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Terrorism Bill gazetted to replace 1979 PTA, adding court oversight and detention limits
Sri Lanka gazettes the Protection of the State from Terrorism Bill, repealing the 1979 PTA and adding judicial oversight and detention limits.
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Interfaith clergy meet at Gangaramaya to press for Anojan Sivarasa's release
Buddhist, Hindu, Muslim and Christian leaders gather at Gangaramaya to back efforts to save the Sri Lankan worker facing execution in Saudi Arabia.
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Sajith presses IMF on what decides whether Sri Lanka needs a successor programme
The Opposition Leader asked the IMF which indicators determine if Sri Lanka needs a programme after the EFF, and warned against burdening households.
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Oversight committee clears 22A and Judicature Bills ahead of two-day debate
Sectoral Oversight Committee approves 22nd Amendment and Judicature Bills after Attorney General briefing on Supreme Court determination.
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Gotabaya's ex-secretary remanded to October 7; 50 more statements still to be taken
Sugeeshwara Bandara was further remanded to October 7. Investigators told court statements are still to be recorded from 50 more people.
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President appoints three new High Court judges
President Anura Kumara Dissanayake handed letters of appointment to three new High Court judges at the President's Office on Wednesday morning.
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Annual audit uncovers Rs. 2.1 million missing at Weligama Main Post Office
An investigation is under way after an annual audit found Rs. 2.1 million missing at Weligama Main Post Office, which oversees 17 sub-post offices.
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No referendum needed for 22A, Supreme Court tells Parliament — but the sitting Chief Justice is carved out
The Speaker read the determination to the House on Tuesday. The court cleared 22A of Article 83, then ordered two changes to Clause 2, one of them exempting
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AG asks Chief Justice for a three-judge bench to hear the GotaGoGama attack case
Indictments are expected against 20 defendants, including ex-IGP Deshabandu Tennakoon and former minister Johnston Fernando, under 328 charges.
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Doctor presses Health Ministry to publish report into former Ampara hospital director's death
A Health Ministry inquiry into Dr. Lanka Jayasinghe's death questioned PEG feeding, triage and nursing procedures. The 2023 report has never been made public.
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President to write to the Saudi King for Anojan Sivarasa; Herath gives Parliament the full case history
President appeals to Saudi King for death-row migrant worker after prosecution appeal. Foreign Minister outlines full case timeline to Parliament.
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Supreme Court: the Anti-Corruption Bill's bail restrictions need a referendum
The Speaker told Parliament that Clause 17, which would stop magistrates granting bail, needs a two-thirds majority and a public vote to become law.
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Police open contempt investigation into Weerawansa's Anuradhapura rally remarks
The Central Crime Investigation Bureau has begun the inquiry a magistrate ordered last week, and has already reported facts to a second Colombo court.
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Fisheries Minister challenges Tamil Nadu's Vijay to 'walk the talk' on poaching
Fisheries Minister challenges Tamil Nadu's Vijay on illegal poaching. Chandrasekar insists official talks must precede media messaging on fisher disputes.
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CIABOC chief tells IMF panel corruption helped cause Sri Lanka's collapse
Ranga Dissanayake told an IMF forum in Washington that debt and mismanagement alone do not explain 2022, and that the Supreme Court has said the same.
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CIABOC arrests Uva development officer over Rs. 8.1 million phosphate export bribe
The suspect, a former private secretary to ex-State Minister Chamara Sampath Dassanayake, allegedly took the money to clear exports for three companies.
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Two High Court judges proposed for Court of Appeal; three new High Court judges due tomorrow
President Dissanayake has sent two names to the Constitutional Council, while three judicial officers take oath as High Court judges on 23 September.
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Named: the 15 convicted and nine acquitted in the Easter Sunday conspiracy case
NewsFirst has published the full list from the Trial-at-Bar verdict. The bench set sentencing for 9 p.m., and the sixth accused told the court he was smiling.
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Easter Sunday convicts handed 200 to 260 years each, all property confiscated
The Trial-at-Bar sentenced the 15 men convicted over the 2019 attacks to rigorous imprisonment late Tuesday and ordered the State to seize their assets.
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Easter Sunday conspiracy trial: 15 convicted, nine acquitted after five years
A three-judge Trial-at-Bar convicted 15 of the 24 accused on all charges over the 2019 attacks and released nine. They were sentenced the same night.
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Rs. 17.2bn supplementary estimate for electricity bill relief goes before Parliament
Parliament takes up a Rs. 17,213 million supplementary estimate to help households with electricity bills, funded by reallocating unspent 2026 ministry votes.
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Police open fire on car in Giriulla chase; three held, outlets differ on the heroin
NewsFirst reports nearly five grams of narcotics seized. Hiru reports 15.26 grams of heroin and Rs. 924,770 in cash. A 16-year-old is among those arrested.
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'Harak Kata' and 'Kehelbaddara Padme' clash in prison, one hospitalised
Prisons Department sources say Mandinu Padmasiri was injured in an altercation at Welisara and has been moved to the Welikada prison hospital.
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Cabinet names P.M. Jayadeera Director General of Irrigation from 6 October
P.M. Jayadeera named Irrigation Director General from 6 October as Dr. Weligepolage reaches compulsory retirement age, leading flood-warning department.