Buddhist Monk Gnanasara Jailed for Insulting Muslims in Sri Lanka

Buddhist Monk Gnanasara Jailed for Insulting Muslims in Sri Lanka

A Buddhist monk has been sentenced to four years in prison for insulting Sri Lanka’s minority Muslim community. Colombo High Court judge Aditya Patabendige sentenced Galagodathe Gnanasara for making derogatory remarks against Islam during a press conference in 2016. The court order released on March 28 has been reported by various media including news agency … Read more

Sri Lanka Supreme Court Finds Rajapakse Brothers Guilty of Plunging Country into Financial Crisis

Sri Lanka Supreme Court Finds Rajapakse Brothers Guilty of Plunging Country into Financial Crisis

Colombo: The Supreme Court of Sri Lanka found the Rajapakse brothers, including two former presidents, guilty of plunging Sri Lanka into a severe financial crisis. The court pointed out that the representatives who resigned and were expelled after the investigation violated the public trust. A five-judge bench of the Supreme Court pronounced the verdict with … Read more

Sri Lanka Cricket Board Banned by ICC due to Government Interference

Sri Lanka Cricket Board Banned by ICC due to Government Interference

The International Cricket Council has banned the Sri Lankan Cricket Board. The ICC has said that the action is due to government interference in the cricket board. clarified. After the huge defeat against India, the Sri Lankan government dissolved the Sri Lankan Cricket Board. It was after this that the ICC took drastic action. The … Read more

Investigation Launched into British Channel’s Allegations on Sri Lanka’s Easter Attacks

Investigation Launched into British Channel’s Allegations on Sri Lanka’s Easter Attacks

Colombo: Sri Lankan President Renil Wickremesinghe will investigate the British channel’s allegations that Sri Lankan intelligence officers were involved in the 2019 Easter terror attacks. For this, he said, a committee of inquiry chaired by a former judge of the Supreme Court and a parliamentary committee headed by a former attorney general would be formed. … Read more