The Women Parliamentarians' Caucus expressed solidarity and extended its full support today to Bimshani Jasin Arachchi, Sri Lanka’s first female Deputy Inspector General of Police (DIG) against whom a petition was filed by her male colleagues seeking annulment of her promotion.
Early this week, the Supreme Court has fixed the date to hear the Fundamental Rights (FR) petition seeking annulment of the promotion of Bimshani Jasin Arachchi, Sri Lanka’s first female Deputy Inspector General of Police (DIG). The Court is to hear the petition on May 18.
A group of 32 Senior Superintendents of Police (SSP) sought the court directive to declare that the promotion was made in contrary to the standard promotion process therefore it should be declared as illegal. Among the petitioners is the Head of Legal Division of police SSP Ruwan Gunasekera.
The Inspector-General of Police (IGP), the National Police Commission, the Attorney General, and the recently appointed female DIG of Police Bimshani Jasin Arachchi have been named as respondents.
In the wake of the ‘outing’ of parliament Speaker Ashoka Ranwala with accusations that his PhD was fake, there has been a flurry of articles on fake degrees.
An eighteen member Presidential Task Force, including President’s secretary was appointed today to implement the ’Clean Sri Lanka’ initiative proposed by the government.
Under the government’s initiative of disposing of high end- luxury vehicles that impose a heavy burden of public funds, other state institutions are barred from purchasing them through state procurement procedure, according to a Treasury circular.
An investigation has been launched on the instructions of Acting Inspector General of Police (IGP) Priyantha Weerasuriya into an incident where popular author Kasun Mahendra Heenatigala was arrested and allegedly mistreated by the Athurugiriya Police.
Mr. Gihan de Silva has been appointed as the new Chairman of the Sri Lanka Rupavahini Corporation, the Government Information Department announced.
A Sri Lankan wanted for financial frauds and under a red notice was arrested at the Bandaranaike International Airport along with his wife and child as they were returning from India, Police said.
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