The number of inmates who have been serving death sentences stands at 1261, and among them 297 are serving their sentence at the Welikada Prison, Prisons Department sources said.
Of the said number 823 inmates have submitted appeals against their death sentence. This includes 36 females as well.
In addition 438 death sentence inmates have not appealed against the decision.
It is reported that the list of 18 inmates which were sent to the President for executions includes inmates who have not appealed against the punishment.
The Committee on High Posts has approved the nomination of Former Air Force Commander Air Chief Marshal (Retd.)
Former Chairman of SriLankan Airlines, Nishantha Wickramasinghe, arrested on allegation of corruption by the Commission to Investigate Allegations of Bribery or Corruption (CIABOC) has been remanded until July 1 by the Colombo Magistrate court.
A Sri Lankan man was apprehended at Suvarnabhumi airport for attempting to smuggle wildlife out of the country after three ball pythons were found hidden in his underwear, the Bangkok post reported.
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