The Chief Justice (CJ) Mohan Peris has reportedly agreed to step down from office, Health Minister Dr. Rajitha Senaratne said today. He said CJ Mohan Peris conveyed his position through Prime Minister. Meanwhile Mr. Senaratne said investigations regarding the killing of Former Tamil National Alliance (TNA) parliamentarian Nadarajah Raviraj in 2006 have been completed and it will be presented to the courts shortly. He said that the investigations also underway in to the high profile killings of Former Editor of Sunday Leader newspaper Lasantha Wickrematunge, Former Parliamentarian Jeyaraj Fernandopulle and former TNA parliamentarian Joseph Pararajasingham in the past.
I still remember the day of August 1947 floods, as it was the last school day at Kingswood College Kandy and the height the water soured. Water rose to the height of the Cross of the Chrurch at Getambe and the water was so high that it engulfed the Getambe Rajaponawarma Temple leaving only a few leaves of the Bo-tree visible.
The Colombo Additional Magistrate has ordered the Criminal Investigations Department (CID) to investigate and submit a report over a complaint about the alleged illegal assets gained by model Piumi Hansamali.
Heritage properties are major tourist attractions world over. Sri Lanka is no exception in this matter. From Colombo, Galle, most of the mountain cities including Nuwara Eliya, Bandarawela, Hatton and Kandy and in the North, hundreds of heritage properties are spread across.
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