The Supreme Court has ordered former OIC Kamal Amarasinghe of the Hakmana Police Station to pay compensation of Rs.150,000 to the former Coordinating Secretary of the UNP Hakmana electorate for violating his fundamental rights by assaulting him and breaking three teeth while engaging in the 2010-Presidential Election campaign in support of Sarath Fonseka.
Police are on the lookout for five young men who allegedly gang-raped a 17-year-old girl after abducting her. The police said these young men who came on motorbikes had forcibly taken away the girl when she was on her way home y
The World Health Organisation (WHO) has directed Sri Lanka to go on alert in the wake of the recent detection of avian influenza or bird flu in humans in neighbouring countries like India, Daily Mirror learns. Bird flu, o
The historic Thanthirimale Raja Maha Vihara was illuminated on Poson Poya Day under the sponsorship of Wijeya Newspapers Ltd for the 21st time. President Ranil Wickremesinghe was among the participants who graced the occasion.
Sri Lanka is making significant strides in strengthening its economic ties within the South Asian region, with a focus on finalising Preferential Trade Agreements (PTAs) with Indonesia, Sri Lankan Ambassador to Indonesia and ASEAN,
The Ministry of Buddhasasana, Religious and Cultural Affairs had requested the Police Cyber Crimes Unit, and Sri Lanka Telecommunication Regulatory Commission (TRC) to carry out a probe on the distorting of Karaneeya Metta Sutta.
The Power and Energy Ministry disputed findings by the COPE (Committee on Public Enterprises) that the public had to bear an additional cost for fuel due to the payment of Rs.31 billion as an extra commission to the distributors.
Sri Lanka has once again declined to accept the external evidence-gathering mechanism established by UN Human Rights Council resolutions 46/1 and 51/1, emphasizing significant legal and political implications for all nations involved.
Founder of Sri Lanka Podujana Peramuna (SLPP) Basil Rajapaksa is reported to have told his party’s breakaway group at a meeting even attended by President Ranil Wickremesinghe that the Rajapaksas were not ready to cow down to any pressure.
It transpired in a Court of Appeal judgement that a child victim of a rape case began her testimony at the trial about nine years after the alleged incident, by which time she was a 21-year-old married woman.
Coming up with allegations against higher-ups of his own party, Field Marshal Sarath Fonseka yesterday said he was questioned by a Samagi Jana Balawegaya (SJB) higher-up whether he will support Opposition Leader Sajith Premadasa if he wants time to speak in Parliament.
Responding to images circulated on social media depicting a water pipeline filled with gunk, claimed to be in Sri Lanka, the National Water Supply and Drainage Board (NWSDB) denied the existence of such pipelines in Sri Lanka.
When contacted CMC Commissioner Bhadrani Jayawardena told the Daily Mirror a fresh project is underway with the collaboration of the National Building Research Organisation (NBRO) to identify the non-risky trees in the city.
An experiment is underway at the Veterinary Medicine and Animal Science Faculty to explore the possibility of producing nutritious dairy products, including cheese, as well as medicine for skin diseases, from the milk of domesticated donkeys.
Issuing a press release regarding the President’s statement on the Supreme Court’s determination on the Gender Equality Bill, the Bar Association of Sri Lanka (BASL) reiterated that the President’s statement is a threat to the Supreme Court and the entire judicial system in discharging the judicial functions conferred by the Constitution.
Maligakanda Magistrate Manjula Thilakaratne granted permission to the Criminal Investigation Department (CID) to obtain the records of 19 accounts belonging to model Piumi Hansamali, following allegations that Hansamali has acquired substantial properties through organised crime.
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