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President professedly against jungle laws ; his Minister for it ?

It is the consensus that law making in the country has decreased and law breaking has increased in the recent past with law makers taking the lead in the law breaking. This truth was perfectly illustrated when the Vocational training Minister of the Govt., Piyasena Gamage and about 200 of his goons went on a rampage at a Forest reserve complex in the Southern province attacking even a Forest reserve officer who bled from the ear as a result.

New police spokesman resumes duty

  SP Priyantha Jayakody has been appointed as the new spokesman of the Sri Lanka Police. He was the Director (Recruitment) prior to this appointment.    Police spokesman ...
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Mahanayaka’s Inform The President To Provide Adequate Security To General

  The Chief Mahanayakas have written to the President requesting him to provide adequate security to former Army Comander General Sarath Fonseka who dedicated himself in ...
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Police officers who defied Government given marching orders!

Police officers who stood up to the Government’s high handed tactics during the presidential election, have been transferred, according to Police Department sources. Over 100 of these officers followed orders of the Elections Commissioner and excelled in their jobs but now have been given punishment transfers....
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S.B. gets Presidential pardon and Udunuwara organiser post

Former UNP National organiser, S.B.Dissanayaka has been granted a presidential pardon and appointed as UPFA organiser for Udunuwara, officials said....
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Arulsamy sworn in as MP

  S. Arulsamy was sworn in as a Member of Parliament by the Speaker a short while ago. He fills the vacancy created by the death ...
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Seylan celebrates Independence Anniversary

Colombo. Thursday 04 February 2010. The Seylan Bank celebrates the 62nd anniversary of Sri Lanka’s independence with the launch of a special ‘Seylan Ran Salasum’ facility for its thousands of customers across the country. ...
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Armed Forces News Only Through Gota

Director General of the Ministry for National Security, Public Security, Law and Order, Lakshman Hulugalle has issued written directions to all media institutions specifying that news concerning armed forces and police are only to be channelled through Secretary Defence Gotabhaya Rajapakse....
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Masses Take To The Streets Against Fraudulent Election

About 5,000 Sri Lankan opposition supporters have demonstrated against President Mahinda Rajapaksa and his government in the capital, Colombo....
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Fonseka lodges complaint to the Elections Commissioner over ballot papers

Sarath Fonseka and UNP deputy leader Karu Jayasuriya called on the Elections Commissioner a short while ago to file a complaint over the 64 ballot papers detected in Ratnapura yesterday. ...
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Boat arrives as builders raise compound on Christmas Island

WORKS are furiously under way to open a new 400-bed compound at the Christmas Island Immigration Detention Centre after the surprise arrival of 92 Sri Lankans at the weekend left just 36 beds to spare.

Sri Lanka to develop Kalpitiya region into ecotourism destination.

The Sri Lankan tourism authorities have announced plans to develop the northwestern Kalpitiya region into an ecotourism destination.

Election related violence continuing

A total of 122 election related incidents of violence have been reported to the Police to date, DIG (Elections) Gamini Navaratna said.

Parties criticize IGP

Political party representatives criticized IGP Mahinda Balasuriya in front of Elections Commissioner Dayananda Dissanayake today, for the police’s failure to remove all unlawful cut-outs, posters and banners.

Danuna’s grandmother gets bail

The Colombo Fort Magistrate today released Danuna Tillekaratne’s grandmother on a cash bail of Rs3000 after she was arrested by the CID late last night for allegedly providing accommodation to Danuna last month.

Sri Lankan house maid arrested in Dubai

A Sri Lankan house maid was arrested in Dubai. She was arrested due to the accusation of stealing about two million and 47 thousand dinar worth of jewels. In view of her arrest, a close colleague of the woman too was arrested.

Basil unhappy with Thilanga

Prime Ministerial hopeful of the governing party, Basil Rajapaksa is unhappy with Thilanga Sumathipala after hearing that Thilanga had invited Prime Minister Ratnasiri Wickremanyake as chief guest to his inaugural meeting held in Borella, sources from the SLFP headquarters said.

93,823 IDPs to be resettled in Sri Lanka

The total number of IDPs to be resettled is 93,823 while a total of 182,946 have been resettled or released on humanitarian grounds as at March 10, 2010, stated the Minister of Disaster Management and Human Rights, Mahinda Samarasinghe today .

Former CJ On Arrest And Detention Of The General

Former Chief Justice Sarath N Silva states that whatever perspective, the arrest of General Sarath Fonseka runs contrary to all accepted norms of the law as we know it. From the hallowed Constitution to the Universal Declaration, the ICCPR, the Code of Criminal Procedure Act, the Army Act or the CDS Act, the entire gamut of the law does not extend a reason adequate for the arrest and detention of General Sarath Fonseka who is now a candidate nominated for the Parliamentary Elections.

Fire destroys cinema hall in Jaffna

A fire broke out in a famous cinema hall ‘Nimalendra’ in Upuppiddi, Velvettithurai Jaffna last night, Police said.
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