Colombo High Court Judge Adithya Patabendige yesterday (21) sentenced to 45 years Rigorous Imprisonment an accused who had been charged with raping a 17-year-old girl, who had gone to work as a domestic aid at a house in Rajagiriya.
SLPP parliamentarian S.B. Dissanayake said that if elected the sports minister, he would resolve issues surrounding cricket within one week in consultation with the ICC.
The navy arrested nine fishermen while catching sea leeches without a valid license off Aripppu in Mannar on 20 November.
Justice minister Wijeyadasa Rajapakshe met Veddah chieftain Uruwarige Wanni yesterday (21) to discuss recently-arisen issues of the indigenous community.
Two separate requests by the police to ban remembrances for dead LTTE members have been rejected by the Mallakam magistrate’s court.
Former president Mahinda Rajapaksa has refuted all accusations against him overwith regard to the economy.
Four fundamental rights (FR) petitions filed against the repeated postponement of Local Government (LG) elections were fixed for hearing by the Supreme Court yesterday (21).
Opposition leader Sajith Premadasa said in parliament today (21) that he feared no one and was prepared to face anyone alone.
The cabinet of ministers has granted approval to direct the legal draftsman to prepare a draft bill for the introduction of the broadcasting regulatory commission for electronic media.
The transgender community staged a march and protest in Jaffna town on 19 November against the various maltreatments they face in society.
