A video showing a superior officer in a workplace assaulting a female employee, is currently being shared widely on social media. News 1st cannot independently verify when and where the incident had taken place. According to social media posts, the institution is the Udugampola office of the Western Provincial Road Development Authority and [11/24/2020] …
With Pakistan government announcing new draconian rules for social media, which aims at giving blanket power to authorities to censor digital content, Information and Technology giants like Facebook, Google and Twitter have threatened to leave the country. In a statement shared with Dawn on Thursday, Asia Internet Coalition (AIC), which represents Facebook, Google and Twitter, raised its alarm [11/24/2020] …
The 13 Police Narcotic Bureau officers arrested on drug trafficking charges were further remanded to the 07th of December by Colombo Chief Magistrate Mohamed Mihail on Tuesday (24). The Colombo Chief Magistrate rejected the preliminary objection raised by the counsel for the suspects, who claimed there was no legal provision for cases to [11/24/2020] …
A total of 337 people were confirmed positive to COVID-19 on Monday (23). 02 of those cases were foreigners and all other 335 were from locally-identified affectees. Of those persons, 189 were from Colombo, 47 were from Gampaha, 11 were Puttalam and others were from different districts, stated the National Operations Centre for [11/24/2020] …
COLOMBO (News1st): The committee that probed the recent tremors in Kandy has recommended continuous surveillance in the region, a government minister has said. We have been notified that it is not serious. However, we will not disregard this incident, environment minister Mahinda Amaraweera told media on Tuesday. This was after the committee that investigated the [11/24/2020] …
Despite the COVID-19 pandemic in Sri Lanka, the Attorney General concluded action in 9688 Criminal Cases & presented 4019 indictments to the High Courts this year. State Counsel Nishara Jayaratne, the Coordinating Officer to the Attorney General speaking to News 1st said 3012 suspects were released from cases and legal advice was [11/24/2020] …
The Court of Appeal on Tuesday (24) quashed the summons issued by the Jaffna Magistrate’s Court on President Gotabaya Rajapaksa, as Former Secretary of Defence, to provide evidence for a Habeas Corpus inquiry into the 2011 disappearance of two activists Lalith Kumar Weeraraj and Kugan Muruganandan. The Jaffna Magistrate’s Court issued summons [11/24/2020] …
COLOMBO (News1st): The opposition has urged the government to act with empathy, days after a government minister criticized families for not using a Rs 5000 allowance for a month. The government must address the people’s problems humanely and with great empathy, opposition leader Sajith Premadasa said during a parliamentary debate on Tuesday. Minister Wimal Weerawansa [11/24/2020] …
Parliamentarian Sivanesathurai Chandrakanthan alias ‘Pillayan’, who was the former Chief Minister of the Eastern Province was granted bail by Batticaloa High Court in the case filed over the 2005 killing of former parliamentarian Joseph Pararajasingham. Pillayan and 04 others were released on two personal bails of Rs. 100,000/- each. [11/24/2020] …
Prisoners held at the Angunukolapelessa Prison continued their protest atop the roof of a prison building on Tuesday (24) against the decision to move a group of inmates to the prison to undergo quarantine. According to reports, the prisoners have been on the roof since Monday (23) evening. Commissioner General of Prisons Thushara [11/24/2020] …
