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IGP Deshabandu Still Missing as President AKD Vows Crackdown on Crime

Sri Lankan police are still searching for their own chief, while President Anura Kumara Dissanayake held discussions with top officers from the Western Province today (18 March), his office said. During the meeting at the Presidential Secretariat, Dissanayake pledged to provide the necessary resources to...

SC Holds State Liable for Illegal PTA Detention Order Issued by Gota

The Supreme Court has ruled that a detention order issued by then-President Gotabaya Rajapaksa under the Prevention of Terrorism Act (PTA) against a woman arrested for alleged drug possession in 2020 was unlawful. The court ordered the State to pay Rs. 100,000 in compensation to...
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