By Yoshitha Perera
The Court of Appeal today dismissed a writ petition filed by the British Instagrammer Kayleigh Fraser challenging the authorities' decision to deport her from Sri Lanka.
Kayleigh Fraser, who had been documenting anti-government protests in Sri Lanka on social media, filed this petition, requesting that the Department of Immigration and Emigration reverse its decision to deport her arbitrarily.
Earlier Immigration and Emigration Department asked the British Instagrammer to leave the country by August 15 for participating in recent anti-government protests and terminated her visa.
On August 2, officials from the Immigration and Emigration Department seized Kayleigh Fraser's passport for examination to determine whether she had violated any of the visa conditions.
As per the reports, she was in the country for medical reasons.
Public Security Minister Ananda Wijepala told Parliament today that the suspect in the rape of a lady doctor at the Anuradhapura teaching hospital has been identified as an army deserter and he will be apprehended shortly.
Police have arrested the suspect connected to the sexual assault on a female doctor at the Anuradhapura Teaching Hospital today morning in Galnewa.
The Dutch Public Prosecutor suspects two companies of paying bribes in the construction of hospitals in Sri Lanka, according to an investigation by FD, the Dutch financial newspaper.
The Government today tabled in the House the Report of the Commission to Inquiry into the Establishment and Maintenance of Unlawful Places of Detention and Torture Chambers in the Batalanda Housing Scheme.
The Minister of Power, Kumara Jayakody, stated that in the future, internationally funded projects, such as power projects, will only be carried out through government-to-government (G2G) agreements and competitive procurement.
Former President Ranil Wickremesinghe said today he wholly rejects the Batalanda Commission report and that it was appointed wholly with the intention slinging political mud at him.
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