Northern Governor Suren Raghavan has instructed that lands surrounding the President's House in Jaffna must be handed over to their rightful owners.
Addressing a meeting at the Tellippalai Divisional Secretariat, the Governor had issued instructions to divide the 62 acres of land in this area into four zones and return them to thier owners.
Former Northern Chief Minister C Vigneswaran claimed that 75 acres of land had been acquired by the government to construct the President's House in Jaffna during the tenure of former President Mahinda Rajapaksa.
However, Mr. Vigneswaran had stated that President Maithripala Sirisena had pledged to return those lands to the people. He also stated that 60,000 acres of land belonging to Northern residents are still in the possession of the security forces.
Mr. Ali Sabri Rahim, a Member of Parliament (MP) for Puttalam District whom an open warrant had been issued, attended a public ceremony at Al Aksha National School in Kalpitiya today (16) as the special guest of honor.
The Supreme Court today refused interim relief in an application filed by President’s Counsel Senaka Walgampaya seeking an Order from the Supreme Court compelling the President to appoint judges to fill the existing vacancies in the Court Of Appeal.
Gazette on new speed limit regulations to be issued within two weeks
Senior DIG Nilantha Jayawardena has been sent on compulsory leave pending disciplinary investigation over his failure to prevent the Easter Sunday bombings.
Two underworld criminals wanted for multiple crimes, including murder, were brought from Dubai to Sri Lanka, today (12).
The 22nd amendment to the constitution dealing with the term of the President has been gazetted by order of President Ranil Wickremesinghe.
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