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The Bar Association of Sri Lanka (BASL) is to wage a battle to preserve the independence of judiciary from the pressure being asserted from the nation s executive, said the legal body s chairman Saliya Peiris on Sunday, emphaising that attempts were being made to systematically ignore court rulings. MORE..

20 Mar 2023 (9:20 AM)

An assault has allegedly been carried out on several members of the Electricity Consumers Association during a demonstration held in the Godigamuwa area of Divulapitiya last night (March 20). MORE..

20 Mar 2023 (4:23 PM)

The Secretary to the Treasury has informed the Board of Directors of Sri Lanka Telecom PLC (SLT) and Lanka Hospitals PLC that the Cabinet of Ministers has granted approval in principle for the divestment of the stakes held by the Treasury Secretary in the two companies. MORE..

20 Mar 2023 (8:50 PM)

The appeals filed by the defendants who were given the death penalty over the 2015 abduction, gang rape and murder of schoolgirl Sivaloganathan Vidya, seeking their acquittal from the sentences imposed on them, has been fixed for hearing by the Supreme Court. MORE..

20 Mar 2023 (7:33 PM)

The 18 Hairpin Bends (Daha Ata Wanguwa) section of the Kandy - Mahiyanganaya Road will be closed for traffic from 8.00 p.m. to 5.00 a.m. daily until further notice, the Ministry of Highways announced. MORE..

20 Mar 2023 (7:46 PM)

Three Fundamental Rights (FR) petitions filed requesting the annulment of former President Gotabaya Rajapaksa s decision to pardon former MP Duminda Silva, who was convicted and sentenced to death over the murder of Bharatha Lakshman Premachandra, have been taken up for hearing once again today (March 20) before the Supreme Court. MORE..

20 Mar 2023 (8:44 PM)

The Central Bank of Sri Lanka (CBSL) has requested the Attorney General to consider instituting criminal proceedings against three pyramid-type prohibited schemes operating in the country. MORE..

20 Mar 2023 (5:39 PM)