Skip to content
LakFeed
ENසිංதமி

Display

Text size

Contrast

LakFeed Apps

News
FX Rates
Gold Rates
Card Offers
Tools
StocksSoon
LakFeedBeta
News
Markets

FX Rates

  • Every bank, today
  • Best rate per currency
  • Browse by bank
  • Sending money home

Gold Rates

  • Today's price
  • 22 karat
  • 24 karat
  • Price by weight
  • Price history
Colombo Stock ExchangeSoon
Card OffersTools
ENසිංதமி

Display

Text size

Contrast

LakFeed Apps

News
FX Rates
Gold Rates
Card Offers
Tools
StocksSoon
HomeTrendingLatestLocalPoliticsInternationalBusinessSportsScience & TechGossipsEntertainmentEducation
Sources

News Sources (26 available)

Ada Derana
Ada Derana Biz
Asian Mirror
Ceylon Today
Citizen News
Colombo Gazette
Colombo Telegraph
Daily FT
Daily Mirror
EconomyNext
ESPN Cricinfo
Examiner
Gossip Lanka News English
Groundviews
Hiru News - English
Lanka Business Online
Lanka Truth
News First
News.lk
NewsWire English
Siyatha News
Sri Lanka Cricket
Sri Lanka Mirror
Sunday Observer
The Island
ThePapare English
LakFeed

Sri Lanka, all in one place.

LakFeed reads Sri Lankan news sites in English, Sinhala and Tamil, and keeps bank exchange rates and gold prices in the same place.

Everything on LakFeed

News

  • News
  • Latest
  • Trending
  • Local
  • Politics
  • International
  • Business
  • Sports
  • Science & Tech
  • Gossips
  • Entertainment
  • All topics

Exchange rates

  • FX Rates
  • Best rates
  • All banks
  • Send money
  • USD
  • EUR
  • GBP
  • INR
  • AUD
  • AED
  • All currencies

Gold and stocks

  • Gold Rates
  • 22K gold
  • 24K gold
  • Gold by weight
  • Gold price history
  • Gold pawning
  • StocksSoon

Card offers

  • Card Offers
  • Visa offers
  • Mastercard offers
  • Amex offers
  • Expired offers

Tools

  • Tools
  • Currency converter
  • Gold pawning
  • EPF and ETF
  • Fuel cost

Newsrooms

  • Ada Derana
  • Ada Derana Biz
  • Asian Mirror
  • Ceylon Today
  • Citizen News
  • Colombo Gazette
  • Colombo Telegraph
  • Daily FT
  • All newsrooms

LakFeed

  • Help
  • About
  • Contact
  • Advertise
  • Privacy Policy
  • Terms of Service
  • DMCA
  • Sitemap

© 2026 LakFeed. All rights reserved.

Back to stories
3 sourcesJun 17, 2026

Appeals Court defers consideration of Gotabaya’s petition seeking protection from arrest

The Attorney General today informed the Court of Appeal that no instructions had yet been received from the respondents regarding the petition filed by former President Gotabaya Rajapaksa,

News First•Jun 17, 2026
AG Says No Instructions in Gota Arrest Appeal Case
By News 1st
Read full article

Summary

At the hearing, Deputy Solicitor General Suharshi Herath, appearing for the respondents, told court that the relevant case documents had only been received earlier in the day. She further stated that she had not yet received any instructions from the respondents concerning the petition.

Summarised from News First

What this story is about

People
  • Gotabaya Rajapaksa4
  • Rohantha Abeysooriya2
  • Priyantha Fernando2
  • Shani Abeysekara2
  • Suharshi Herath2
  • Ada Derana2
  • Madhava Gunawardena
  • Abeysekara
Organisations
  • Court of Appeal4
  • Criminal Investigation Department2
  • Counsel Romesh de Silva2
  • Special Investigation Unit of the CID
  • Presidential Commission of Inquiry
  • Parliamentary Select Committee
  • Prevention of Terrorism Act
  • Supreme Court of Sri Lanka
Places
  • Easter Sunday
  • Rajapaksa
  • Easter
Keywords
  • petition4
  • arrest4
  • seeking2
  • consideration
  • instructions
  • respondents
  • preventing
  • protection
  • solicitor
  • appeals

Names and places drawn from every article in this story. The number shows how many of them mentioned it.

Share this story

Send the whole picture, not one version of it.

Also reported by

3 newsrooms have reported this story

  • Appeals Court defers consideration of Gotabaya’s petition seeking protection from arrestAda Derana·Jun 17, 2026
  • Gotabaya’s “Don’t Arrest Me” Petition: 11 Key pointsNewsWire English·Jun 16, 2026
  • Ex-President Gotabaya Rajapaksa files petition seeking to prevent arrest Ada Derana·Jun 16, 2026
Full coverage