Two unidentified gunmen on a motorbike shot dead a 39-year-old man at a house in Katukurunda, Kalutara South last night.
Police said the victim was a resident of Kalamulla, Kalutara and had been staying on rent at the house in Katukurunda. His 8-year-old daughter was also injured in the shooting and has been admitted to the Nagoda Hospital for treatment.
No motive has been established for the shooting, which had been committed using a T56 firearm, according to investigations conducted so far. The suspects remain unidentified and Kalutara South Police are conducting investigations to arrest them.
Public Security Minister Ananda Wijepala told Parliament today that the suspect in the rape of a lady doctor at the Anuradhapura teaching hospital has been identified as an army deserter and he will be apprehended shortly.
Police have arrested the suspect connected to the sexual assault on a female doctor at the Anuradhapura Teaching Hospital today morning in Galnewa.
The Dutch Public Prosecutor suspects two companies of paying bribes in the construction of hospitals in Sri Lanka, according to an investigation by FD, the Dutch financial newspaper.
The Government today tabled in the House the Report of the Commission to Inquiry into the Establishment and Maintenance of Unlawful Places of Detention and Torture Chambers in the Batalanda Housing Scheme.
The Minister of Power, Kumara Jayakody, stated that in the future, internationally funded projects, such as power projects, will only be carried out through government-to-government (G2G) agreements and competitive procurement.
Former President Ranil Wickremesinghe said today he wholly rejects the Batalanda Commission report and that it was appointed wholly with the intention slinging political mud at him.
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