The Attorney General on Tuesday (7) informed the Court of Appeal that the future steps with regard to underworld gang member Janith Madushanka alias ‘Podi Lassie’ who is currently in the custody of the Criminal Investigations Department (CID), will be informed to court, upon discussing the matter with the Inspector General of [12/7/2021] …
Sri Lanka’s Public Security Minister Rear Admiral (Retd) Dr. Sarath Weerasekara has condemned the comments made by Pakistan’s Minister of Defence Pervez Khattak on the murder of Priyantha Kumara. Pakistans Defence Minister dismissed the seriousness of the killing of a Sri Lankan by a lynch mob. He said it was “youthful exuberance†[12/7/2021] …
Prime Minister Imran Khan on Tuesday (7) categorically said that the government will not spare those who resort to violence in the name of Islam or the Holy Prophet. The premier made the comments while addressing a condolence reference for Sri Lankan national Priyantha Kumara, who was lynched to death by a mob in Sialkot [12/7/2021] …
Government and Semi-Government Trade Unions will be resorting to a trade union action on Wednesday (8) by reporting sick. The joint trade union action will be launched in a bid to demand a Rs. 10,000 salary hike. Chairperson of the All Ceylon Management Services Officers Association Udeni Dissanayake speaking at a joint [12/7/2021] …
The United Arab Emirates has said all government entities will adopt a new working-week schedule that will consist of four and half days, with Friday afternoon, Saturday and Sunday forming the new weekend. The move, announced by state news agency WAM on Tuesday, will come into effect on January 1, 2022, making the working week [12/7/2021] …
(Pakistan); Prime Minister Imran Khan has announced that the business community in Sialkot has accumulated $100,000 for the family of Priyantha Kumara, while they will continue to send his salary to his widow each month. He was addressing a condolence reference for the Sri Lankan national Priyantha Diyawadana at Prime Ministers Office. The PM also [12/7/2021] …
Archbishop of Colombo His Eminence Malcolm Cardinal Ranjith expects the Pakistan authorities to determine who killed Priyantha Kumara in Sialkot and what forced were responsible for it. These people seem to have been led by some people. So, those leaders also must be found and punished according to law, he told reporters [12/7/2021] …
(Pakistan); Pakistan Prime Minister Imran Khan awarded the ‘Medal of Bravery’ to Malik Adnan for endangering his own life in bid to save Priyantha Kumara from a mob. Malik Adnan, a colleague of the slain Sri Lankan citizen, will be awarded Tamgha-i-Shujaat, or the ‘Medal of Bravery’ for endangering his own life by physically trying [12/7/2021] …
Former Prime Minister & MP Ranil Wickremesinghe has called on the government to make it clear if it is following the ‘Cabraal Way’ or the ‘Rajapaksa Way’. However, State Minister Shehan Semasinghe noted that the government only follows the path of the President’s Policy Statement, adding there is only one leader in [12/7/2021] …
