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Court orders Lohan Ratwatte to appear in court!

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2 years ago

May 9, 2023

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Anuradhapura Chief Magistrate and Additional District Judge Nalaka Sanjeewa Jayasuriya ordered the Plantation Industries State Minister Lohan Ratwatte to appear in the Anuradhapura Chief Magistrate’s Court on September 14.

He was summoned over the case being heard in connection with pointing a firearm at a Tamil prisoner and threatening to kill him after entering the Anuradhapura Prison at night when he was the State Minister for Prison Management and Prisoners Rehabilitation.

A charge sheet has been filed by the Colombo Crimes Division (CCD) in the Court alleging that the State Minister pointed a firearm at the inmate named Pubara Sinhan Suriya Palan and threatened to kill him.

The CCD informed the court that on or around September 12, 2021, the suspect visited the Anuradhapura Prison and criminally threatened the inmate. The Attorney General has informed that according to Section 183 of the Penal Code of Sri Lanka, sufficient evidence has been discovered that the suspect had committed a crime.

According to the instructions of the Attorney General, the CCD informed the court that a charge sheet will be filed in this court under Section 486 of the Penal Code against the suspect.

Taking these facts into consideration, the Chief Magistrate ordered the suspect residing at Mapanawathura Lane, Kandy to appear in the Court on September 14.

Fourteen people including prison officers who were on duty in the Anuradhapura Prison and the inmates who were detained in the prison on the day the suspect allegedly committed the offence have been named as witnesses in the case.

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President holds talks with ITAK MPs

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10 hours ago

December 4, 2024

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President Anura Kumara Dissanayake met with Parliamentarians from the Illankai Tamil Arasu Kadchi (ITAK) today (04) at the Presidential Secretariat.

During the discussion, the ITAK MPs brought to the President’s attention the longstanding challenges faced by the people in the Northern and Eastern regions.

Parliamentarians Sivagnanam Shritharan, Pathmanathan Sathiyalingam, Shanmugam Kugathasan, Shanakiyan Rasamanickam, Gnanamuthu Srineshan, Kaveenthiran Kodeeswaran, Elayathamby Srinath, and Thurairasa Raviharan also attended the meeting.

(President’s Media Division)

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Govt. policy statement passed in Parliament sans vote

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10 hours ago

December 4, 2024

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The resolution on the Statement of the Government Policy presented by President Anura Kumara Dissanayake in Parliament on November 21 was passed unanimously in Parliament today (Dec. 04) without a vote.

The debate on the Statement of the Government Policy was held as a two-day debate from 9.30 am to 5.30 pm yesterday (Dec. 03) and from 9.30 am to 5.00 pm today.

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W.M. Mendis’ liquor manufacturing license to be suspended

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11 hours ago

December 4, 2024

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The liquor manufacturing license issued to W.M. Mendis & Co. Limited will be suspended from tomorrow (December 5) due to their failure to pay Rs. 5.7 billion in excise taxes and surcharges, the Excise department said.

Accordingly, as per the provisions Excise Ordinance Act, the Commissioner General of Excise has ordered to suspend the liquor manufacturing license issued to W.M. Mendis & Co. Limited effective from tomorrow.

The department further stated that measures have been taken to suspend the liquor manufacturing process from tomorrow (December 5) and to not renew the other licenses issued to the company from December 31 onwards if the company continues non-payment of tax arrears and surcharges.