The 22 September 2026 Trial-at-Bar judgment provides a detailed account of the alleged network behind Sri Lanka’s 2019 Easter Sunday attacks, tracing the prosecution’s case from ideological indoctrination and recruitment to weapons,
Just hours before the NPP Cabinet formally approved the controversial constitutional amendment, the Bar Association of Sri Lanka (BASL) received an unexpected boost when Lal Wijenayake, a member of both the NPP
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A former JPMorgan Chase banker has expanded his lawsuit against the United States’ largest bank, filing an amended complaint that adds new defendants and fresh allegations of racial discrimination, sexual coercion and
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A significant ruling by the Civil Appellate High Court of the Western Province, sitting in Colombo, has established an important judicial precedent in Sri Lanka’s property sector by ordering a developer to
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Prime Minister Giorgia Meloni’s government has approved legislation that would automatically hold children aged 14 and over criminally responsible, reversing the previous presumption of diminished responsibility for minors. The proposal, aimed at
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The Assembly of States Parties to the International Criminal Court has voted to remove Chief Prosecutor Karim Khan following allegations of sexual misconduct, marking the first dismissal of a chief prosecutor in
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A Sri Lankan court has directed police authorities to ensure that Chinese nationals brought before the judiciary are accompanied by a suitable language interpreter, following disruptions to court proceedings caused by the
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Editorial If there is a single sentence that captures the gravity of Sri Lanka’s latest public finance scandal, it is buried not in a political speech or parliamentary debate, but in the
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A high-level delegation representing the European Union and several of its member states visited the Chemmani mass grave excavation site on Wednesday to observe the ongoing court-supervised excavation process, following the recent
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Former IGP Chandana Deepal Wickramaratne, 63, succumbed to gunshot injury he received at his residence at Parakrama Mawatha, in Thalahena, Malabe, on 17 July. Wickramaratne, the 35th IGP (25 November, 2020, to
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by Our Correspondent in Colombo The Court of Appeal on Tuesday heard that the mother of former State Intelligence Service (SIS) Director Major General (Retd.) Suresh Sallay attended church on Easter Sunday
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Editorial The reported decision to dispatch officers of the Commission to Investigate Allegations of Bribery or Corruption and the Criminal Investigation Department to Australia in connection with the SriLankan Airlines aircraft procurement
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Sri Lanka’s Merchant Shipping Secretariat (MSS) has launched an investigation after the captain of an Indonesian-flagged vessel alleged that he paid a USD 5,000 bribe to facilitate what sources described as a
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by Our Correspondent in Sydney A legal dispute originating in Australia has triggered growing concern among members of the Sri Lankan diaspora, who allege that court orders issued in family law proceedings
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by Our Correspondent in Colombo The Court of Appeal this week heard detailed submissions alleging that multiple intelligence warnings identifying Easter Sunday suicide bomber Zahran Hashim and his associates had been shared
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Editorial There is a maxim older than the Prevention of Terrorism Act, older than Sri Lanka’s constitution, older even than the Vatican’s claim to stand as conscience-keeper of nations: he who seeks
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