Considering the seriousness of the COVID-19 situation, the Attorney General has requested the Chief Justice to consider cancelling court sittings in the High Court fixed for the next two curfew days that had been scheduled to consider bail.
AG's Coordinating Secretary State Counsel Nishara Jayaratne stated that these sittings had been scheduled to consider bail in matters falling outside the decision of the Committee appointed by the President.
In the circumstances at this moment where the incidents of COVID-19 is on the rise in the Country, the AG has urged the CJ to consider cancelling High Court sittings of the Colombo High Courts and other High Courts scheduled for April 2 and 3 and reschedule sittings when the environment is condusive for the same.
Popular grade five tuition teacher, Hayeshika Fernando wanted over assaulting a 21 year old youth was granted bail today after she surrendered to courts.
A British national had been arrested over attempting to smuggle in the largest haul of kush( drugs) from Thailand, customs said.
The Government of Sri Lanka maintains that the allegation of genocide during the final phase of the conflict in Sri Lanka is unsubstantiated by any credible authority, either nationally or internationally, and is based on misleading information. Sri Lanka firmly rejects this false narrative and believes it has been propagated primarily for electoral gains within Canada.
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