Four army personnel acquitted over 2013 Rathupaswala shooting

The four accused in the case over the shooting to death of three persons and injuring 45 others during a protest by villagers demanding clean drinking water at Rathupaswala in 2013, have been acquitted by the Gampaha High Court Trial-at-Bar.

Delivering the verdict in the case today (17), the court ordered to acquit and release the four Sri Lanka...

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UN report urges accountability and public apology for Sri Lanka s enforced disappearances

Sri Lanka’s Government must take meaningful action to determine and disclose the fates and whereabouts of tens of thousands of people who have been subjected to enforced disappearance over the decades and hold those responsible to account, a UN Human Rights Office report released today (May 17) says.

It calls on the Government to acknowledge the...

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Advisories issued for heavy rain, strong winds and rough seas The Department of Meteorology has issued an advisory for heavy rain, strong winds and rough seas for the sea areas extending from Kalpitiya to Pottuvil via Colombo, Galle and Hambantota. MORE.....

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Two arrested with over 1,000 mobile phones and 200 pen drives at BIA

The officers of the Criminal Investigation Department (CID) at the Bandaranaike International Airport (BIA) in Katunayake have arrested two Sri Lankan passengers who were in possession of 1,083 mobile phones and 200 high-capacity pen drives, which had not been declared.

Police said that the duo had arrived at the BIA from Dubai this morning (17).

One...

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Sri Lanka s macroeconomic policies are starting to bear fruit - IMF

The International Monetary Fund (IMF) has highlighted Sri Lanka’s commendable macroeconomic policies, rapid inflation decline, and steady economic growth.

Addressing a press briefing held on Thursday (16) in the Washington DC, the Director of IMF Communications Julie Kozack said “with respect to Sri Lanka’s economic performance, macroeconomic pol...

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Rathupaswala shooting- High Court to deliver verdict today

The verdict in the case against a Brigadier and three soldiers of the Sri Lanka Army, over the shooting to death of three persons and injuring 45 others during a protest by villagers demanding clean drinking water at Rathupaswala, Gampaha is scheduled to be delivered today (17) by a special three-member high court bench.

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