A Dubai court has postponed judgement on whether to deport underworld kingpin Makandure Madush to Sri Lanka, until May 9.
During the previous sitting the court had decided to announce its decision on the deportation of 'Makandure Madush', today (May 2).
Previously a petition was filed at the Dubai courts through lawyers representing S. A. Madush Lakshitha alias 'Makandure Madush' indicating that he was an investor and had invested heavily in the country's businesses. Further the petition requested that Madhush not be deported from the country in March.
It is believed that Madush's mistress Thilini Shanika had coordinated with the attorney's in order to file the case at the Dubai court.
A group of 31 Sri Lankans which included 'Makandure Madush'' and several other underworld members were taken into custody by the Dubai Police on February 04 during a party at the Jumeirah Beach Hotel at Al Raffa, Dubai.
The number of Buddhist monks who were killed following the accident at the Na Uyana Theravada Buddhist Monastery (Na Uyana Aranya Senansenaya) in Pansiyagama, Melsiripura, Kurunegala currently stands at nine , with four injured, Minister of Buddhasasana, Religious and Cultural Affairs Prof. Hiniduma Sunil Senevi told Parliament this morning. He revealed that two of the injured Buddhist monks are being treated at the Intensive Care Unit (ICU
Several shops were damaged in a major fire that broke out in a shop on the third floor of a building at First Cross Street in Pettah, Colombo, today evening.
President Anura Kumara Dissanayake, addressing the 80th session of the United Nations General Assembly, said that both inequality and poverty ought to be regarded as a worldwide catastrophe that requires urgent attention.
The opposition has renewed its demand for a long delayed forensic audit into the controversial e-visa deal, following the sentencing of former Controller General of Immigration, Harsha Ilukpitiya, for contempt of court.
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