Shritharan worsened the situation further by adopting combative tactics against the party. A glaring instance was in the 2024 Sri Lankan presidential elections. While the ITAK overtly supported Sajith ...

President Donald Trump singled out Brazil for import taxes of 50% on Wednesday for its treatment of its former president, ...

President Anura Kumara Dissanayake emphasized that no matter the extent of economic growth reflected in statistics, if the ...

Sri Lanka's top court halts government land acquisition in war-torn north, addressing displacement and human rights concerns.

Sri Lanka’s top court on Friday halted a government move to acquire land in northern regions still reeling from the consequences of a decades-long civil war, 16 years after it ended. Sri Lanka ...

We are now investigating all prisons across Sri Lanka, as it appears that some officials have acted like rulers of their own kingdoms—releasing inmates at their discretion.” ...

Sri Lankan banks will continue to seek remedies through courts to recover defaulted loans despite the government’s decision to suspend the parate execution process. “… the suspension of parate ...

In a landmark move towards digital transformation within Sri Lanka’s legal system, the Supreme Court officially launched online payment acceptance via GovPay, at a ceremony held recently at the ...

Sri Lanka's Supreme Court is now accepting payments online through the GovPay system eliminating the need to line up in queues to make physical payments, LankaPay, which operates clearing and payments ...

Muslim family law in Sri Lanka is adjudicated by a system of Quazis — traditional courts that deal with matters pertaining to Islamic law — and the lack of training and mandatory requirements ...

A trilogy of judicial pronouncements by the Court of Appeal of Sri Lanka (Sandresh Ravi Karunanayake v. Attorney-General CA/Writ/441/2021; Duminda Lanka Liyanage v.