A group of MPs from the ruling National People's Power (NPP) have submitted a motion to Parliament seeking the removal of suspended Inspector General of Police (IGP) Deshabandu Tennakoon from his post.
Several NPP MPs handed over the motion to Speaker Jagath Wickramaratne this afternoon.
The motion has been signed by 115 NPP MPs
Mr Tennakoon is currently in remand custody over the 2023 fatal shooting outside the W 15 hotel in Weligama where an officer from the Colombo Crimes Division was killed.
The number of Buddhist monks who were killed following the accident at the Na Uyana Theravada Buddhist Monastery (Na Uyana Aranya Senansenaya) in Pansiyagama, Melsiripura, Kurunegala currently stands at nine , with four injured, Minister of Buddhasasana, Religious and Cultural Affairs Prof. Hiniduma Sunil Senevi told Parliament this morning. He revealed that two of the injured Buddhist monks are being treated at the Intensive Care Unit (ICU
President Anura Kumara Dissanayake, addressing the 80th session of the United Nations General Assembly, said that both inequality and poverty ought to be regarded as a worldwide catastrophe that requires urgent attention.
The opposition has renewed its demand for a long delayed forensic audit into the controversial e-visa deal, following the sentencing of former Controller General of Immigration, Harsha Ilukpitiya, for contempt of court.
Mannar residents vowed to continue their protest against proposed wind power projects on the main island despite they came under attack on Friday night (26) when they tried to stop transportation of equipments following Presidential directive to go ahead with the project.
Police have launched a full scale investigation in Seenimodara, Tangalle, after finding over 200 kilograms of drugs and several firearms, along with three men dead under suspicious circumstances.
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