12+ hour, 9+ min ago   (757+ words) Sri Lanka’s underworld violence is no longer confined to rival gangs settling their scores. Increasingly, the violence is spilling into ordinary homes and neighbourhoods, leaving innocent people, elderly residents and even sleeping children caught in the crossfire of conflicts they…...

2+ day, 9+ hour ago   (208+ words) The Inspector General of Police Priyantha Weerasooriya, has instructed the Police Special Investigation Unit to conduct an inquiry into the manner the investigation conducted into the detection of drugs in a container at the Colombo Port. Last week police on…...

6+ day, 22+ hour ago   (1046+ words) More than 1,500 statements have been recorded so far in the ongoing investigations into the recent riots in Negombo, Mahara, Kuruwita and Magazine prisons, while concerns over prison overcrowding and delays in drug-related cases remain unresolved. The investigations by the Criminal…...

6+ day, 22+ hour ago   (122+ words) The Sunday Times, Sri Lanka President’s Counsel Lakmali Karunanayake was sworn in as a judge of the Court of Appeal before President Anura Kumara Dissanayake at the Presidential Secretariat on Thursday. She previously served as an Additional Solicitor General at…...

1+ week, 2+ hour ago   (862+ words) The passing of the country’s 40th Chief Justice GPS de Silva a few days ago leaves a sense of profound loss. The GPS de Silva Court This goes beyond the personal even though this Chief Justice epitomised three rare virtues; kindness,…...

4+ week, 2+ hour ago   (361+ words) The High Court trial-at-bar hearing charges filed against 24 accused in the Easter Sunday terror attack case has ordered the calling of evidence from the defence beginning tomorrow. Following the conclusion of evidence led by the prosecution, the three-judge bench determined…...

1+ mon, 3+ day ago   (192+ words) The U L Kadurugamuwa Legacy Series, a new thought leadership platform, was launched by FJ&G de Saram in its 185th anniversary year to honour the legacy of the late U. L. Kadurugamuwa, a former Precedent Partner of the firm. The inaugural session,…...

1+ mon, 4+ day ago   (558+ words) Attorney General Parinda Ranasinghe Jr Attorney-General Parinda Ranasinghe (Jr), P.C., said that the office of the Attorney-General in Sri Lanka is distinctive, playing a dual role as public prosecutor and chief law officer of the state in civil litigation, while remaining…...

1+ mon, 4+ day ago   (823+ words) My dear Pujith and Hemasiri, I am writing to you at a time when I am not even certain that you will be able to read this, being as you are, in custody. The decision to send you to the…...

1+ mon, 4+ day ago   (129+ words) sundaytimes.lk Riot virus engulfs prisons Like a disease‑carrying virus, last month’s prison riots in Negombo spread to Mahara last week and then to three more prisons — Welikada, Kuruwita and Pallasena — this week, heightening calls for prison reforms. Our…...