Day one of the record 67-petition hearing ran past 10.30pm before adjourning. The Attorney General makes the state's case when the bench resumes on Wednesday.
Public Security Minister says fighting organised crime requires tracing proceeds and upgrading police cybercrime capabilities.
The GDSA says no committee of the association ever discussed the amendment and that attending a BASL awareness meeting was not an endorsement of its stance.
Deputy Defence Minister Aruna Jayasekara says legal amendments covering private security services will be presented to Parliament in the coming months.
Special Task Force officers seized 2kg 105g of the synthetic cannabis 'Kush' and Rs. 39,290 in cash during a raid at Hokandara, Malabe.
US and Pakistani agencies say the Colombo Port Ice haul was one half of a 671kg two-port operation, and the DEA's account contradicts the police tip-off story.
MP Karunanayake gives CIABOC statement on National Lotteries Board recruitments after four missed summonses.
Former finance minister arrested by CIABOC over National Lotteries Board recruitments, then granted bail on two Rs. 1 million sureties with a travel ban.
Victim named 'Dila', brother-in-law of 'Panadura Nilanga'. Suspected getaway motorcycle found burnt out Tuesday.
PM Amarasuriya addresses Global Conscious Food Systems Summit in Bhutan and meets premier during first SL visit in 16 years.
Labour Ministry presents 10-year National Action Plan on Social Care with stakeholder backing to implement social protection.
Twenty-seven petitions oppose the 22nd Amendment and three support it, NewsFirst reports, with the Supreme Court filing deadline expiring on Monday.
Dissanayake ordered a circular electric-bus route for Atamasthana pilgrims, a revised plan by September 15, and talks with 331 families facing resettlement.
The Sarvajana Balaya leader told a Buttala rally the government has gone beyond J.R. Jayewardene's rule and is ignoring the advice of the Chief Prelates.
A 17-year-old Eheliyagoda National School student was killed with a sharp weapon at home. Police link it to a dispute over a video filmed the night before.
The GMOA and dental surgeons were reported as jointly opposing the amendment. The dental surgeons' association has since denied ever taking a position.
Harshana Nanayakkara told a Badulla conference the judicial reforms will proceed despite opposition, rejecting claims they were drafted to suit one judge.
The Negombo Divisional Crime Investigation Bureau arrested a main suspect and two alleged accomplices, aged 23, 47 and 49, over a killing in Katana.
The Buddhasasana Ministry will reinstate police at the Mullaitivu archaeological site after the chief incumbent warned antiquities and forest were left at risk.
Police recovered a severely decomposed human head behind a carpentry workshop at Upper Indibedda, Moratumulla. The victim has not been identified.
A Vadamarachchi Pradeshiya Sabha member and several others were arrested after an alleged midnight trespass in Jaffna, and are due in court on Monday.
Police say a 43-year-old Vinayagapuram resident died at Nuwara Eliya Hospital after an axe attack during a family dispute. Her husband has been arrested.
Police say amplified sound causing public inconvenience falls under Section 261 of the Penal Code, and equipment may be seized if warnings are ignored.
Police arrested a 26-year-old and seized his car after luxury vehicles were allegedly raced through Cinnamon Gardens overnight. Two more are being sought.