Sri Lanka News Papers – News Headlines from Colombo

Sri Lanka Police says that the fugitive female accomplice involved in the murder of notorious underworld figure Sanjeewa Kumara Samararatne alias “Ganemulla Sanjeewa”, has not fled the country.

Sri Lanka’s Minister of Foreign Affairs, Foreign Employment and Tourism Vijitha Herath is scheduled to address the United Nations Human Rights Council (UNHRC) in Geneva, Switzerland today (25).

The Election Commission is scheduled to convene this Thursday (27) for a meeting while it is reported that a decision regarding the date of the Local Government (LG) Elections is expected to be made during this meeting.

Prime Minister Harini Amarasuriya has been appointed the chairperson of the Parliamentary Committee on High Posts, Speaker Jagath Wickramaratne announced today.

The High Posts Committee is vested with the power to approve the names of those who are nominated to prominent posts by the President and the government as a whole.

Accordingly the committee has the power to approve the appointments of heads to Sri Lankan missions abroad.

The committee looks into the qualifications and eligibility of persons who are appointed to top posts.

In a significant moment for the country’s parliamentary history, National People’s Power (NPP) MP Sugath Wasantha de Perera today (24) moved the motion to adjourn the House using a note written in Braille—the first instance of its kind.

Police have arrested a man and a woman for transporting Kerala cannabis in a car on Sunday (23).

The Secretary to the Ministry of Defence, Air Vice Marshal (Retired) Sampath Thuyacontha, says he has issued an order for the immediate arrest of all deserters from the security forces.