report in The Island, Dec 31, 2023President Ranil Wickremesinghe has appointed Justice Neil Iddawala, retired Judge of the Appeal Court, as the Chairman of the Commission to Investigate Allegations of Bribery or Corruption and two other members of the Commission, the President’s Media Division (PMD) said. The other members are Chethiya Goonesekera PC, previously in the Attorney-General’s Department and K. Bernard Rajapakse, a former DGM of the People’s Bank. The appointments are with effect from…
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By Mariana Baabar in The News, December 08, 2023ISLAMABAD: Pakistan Thursday reaffirmed that Dr. Aafia Siddiqui remained the government’s utmost priority and her lawyer’s recent statements pointing to her alleged sexual abuse had been taken very seriously. “The prime minister of Pakistan has directed that this matter may be taken up by the Government of Pakistan with the US authorities to investigate the matter and to address it, as these are certainly very serious statements.…
By Shamindra Ferdinando in The Island, Oct 16, 2023The Catholic Church yesterday (15) rejected the government move to appoint a Special Parliamentary Select Committee (PSC) to inquire into the allegations made in the Channel 4 documentary as regards the complicity of some sections of the government in the 2019 Easter Sunday carnage. Top spokesperson for the Catholic Church Rev. Father Cyril Gamini Fernando questioned the purpose in appointing a Special PSC as the issues at…
By Fidel Rahmati in the Khaama Press online, August 9, 2023The de facto administration of Afghanistan once again has rejected the repeated allegations of the Pakistani officials and said that Afghanistan is not responsible for the “failure of any regional country’s security.” Zabihulla Mujahid, the spokesperson of the Taliban-led government, said that following recent attacks in Pakistan, Pakistani authorities once again blamed Afghans rather than strengthening their country’s security. “The government of Afghanistan reiterates its…
By Bingun Menaka Gamage in Ceylon Today, Jan 13, 2023Special attention must be paid to the possibility of Sri Lanka men’s cricket team being subjected to the influence of religious cult, ‘Born Again’, as there are clear signs of that happening, recommended the five-member committee appointed to probe various allegations against Sri Lanka men’s cricket team, which had taken place during December 2022 Australia tour. This recommendation was made by the committee after obtaining statements…
report in Prothom Alo, 03 Jan 2023Foreign minister AK Abdul Momen on Monday said that Bangladesh’s ambassadors to other countries have been instructed to speak up against false allegations made against Bangladesh themselves and not wait for an official response from Dhaka. On Sunday, the foreign minister presided over an interministerial meeting, where law minister Anisul Huq, home minister Asaduzzaman Khan and senior officials of law enforcement agencies were present. In the meeting, it was…