On February 4, the release of an official communiqué from Attorney General (AG) Parinda Ranasinghe, Jr. to the Criminal Investigations Department (CID), informing them of the decision to release three ...

The Attorney General is to give a fresh directive to the Criminal Investigation Department (CID) in the probe on the murder of Sunday Leader editor Lasantha Wickrematunge. The AG’s Department has ...

This is evident in the investigations into the assassination of Lasantha Wickremetunge as well as the Easter Sunday attacks. Despite the passing of so many years, both cases remain unresolved due to ...

Former Chief Justice Jayantha Jayasuriya has been selected as Sri Lanka’s Permanent Representative to the United Nations in New York, while journalist Sonali Samarasinghe, widow of the late Lasantha ...

Ahimsa Wickrematunge, daughter of slain journalist Lasantha Wickrematunge, has formally urged Prime Minister Harini Amarasuriya to initiate impeachment proceedings against Attorney General Parinda ...

Prime Minister Dr. Harini Amarasuriya reaffirmed the government’s commitment to ensuring justice for the family of slain journalist Lasantha Wickrematunge, emphasizing the need to reassess legal ...

Slain Sunday Leader Editor Lasantha Wickrematunge's widow Sonali Samarasinghe is tipped to be appointed as Minister Counsellor at Sri Lanka's Permanent Mission to the UN in New York, the Daily ...

Lasantha Wickrematunge, the Founder and Editor of The Sunday Leader, was assassinated on 8 January 2009, in a case that has become emblematic of the dangers faced by journalists in Sri Lanka. Despite ...

In an article titled ‘The Anatomy of a murder investigation – the Lasantha Wickrematunge case’ originally published in the Himal Southasian on January 31, 2025, his niece Raisa Wickrematunge ...

The government has stated that it is currently reviewing the recommendation made by the Attorney General regarding the suspects involved in the murder of Sri Lankan journalist Lasantha Wickrematunge.