The Attorney General has filed an appeal in the Supreme Court challenging the legality of the judgement delivered by Colombo High Court Trial-at-Bar to acquit five accused from multiple charges including importing, possessing and trafficking of 196.98 kilograms of heroin.
While conceding that a reform of the Sri Lanka Cricket (SLC) constitution was necessary, SLC believes that it needs to be done in consultation with its stakeholders. Sports Minister Roshan Ranasinghe appointed a 10-member committee in February, led by former Supreme Court Judge Justice K.T. Chithrasiri, to draft a new proposed SLC constitution, a move that has been condemned by SLC.
Leo Baddhakachchayana Rajapakse won the first place in the dancing category of the B2’s Got Talent singing and dancing competition organised by the Leo District 306 B2, which was held at ‘Ape Gama’ auditorium in Battaramulla recently. Picture shows Leo Baddhakachchayana Rajapakse receiving her award from President Leo District 306 B2 Leo Rageesh Yogeswaran. The winner’s mother Noriko Maduwanthi Abeysekara is also in the picture.
The Thai Government is still looking for a way to bring back Sak Surin - one of three elephants that Thailand gifted to Sri Lanka back in 2001 -- for medical treatment after an animal rights organisation reported last year that the pachyderm had been mistreated by its new handlers, Bangkok Post News Agency reported.
Four years after the MV X-Press Pearl container ship caught fire in Sri Lankan waters, local authorities continue to take a snail-paced approach to file a compensation claim. The inferno is reported as the s
Surgeries at National Eye Hospital which was on a stand still is to resume today, Ministry of Health said yesterday. Surgeries at the Hospital were suspended recently , due to complications which several patients suffered after surgery at the hospital.
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