Failure to prevent Easter carnage: AG indicts Hemasiri, Pujith, in Colombo High Court, for murder-By A.J.A. Abeynayake Source:Island Attorney General Dappula de Livera yesterday indicted, in the Colombo High Court, former Defence Secretary Hemasiri Fernando and former Inspector General of Police Pujith Jayasundara on 800 charges over the Easter Sunday terror attacks. The AG’s Coordinating Officer State Counsel Nishara Jayaratne said the charges had been filed in respect of those killed and injured in the 2019 Easter Sunday attacks. Fernando and Jayasundara would face two separate trials-at-bar for murder and attempted murder over the attacks, she said. ...
Blog Archives
Home ⁄ Tag Archives: General Dappula de Livera
Colombo Port City: “Chinese Colony” or “Gateway to South Asia”? Prime Minister Mahinda Rajapaksa making an inspection tour of the Port City in December 2019. Source:Dailynews The legal contours of the country’s first-ever offshore financial centre have been worked out and that piece of legislation was at the centre of attraction last week leading to a heated political and social debate. Many will agree that the China-funded Colombo Port City (CPC) is an ambitious and a giant project that has the capacity to be a make or break factor of this island-nation’s economy in the years to come. The legal infrastructure carries equal weight as, or even more weight than, the physical infrastructure when it comes to the successful operation of this economic hub-to-be of the country. ...
Apr 26, 2021
Posted by eLanka admin In
Articles
Tagged Colombo Port City, General Dappula de Livera, Mahinda Rajapaksa
