President Gotabaya Rajapaksa has openly crticised the police officers who investigated and provided necessary information to the Attorney General department to file cases. He has targeted SSP Shani Abeysekera & I.P. Nishantha Silva for such crimes. Former director Criminal Investigation Department SSP Shani Abeysekara has been transferred to lower level. I.P. Nishantha de Silve has left the […]
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Sri Lanka: Top cop overseeing investigation of Rajapaksa era HR violations transferred and demoted
Criminal Investigation Department (CID) Director SSP Shani Abeysekara has been granted a transfer by the National Police Commission today (Nov 21). Accordingly, SSP Abeysekara will now serve as the Personal Assistant of the Deputy Inspector General (DIG) in charge of the Galle District. The move would see SSP W. Thilakaratna taking over as the Director […]
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Gotabaya Rajapaksa unveils election manifesto; seek mandate to hold a General Election early.
Image: SLPP presidential candidate Gotabaya Rajapaksa and Opposition Leader Mahinda Rajapaksa perusing the manifesto at its launch yesterday – Pic by Lahiru Harshana. Manifesto aimed at increasing growth to 6.5%, per capita income to $6,500 via people-centric policies and development Announces sweeping tax relief; to cut corporate and personal income and VAT; abolish PAYE Targets under […]
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Sri Lanka: Major breakthrough in probe on the assault on former Editor Upali Tennakoon ; fingerprints match
Image: Upali thennaloon soon after the attack, January 23, 2009. (AP photo) Investigators have made a major breakthrough on the probe into the assault on former Editor Upali Tennakoon and are set to arrest a key suspect, The Sunday Morning learnt. Fingerprints found on Tennakoon’s vehicle on the day of the assault have been linked to […]
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Death threats against HRC chair person by Rear Admiral Sarath Weerasekara
(1 July, 2018/SO)vFormer Military officers such as retired Rear Admiral Sarath Weerasekara who cannot recover from thinking in terms of a military rule are problematic to society, according to Civil society activist and Convernor of the Purawesi Balaya organisation, Gamini Viyangoda. Expressing his views regarding the recent controversial remarks made by Weerasekara claiming that all […]
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Rajapaksa camp indicates their position towards ex- LTTE militants
Image: Rehabilitated ex-LTTE carders. Speaking at press conference organized by the joint opposition today (2 March) former Parliamentarian, Sarath Weerasekara has said that separatist groups have gathered information regarding 11, 000 rehabilitated and released Tamils and yet another 4,000 Tamils who did not surrender to the army, and have sufficient hidden arms and ammunition, enabling […]
