Swearing In Ceremony Of The Cabinet Has Been Postponed

The swearing in ceremony of the new Cabinet which is scheduled to be held today(25) has been postponed to another date during this week government sources have said.The swearing ceremony was postponed due to confusion arisen when allocating some ministerial portfolios among MP's of governing United National Party(UNP) and United Peoples Freedom Alliance(UPFA) sources have added.

It is believed that the new Cabinet will comprise around 50 Members  and they are due to be sworn in before the President Maithripala Sirisene and Prime Minister Ranil Wikramasinghe in two phases .

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International Community Cannot Conduct an International Inquiry On Sri Lankan War Crimes- Prime Minister

Prime Minster Ranil Wikramasinghe

The International Community has no legitimate right to conduct an international inquiry on alleged War Crimes said to be occurred in  Sri Lanka  during last phase of the war in 2009 according to Prime Minister Ranil Wikramasinghe.

International Community has made this international inquiry  request due to the Lack of judiciary independence prevailed in the country  during  former government prime minister has stressed.

Such an inquiry can be conducted Only through the local mechanism prime  minister has said during an interview conducted with "The Hindu " paper published in India.

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Former Defense Secretary Gotabaya Rajapaksha Has Given A Statement To Presidential Commission

The former Defense Secretary and brother of former President Mahinda Rajapakasha, Gotabaya Rajapaksha has arrived this morning at Bandaranaike International Memorial Conference Hall(BMICH) and gave a statement before the Special Presidential Commission of inquire on alleged misuse of properties belonging to Rakna Securities Lanka Limited.

The Presidential Commission has requested the former defense secretary  to appear before commission before the parliamentary election  to record a statement regarding the case.However he avoided appearing before the commission citing his involvement in the election campaign of UPFA.

CID Arrested Four Suspects Regarding The Disappearance Of Cartoonist/Journalist Eknaligoda

Prageeth Eknaligoda

The Criminal Investigations Department(CID) has arrested four suspects ,an Army Corprol , A Sargent, and A Lieutenant today(24) in connection with the mysterious disappearance of Cartoonist/Journalist Prageeth Eknaligoda according to Police.

These four suspects were arrested after questioning them  for five hours at Police Headquarters regarding the disappearance of Eknaligoda.

Earlier the police have arrested an ex LTTE Cadre and retired Army Officer regarding the case.A Habeus Corpus Case continues at Homagama Magistrate Court regarding the disappearance.