A group of lawyers is planning a protest demonstration at the Supreme Court premises this morning (Monday) demanding that the Chief Justice Mohan Peiris steps down. The latter was appointed under controversial circumstances some years back after the incumbent Shirani Bandaranayake was removed by presidential decree. Peiris is said to still continue to provide advice to the former President Mahinda Rajapaksa
Tamar Amitai, a 25-year-old Israeli tourist who went missing in Uppuveli, Trincomalee, was found safe after a three-day joint search operation today.
The Colombo High Court today (28) sentenced former parliamentarian Hirunika Premachandra to three years of Rigorous Imprisonment over charges of the involvement of an abduction.
In his special statement, President Ranil Wickremesinghe announced that debt restructuring agreements will postpone all bilateral loan payments to foreign countries until 2028. Additionally, Sri Lanka will have until 2043 to repay these loans on concessional terms.
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