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Lawyers Collective Petitions Attorney General on Acting IGP and others on ‘Torture’ Case
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Lawyers Collective Petitions Attorney General on Acting IGP and others on ‘Torture’ Case

The Lawyers Collective of Sri Lanka have written to the Attorney General of Sri Lanka in connection with a Fundamental…

byCeylon Independent05/01/202405/01/2024
Easter Bombings of Sri Lanka 2019 – Overwhelming Public Dissatisfaction 89.6% Poll Reveals
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Easter Bombings of Sri Lanka 2019 – Overwhelming Public Dissatisfaction 89.6% Poll Reveals

byCeylon Independent05/01/202405/01/2024
Galle Prison Activity Restricted Following Meningitis Deaths
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Galle Prison Activity Restricted Following Meningitis Deaths

All activities at the Galle Prison have been restricted following the death of an inmate due to meningitis. As a result…

byCeylon Independent05/01/202405/01/2024
President Wickremesinghe Assures Northern Citizens of Inclusivity;  DisplacedTo Be Settled By 2025
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President Wickremesinghe Assures Northern Citizens of Inclusivity; DisplacedTo Be Settled By 2025

During the Jaffna and Kilinochchi District Coordinating Committee meeting on the 4th January, President Ranil Wickremesinghe addressed crucial issues concerning…

byCeylon Independent05/01/2024
President Announces Better Access to Presidential Fund – But Fund Is Not Subject to Audit
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President Announces Better Access to Presidential Fund – But Fund Is Not Subject to Audit

Medical Funding by Presidential Fund Increased Sri Lanka’s President announced that funds disbursed by The Presidential Fund for medical Care…

byCeylon Independent05/01/2024
How do some seized drugs become flour during testing?
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How do some seized drugs become flour during testing?

Minister of Justice Wijeyadasa Rajapakshe has acknowledged security issues pertaining to seized narcotics after some seized drugs had been identified…

byP C James29/12/2023
Western province leads Sri Lanka’s economy yet again
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Western province leads Sri Lanka’s economy yet again

Increases share in nominal GDP to 43.4% in 2022, from 42.6% in 2021  The Western province maintained its status as…

byP C James28/12/2023
Sri Lanka to arrest, repatriate 30 Sri Lankan criminals operating abroad
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Sri Lanka to arrest, repatriate 30 Sri Lankan criminals operating abroad

Sri Lanka’s Public Security Minister Tiran Alles said on Tuesday that the country has launched an operation to arrest and…

byP C James28/12/2023
Health concerns at Avenra Garden cause upsets in police circles?
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Health concerns at Avenra Garden cause upsets in police circles?

The recent sealing of cool rooms at the famed Avenra Garden Hotel in Negombo by PHIs, has led to upsets…

byP C James27/12/2023
Sri Lanka frees more than 1,000 prisoners in Christmas amnesty
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Sri Lanka frees more than 1,000 prisoners in Christmas amnesty

Sri Lankan President Ranil Wickremesinghe has granted an amnesty to more than 1,000 convicts and released them from jails across…

byP C James26/12/2023

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