Cabinet approval has been granted to present a new Counter Terrorism Bill to Parliament by abolishing the Prevention of Terrorism Act.
A proposal to this effect had been put forward by Ministers Thilak Marapana, Patali Champika Ranawaka, and Thalatha Athukorale.
The new Counter-Terrorism Bill is to be drafted after studying the acts relating to terrorism in countries such as UK and India.
Political sources said that emphasis would be drawn on cyber-terrorism through the proposed Bill.
Tamar Amitai, a 25-year-old Israeli tourist who went missing in Uppuveli, Trincomalee, was found safe after a three-day joint search operation today.
The Colombo High Court today (28) sentenced former parliamentarian Hirunika Premachandra to three years of Rigorous Imprisonment over charges of the involvement of an abduction.
President Ranil Wickremesinghe is firm about the President’s five-year tenure, the President’s Media Division (PMD) said.
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