Lawyers for ex-MP Duminda Silva and four others, convicted over the murder of Bharatha Lakshman Premachandra and three others, say they will file an appeal against the death penalty handed to them.

The wife of a leading government minister is using her Havelock City luxury apartment for her underhand business dealings, according to sources in the business circle.

The car said to have belonged to MP Namal Rajapaksa and seized by the FCID does not belong to the category which can be imported with MPs’ duty free vehicle license, said cabinet spokesman Rajitha Senaratne.

Former MP Duminda Silva and four others were sentenced to death by Colombo High Court today (08) over the killing of four persons including Bharatha Laksman Premachandra.

The CID has mistakenly reported to courts that it has investigated the ‘murders’ of journalists Upali Tennakoon and Keith Noyahr.

Jaffna security forces commander Maj. Gen. Mahesh Senanayake laments an increasing wave of crime in the area.

The JHU has renewed its call to the president to appoint a special commission to inquire into harassment of Sinhalese in the northern and eastern provinces.