The Court case against the order on returning 15 illegally captured elephants out of 38 elephants to their captors will be taken up today (16) at the Colombo Magistrate Courts.
Environmentalists and environmental activists groups said that they have lodged a separate case at the Appeal Court to deactivate the August 19 gazette on Protection, Wellbeing and Regularisation of Registration of Tamed Elephants.
The released elephants were taken to government custody following a crackdown on elephant smuggling.
A Thai woman walking topless in Arugam Bay town has been arrested by the Police.
The UK government has unveiled a package of reforms to simplify imports from developing countries which allows for more garments manufactured in Sri Lanka to enter the UK tariff-free.
The Cabinet has approved a proposal for Sri Lankans overseas to apply for their passports through an online system via the Lankan diplomatic missions.
Villagers in Nirmalapura, Daluwa, Norochcholai today staged a protest over an incident where a group of Navy officials and sailors had assaulted a resident in the area over night, Police said.
A passenger attempting to smuggle the largest quantity of gold of 35 kilo grams was arrested by the Customs at the Bandaranaike International Airport (BIA) today, a senior official said.
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