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LNP - Sri Lanka marks 16 years since the end of civil war

2025-05-18 | Law

Today (18) marks 16 years since the end of Sri Lanka’s three-decade-long civil war, which concluded with the death of Velupillai Prabhakaran, leader...

LNP - Govt to introduce mechanism to deal with child molesting cases: PM

2025-05-09 | Law

The Government is to introduce a mechanism to deal with child molesting cases brininging the relevant Ministries and other institutions together, Prim...

LNP - Govt under pressure to announce Sri Lanka’s stand in case of Indo-Pak war

2025-04-27 | Law

The government is under pressure from the opposition to declare Sri Lanka's position in the event of further escalation of tensions between India and ...

LNP - New tax regulations take effect from today

2025-04-01 | Law

The Inland Revenue Department has announced that individuals earning less than Rs. 1.8 million annually can now claim relief on the advance income tax...

LNP - Gnanasara Thero sentenced to 9 months in prison

2025-01-09 | Law

The Colombo Magistrate’s Court has sentenced the General Secretary of the Bodu Bala Sena (BBS) organization, Ven. Galagoda Aththe Gnanasara Thero, t...

LNP - Harsha proposes new regulations for ‘Undial’ and ‘Hawala’ systems

2025-01-08 | Law

The Chairman of the Committee on Public Finance, MP Dr. Harsha de Silva stated that both the Undial system and the Hawala system are not illegal in Sr...

LNP - South Korea fines Meta $15 million for illegally collecting information on Facebook users

2024-11-08 | Law

South Korea’s privacy watchdog on Tuesday fined social media company Meta 21.6 billion won ($15 million) for illegally collecting sensitive personal...

LNP - Once illegal, famous Japanese alcohol Doburoku is making a comeback

2024-10-30 | Law

Japanese-produced whisky, nihonshu (sake), and beer are popular around the world. But one bar in Tokyo has been trying to reintroduce to locals and vi...

LNP - Arjun Aloysius and two others sentenced for Rs. 3.5b VAT evasion

2024-10-14 | Law

The Colombo Magistrate’s Court has sentenced the Director of W.M. Mendis Distilleries, Arjun Aloysius and two others to 06 months in prison for defa...

LNP - Covid-19: five more deaths, 166 new cases confirmed

2022-08-19 | Law

The Director General of Health Services has confirmed five more coronavirus related deaths for yesterday (17). According to the Govt. Information Depa...