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Special High Court issues notice to former Defense Secretary and six others
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Special High Court issues notice to former Defense Secretary and six others

Sri Lanka’s three-judge Special High Court has issued notice for former Defense Secretary Gotabhaya Rajapaksa and six others to appear…

byFaraz Shauketaly27/08/2018
Colombo HC re-issues notice on President and PM
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Colombo HC re-issues notice on President and PM

The Colombo High Court today re-issued notice on President Maithripala Sirisena and Prime Minister Ranil Wickremesinghe to appear before the…

byFaraz Shauketaly24/07/2018
Harboring of Army absentees a punishable offence, Sri Lanka Army warns
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Harboring of Army absentees a punishable offence, Sri Lanka Army warns

Sri Lanka Army has warned that harboring of any Army absentee is an offence punishable in court under the existing…

byFaraz Shauketaly19/06/2018
Sri Lanka court jails extremist Buddhist monk for threatening missing journalist’s wife
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Sri Lanka court jails extremist Buddhist monk for threatening missing journalist’s wife

A Sri Lankan court on Thursday sentenced the extremist Buddhist monk Ven. Galagoda Aththe Gnanasara Thero for six months in…

byFaraz Shauketaly15/06/2018
Former police OIC, DIG arrested over Lasantha Wickrematunge’s killing further remanded
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Former police OIC, DIG arrested over Lasantha Wickrematunge’s killing further remanded

A Sri Lankan court today further remanded the former senior DIG Prasanna Nanayakkara and former Mount Lavinia Police Crimes OIC,…

byFaraz Shauketaly09/04/2018
Former Sri Lankan President’s son Yoshitha Rajapaksa allowed to travel abroad for a week
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Former Sri Lankan President’s son Yoshitha Rajapaksa allowed to travel abroad for a week

A Sri Lankan court Wednesday granted Yoshitha Rajapaksa, the second son of former President Mahinda Rajapaksa, permission to travel abroad.…

byFaraz Shauketaly04/04/2018
Army officer remanded for spreading hate speech on Facebook
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Army officer remanded for spreading hate speech on Facebook

A Sri Lankan court has remanded an Army officer, who was arrested by the Criminal Investigations Department (CID) for allegedly…

byFaraz Shauketaly21/03/2018
SSP to give secret statement on Lasantha murder
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SSP to give secret statement on Lasantha murder

SSP Hemantha Adhikari has reportedly received court permission to give a secret statement related to the murder probe of The…

byFaraz Shauketaly20/02/2018
PTL’s Arjun Aloysius, Kasun Palisena remanded till February 16
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PTL’s Arjun Aloysius, Kasun Palisena remanded till February 16

A Sri Lankan court today remanded the former director of Perpetual Treasuries Limited (PTL) Arjun Aloysius and its Chief Executive…

byFaraz Shauketaly05/02/2018
Court grants bail to 58 people arrested in Kataragama
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Court grants bail to 58 people arrested in Kataragama

A Sri Lankan court today granted bail to 58 people arrested in connection with the attack on Kataragama police station…

byFaraz Shauketaly22/01/201822/01/2018

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