The necessary laws to arrest terrorists must be passed before the Emergency Regulations are lifted, Prime Minister Ranil Wickremesinghe said today (May 30).
Speaking in Ampara, the Prime Minister said that the Attorney General has also been notified regarding the need to formulate new laws. The laws in Europe will be studied before preparing the relevant laws, he said.
While emphasising the importance of restructuring laws, Mr. Wickremesinghe pointed out that a new mechanism must be set-up to defeat the IS terrorist group in a similar way to the laws which were introduced to defeat the LTTE.
He also noted that an information database must be complied to assist in defeating terrorism since the modes of obtaining information during the period of the LTTE was not apt to the current situation.
The death toll in the Ella bus accident has increased to 15 with 16 others injured.
Sri Lanka’s largest renewable energy project, the ‘Rvidanavi’ Solar Power Park project was launched in Siyambalanduwa today by President Anura Kumara Dissanayake.
Former President Mahinda Rajapaksa is due to vacate his official residence at Wijerama Mawatha, Colombo this morning, a Sri Lanka Podujana Peramuna (SLPP) source said.
The Presidents’ Entitlements (Repeal) Bill was passed by a majority of 150 in parliament today. However the opposition MP’s were absent during the voting.
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