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”Do you represent criminals”, P.C. Saliya Peiris answers

President of the BAR Association of Sri Lanka (BASL) Saliya Peiris has responded to claims alleging that lawyers are representing criminals in judicial trials. Addressing an event in Colombo yesterday (23), Saliya Peiris, PC, said that the claims have been made as he had requested the President and the Constitutional Council to appoint an individual …

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Sri Lanka Telecom to be sold to Subashkaran Aliraja

That the government is working to sell the profit-making state enterprise to fulfill the conditions of the International Monetary Fund. Under that, it is still running successfully Sri Lanka Telecom is in the process of being sold to businessman Subashkaran Aliraja, says MP Wimal Weerawansa. Aliraja, a British citizen, is the founder of laika Mobile …

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Government shares in Telecom and Lanka Hospital will be sold

The cabinet has approved the sale of the government’s shareholding in Sri Lanka Telecom PLC and Lanka Hospital PLC. According to the policy decision of the government, these companies have issued a statement stating that this is done. Sri Lanka Telecom PLC and Lanka Hospital PLC, which are listed in the Colombo Stock Market, have …

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