Due to the congestion in prisons Minister of Justice, Prison Activities and Constitutional Reforms Wijeyadasa Rajapakshe has proposed a solution to keep suspects under house arrest.
The proposal has granted approval.
A committee chaired by a Supreme Court judge was appointed to provide appropriate recommendations to introduce legal provisions.
Minister Rajapakshe is to instruct Legal Draftsman to prepare a draft bill based on the report furnished by the said officers’ committee.
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.
President Ranil Wickremesinghe is firm about the President’s five-year tenure, the President’s Media Division (PMD) said.
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