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The Ministry of Justice and National Integration has finalised plans to launch an ‘e Court’ project to Digitalise Sri Lanka’s Judicial system, aiming to establish a National Judicial Data Grid.
The State of New South Wales (NSW) will have the toughest gun laws in Australia as well as wide-reaching new restrictions on free speech in the wake of the Bondi Beach mass shooting, which left 15 people dead.
The Police Narcotics Bureau has obtained a seven-day detention order to question 11 suspects arrested in connection with a large quantity of narcotics seized from a fishing trawler off the Southern coast by the Sri Lanka Navy. Police stated the detention order was granted after the suspects were presented before the…
The Police have seized 2,341 firearms and around 23,000 kilogrammes of narcotics during raids conducted islandwide this year. Police Spokesman F.U. Wootler said the weapons include 73 T-56 assault rifles, 83 pistols, 59 revolvers and 2,126 other firearms. Meanwhile, Police operations also resulted in the seizure of …
Twelve passengers sustained injuries when a luxury bus travelling from Akkaraipattu to Trincomalee overturned at the Somawathiya Road T-junction yesterday (25) morning, Serunuwara Police reported.
A team of Police officers from Siripura have arrested 2 persons with 3 locally made firearms, in a raid conducted in the areas of Siripura and Miwathpura. A Police officer in the raiding party said that the persons arrested by the police officers had used these firearms to hunt animals. Police say that the persons a…
The former president, who is serving a 27-year sentence for plotting a coup, was allowed to leave prison for the operation
O Parlamento da Argélia aprovou por unanimidade, na quarta-feira (24.12), uma lei que declara a colonização francesa do país um crime.
Laurent Vinatier is in prison in Russia and facing more spying allegations, but Moscow says it has reached out to Paris
د نومبر په ۲۶مه په واشنګټن ډي سي کې سپينې ماڼۍ ته نژدې د امریکا پر ملي ګار ډزې وشوې چې په کې د دغه ګارډ یوه غړې سارا بېکسټارم ووژل شوه او یو بل غړی اندریو وولف سخت ټپي شو.
उत्तर प्रदेश सरकार ने ग्रेटर नोएडा के बिसाहड़ा गांव के बहुचर्चित अखलाक मॉब लिंचिंग मामले में अभियुक्तों के मुकदमे वापस लेने की कोर्ट से अपील की थी लेकिन कोर्ट ने यूपी सरकार की इस अर्जी को खारिज कर दिया. ग्रेटर नोएडा के सूरजपुर स्थित फास्ट ट्रैक कोर्ट में अतिरिक्त जिला एवं सत्र न्यायाधीश की अदालत ने अभियोजन पक्ष की ओ…
The High Court will rule on abuse of power and money laundering charges, with Najib facing the prospect of lengthy prison terms if found guilty
Incident at Delia Memorial School (Hip Wo) leaves 61-year-old driver trapped, requiring fire services to extract her
Bonnie Blue’s run-in with Indonesia began earlier this month when she was arrested for making pornographic content in a Bali studio
While the ruling has been hailed as a win for human rights, it may not have much impact on Duterte’s ICC case, legal analysts say
The US Justice Department said Wednesday it may need several more weeks to release the so-called Epstein Files after finding more than a million documents that are potentially relevant to the case.
Police apprehend nine people after receiving several reports alleging subcontractor used fake documents for government construction projects
From pro bono work to legal aid, the city’s lawyers help ensure access to the courts is not reserved only for those with deep pockets
The country’s deadliest airline aviation disaster killed 179 people in December 2024.
The lawsuit states that Holcim has ‘significantly contributed to climate change with its massive CO2 emissions’
After missing the deadline for releasing Epstein-related records, the US Justice Department says it may need a ‘few more weeks’
O Parlamento da Argélia aprovou por unanimidade nesta quarta-feira (24/12) uma lei que estipula que a colonização francesa (1830-1962) foi um crime e exige desculpas e reparações.
Libya’s Prime Minister said the country’s Chief of Staff was killed in an airplane accident in Turkiye, after he visited Ankara.
‘History will absolve me,’ was the title of Fidel Castro’s speech in Court when he defended charges brought against him after leading the attack on the Moncada Barracks in Cuba. This was way back in 1953. The text of the two hour speech later became the manifesto of the 26th of July Movement.
A Sri Lankan man who illegally brought in a stock of ornamental plants worth seven hundred thousand rupees into the country was arrested by a group of airport customs officers at the arrival terminal of the Katunayake Airport yesterday.
Several environmental and animal rights organisations held a silent protest in Anuradhapura yesterday (24), demanding justice for the wild elephant known as ‘Amba Bo’, who was brutally killed recently in the Seeppukulama area of Mihintale.
Sanchi Chethiyagiri Viharaya Chief Incumbent Ven. Banagala Upatissa Thera stated that a delegation of Supreme Court judges led by Chief Justice Preethi Padman Surasena recently visited the Sanchi sacred site in India.
Two Police officers and another person have been killed in a blast in Southern Moscow, near where a General was killed recently by a car bomb Russia said was planted by Ukrainian intelligence, according to investigators.
Ghana arrested almost 50 Nigerians in an operation against online scammers, the government said on Wednesday.
Deputy Minister of Public Security and Attorney-at-Law Sunil Watagala has filed a defamation case against Sri Lanka Podujana Peramuna (SLPP) activist Mahinda Pathirana at the Kaduwela District Court, alleging damage to his reputation caused by false statements circulated on social media.
Man, 48, arrested on suspicion of manslaughter is 16th person detained in connection with fire
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France’s rule over Algeria from 1830 until 1962 remains a sore spot in relations between the two countries
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Dr Raghav Narula is accused of speaking disrespectfully to a patient at a hospital in Shimla, but has denied wrongdoing in the confrontation
US-Präsident Donald Trump hat vor dem Obersten Gerichtshof der Vereinigten Staaten eine Niederlage kassiert. Der Supreme Court blockierte am Dienstag vorläufig den Einsatz der Nationalgarde in Chicago.
Chiang Wan-an has trimmed his visit to joint forum, one of only a few events attended by officials from Taiwan and mainland China
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Sampath Manamperi, who is currently in the custody of the Police Western Province North Crimes Division over allegations of concealing two containers of raw materials allegedly used in the production of the drug crystal methamphetamine (‘Ice’) and possession of weapons, was produced before the Walasmulla Magistrate’…
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Customs warn criminals using high demand over holiday season as ‘smokescreen’ to move illicit goods
A drug trafficker named Kudu Roshan has been arrested by a team of Criminal Investigation Department (CID) officers at his residence in Mattakkuliya. Police recovered a 9 mm pistol and three live cartridges from his possession. The CID is continuing its investigations into the case.
Empty streets in Little Village: Where music, voices, and traffic once dominated, silence now reigns. Following the Department of Homeland Security's launch of Operation Midway Blitz, many residents are avoiding public spaces for fear of arrest. Graffiti on the wall demands "ICE OUT!" ICE stands for the US Immigrati…
The ex-prime minister has lost his case to have his imprisonment commuted to house arrest based on a supposed royal decree
په مسکو کې د تېرې شپې چاودنه هغه ځای ته نیژدې شوې چې د روانې اوونۍ په سر کې یو روسی جنرال په کې وژل شوی وو.
MP Ramanathan Archuna has been released on bail after surrendering to the Fort Police earlier today (24).
Two police officers and one other person were killed in an explosion in southern Moscow overnight, Russia's Investigative Committee said Wednesday.
At least two people were killed and several were missing after a pair of explosions rocked a nursing home in Bristol Township, outside the US city of Philadelphia.
