By Manopriya Gunasekara
The Supreme Court today ordered Controller General of the Department of Immigration and Emigration Harsha Ilkupitiya to be remanded in custody over contempt of court charges for failing to implement the SC's interim order suspending the Cabinet decision to award the contract for e-visa services to two foreign companies.
After the registrar of the SC read the charge sheet filed against Mr Ilukpitiya for contempt of court, he pled not guilty to the charges. The SC bench presided by Justice Preethi Padman Surasena and also comprising Justices Kumuduni Wickramasinghe and Achala Wenagappuli then ordered him to be kept in remand custody until the conclusion of the trial. Accordingly, the court postponed the next hearing into the case to January 22, 2025.
The SC pointed out that it cannot stay silent when authorities fail to implement an order from the highest court of the land, and ordered the accused to be remanded in custody until the conclusion of the trail.
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 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.
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.
Israel, a major player in the global diamond and jewellery trade, has invited Sri Lankan gem and jewellery businessmen and designers to collaborate with Israeli diamond traders.
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