An individual in possession with a live hand grenade which was manufactured in a foreign country was arrested by the Damana Police.
Accordingly, the Ampara Magistrate Court ordered the Special Task Force (STF) to deactivate the hand grenade.
In the meantime, further investigations in this regard are underway by the Damana Police.
By: D. Gnansiri Hettiarachchi
The Government is finalising a list of names to be posted as heads of Sri Lanka’s missions abroad with ex-Chief Justice Jayantha Jayasuriya assuming the position of Permanent Representative to the United Nations in New York.
Kandiah (Ken) Balendra, a veteran corporate leader and the first Sri Lankan chairman of John Keells Holdings (JKH) has passed away at the age of 85.
The CID has arrested Susantha de Silva, former Managing Director of the Ceylon Petroleum Corporation (CPC) for allegedly misappropriating 6.1 million rupees in 2014.
Chief Justice Murdu Fernando has forwarded the names of four senior High Court judges to President Anura Kumara Dissanayake to fill four existing vacancies in the Court of Appeal.
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