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𝗦𝗥𝗜 𝗟𝗔𝗡𝗞𝗔 𝗤𝗨𝗔𝗟𝗜𝗙𝗜𝗘𝗗 𝗧𝗢 𝗦𝗨𝗣𝗘𝗥 𝟴 
With a remarkable 08-wicket victory over Australia and dominating the group stage, Sri Lanka claimed a spot in the Super 8s! 
The United Kingdom’s Deputy Prime Minister, David Lammy, is set to make a brief official visit to Sri Lanka tomorrow.
Newsfirst.lk English
COLOMBO (News 1st):
16/02/26
During his visit, Lammy will attend high-level meetings with President Anura Kumara Dissanayake, Prime Minister Dr. Harini Amarasuriya, and Minister of Foreign Affairs Vijitha Herath.
Lammy will also sign an agreement on the Charter for the Global Campaign on Children’s Care during this visit.
He will subsequently participate in the Global Charter on Children’s Care Reform event to be held at the United Nations office in Colombo.
The Global Charter on Children’s Care Reform calls on world leaders to uphold UN conventions on children’s rights and the rights of persons with disabilities, invest in families, children, and inclusive services, and eliminate violence and harmful practices such as orphanage tourism.
The UK Deputy Prime Minister David Lammy is expected to depart the island on Tuesday evening of the same day after completing his engagements.
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ශ්රී ලංකා නීතිඥ සංගමයේ සභාපති
15/02/26
දිවයිනේ සියලු අධිකරණවල වෘත්තීය කටයුතුවලින් හෙට (16) ඉවත් වන බව ශ්රී ලංකා නීතිඥ සංගමයේ සභාපති කියයි
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වසර 14කට පසු ශ්රී ලංකා නීතිඥ සංගමයේ සියලු සාමාජිකයින් හෙට(15) හදිසි රැස්වීමකට කැඳවයි!අකුරේගොඩ වෙඩි තැබීම නීති වෘත්තියට සිදු වූ කළු පැල්ලමක් – ශ්රී ලංකා නීතිඥ සංගමය
අකුරේගොඩ ඝාතනය ගැන විමර්ශනයට පොලිස් කණ්ඩායම් 10ක්
14 February 2026
අකුරේගොඩදී නීතිඥවරයෙකු සහ ඔහුගේ බිරිඳ ඝාතනය කිරීම සම්බන්ධයෙන් විමර්ශනය කිරීම සඳහා අපරාධ පරීක්ෂණ දෙපාර්තමේන්තුව සහ පොලිස් විශේෂ කාර්ය බලකා නිලධාරීන් ඇතුළු පොලිස් කණ්ඩායම් දහයක් යොදවා තිබේ
තලංගම, අකුරේගොඩ ප්රදේශයේ පිහිටි සුපිරි වෙළෙඳසැලක් ඉදිරිපිටදී නීතීඥවරයෙකු හා ඔහුගේ බිරිඳව අද (13) පස්වරුවේ වෙඩි තබා ඝාතනය කර තිබුණි.
පොලිසිය පැවසුවේ, ඔහු කරන්දෙණිය සුද්දා නම් අපරාධකරුගේ අධිකරණ කටයුතුවලට පෙනී සිටි අයෙකු බවය.
එමෙන්ම ඔහු සිය සේවාදායකයාගේ තොරතුරු ලොකු පැටී නම් අපරාධකරුට ලබාදීම හේතුවෙන් කරන්දෙණියේ සුද්දා විසින්ම ඝාතනය මෙහෙයවා ඇති බවට ආරක්ෂක අංශ සැක පළ කරයි.
තලංගම, අකුරේගොඩ ප්රදේශයේ පිහිටි සුපිරි වෙළඳසැලක් ඉදිරිපිට නවතා තිබූ ජීප් රථයක සිටි යුවළක් ඉලක්ක කර අද පස්වරු 5ට පමණ මෙම වෙඩිතැබීම සිදුවී තිබුණි.
මෝටර් රථයකින් පැමිණි පිරිසක් T-56 වර්ගයේ ගිනිඅවියකින් අදාළ වෙඩිතැබීම සිදුකර ඇති අතර වෙඩි ප්රහාර 10ක් පමණ එල්ල කර පලාගොස් ඇති බව පොලිසිය පැවසීය.
ඉන් මෝටර් රථයේ සිටි අඹුසැමි යුවළ එම ස්ථානයේදීම ජීවිතක්ෂයට පත්වුණි.
එලෙස ඝාතනයට ලක්වුණේ පිටිගල පදිංචි මල්වාරච්චි නම් නීතීඥවරයෙක් හා ඔහුගේ බිරිඳය.(ARUNA LK NEWS)
BASL condemns fatal shooting of lawyer and wife in Akuregoda
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13 February 2026 09:32 pm
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The Bar Association of Sri Lanka (BASL) has strongly condemned the tragic shooting and assassination of an Attorney-at-Law and his wife earlier today in Akuregoda, carried out by a group of unidentified assailants.
In a statement, the BASL noted that while the full circumstances surrounding the incident are yet to be investigated, attacks of this nature pose a grave threat to the rule of law and the administration of justice.
The BASL urged the Police to conduct a thorough and expeditious investigation into the incident, apprehend those responsible, and ensure that the perpetrators are brought before the law without delay.
The BASL further called on law enforcement authorities to take concrete and effective measures to prevent the recurrence of such violent acts in the future, stressing the need to safeguard legal professionals and uphold public confidence in the justice system.
The BASL’s statement dated February 13, 2026 was signed by its President Rajeev Amarasuriya and Secretary Chathura Galhena.
Prof. Tissa Vitharana passes away.
Professor Tissa Vitharana earned his MBBS in 1959 and an MD in Clinical Medicine in 1965. He completed postgraduate training in bacteriology and a PhD in virology (1971) in the United Kingdom and later served as Head of Virology and Director of the Medical Research Institute (MRI), Colombo. He also held senior virology posts in the UK and served as Deputy Director of the Victoria Infectious Diseases Reference Laboratory in Melbourne from 1991 to 1993. He was appointed Minister of Technology and Research in 2010. Professor Tissa Vitharana died on 13 February 2026, at the age of 91, at his home in Sri Jayawardenepura Kotte, Sri Lanka, following a prolonged illness.
Mahesh Bandara
Sky News UK
Friday 13 February 2026 11:04, UK
Joshua Rozenberg explains the two grounds Palestine Action won the legal challenge on
Palestine Action’s co-founder has won a legal challenge over the group’s ban as a terrorist organisation on two grounds.
However, it will remain outlawed for now as the government has said it wants to take the case to the Court of Appeal.
Huda Ammori launched the challenge after former home secretary Yvette Cooper’s decision to proscribe the group, which came into force in July last year.
It put Palestine Action on the same footing as ISIS and al Qaeda, making membership or support for the group a crime punishable by up to 14 years in prison.
Even wearing a T-shirt or carrying a sign with the group’s name on it can carry a six-month sentence.
Home Secretary Shabana Mahmood said she was “disappointed” with today’s decision and disagreed with the court that the ban is disproportionate.
She said the government had used a “rigorous and evidence-based decision-making process” when deciding to outlaw the grou
“The court has acknowledged that Palestine Action has carried out acts of terrorism, celebrated those who have taken part in those acts and promoted the use of violence,” said a statement from Ms Mahmood.
She said the ban still allowed people to protest peacefully in support of Palestinians.
At a three-day High Court hearing in London, Ms Ammori’s lawyers argued the move was unprecedented and compared Palestine Action to the suffragettes.
However, the Home Office said it struck a fair balance between the “rights of the individuals affected and the interests of the community”.
In its ruling today, the court said Ms Ammori’s challenge had succeeded on two of four grounds, including that it was a disproportionate interference with the right to freedom of expression and freedom of assembly.
The Defend Our Juries campaign group, which organises protests against the ban, said 2,787 people had been arrested since it came into force.
Raza Husain KC, representing Ms Ammori, said “priests, teachers, pensioners, retired British Army officers” and an “81-year-old former magistrate” were among them.
Normal People author Sally Rooney also provided evidence supporting the challenge.
The writer said she might not be able to publish new books in the UK after being warned she risked a terror offence after saying she would donate earnings to the group.
