all necessary preparations to contest the election, he said. “The interviews […]

By Shamindra Ferdinando Civil society activist Oshala Herath has sought Chief Justice Jayantha Jayasuriya’s intervention to expedite investigations into a complaint he lodged with the Criminal Investigation Department (CID) on Nov 1, 2020, as regards Samagi Jana Balavegaya (SJB) lawmaker Diana Gamage being a British passport holder. The SJB accommodated the former actress on its […]