Attorney-at-Law Sugandhika Fernando said yesterday (1) that she had documentary evidence and eyewitnesses to prove the recent allegations that she had made regarding the misconduct of certain lawyers and judicial malpractices.

Whilst acknowledging political pressure to halt the demolition of illegal structures along the Mirissa coastline, the Coast Conservation Department (CCD) announced that they will be continuing with the demolition after solving certain legal complications that had arisen in relation to the removal of such structures in the area.

Geneva: Sri Lanka called on all state parties with nuclear capability to commit for principle of disarmament to ensure a world free of nuclear weapons.

Deputy Solicitor General Haripriya Jayasundera yesterday (26) informed Colombo Fort Chief Magistrate, Lanka Jayaratne, that there were currently 192 Interpol branches throughout the world and if former Central Bank Governor Arjuna Mahendran is found to be staying in any of those countries, he could be apprehended.

The suspects, including extremist organization Mahason Balakaya leader Amith Jeevan Weerasinghe, arrested for the attacks on Muslims in Kandy have been further remanded.

The University Non-Academics Trade Unions Joint Committee claimed that the discussion with Minister Kabir Hashim was successful and that they would return to work from tomorrow (4).

The Universal Periodic Review (UPR) Report on Sri Lanka was adopted yesterday at the 37th session of the UN Human Rights Council (UNHRC) in Geneva, the Permanent Mission of Sri Lanka in Geneva said.

Sri Lanka’s Universal Periodic Review (UPR) Report under the third cycle of the UPR, will be adopted at the 37th Session of the Council today (19).

The University Trade Union Joint Committee (UTUJC) said that the work stoppage by the non-academic staff of state universities would continue in the absence of a positive response from the authorities regarding their demands.