Former parliamentarian Hirunika Premachandra, who was given a three-year rigorous prison sentence in June this year, has been released on bail by the Colombo High Court today (22).
Colombo High Court Judge Amal Ranaraja granted bail to Ms. Premachandra following the hearing of the former MP’s bail application.
The Judge ordered Ms Premachandra to be released on Rs. 50, 000 cash bail and two sureties of Rs. 500, 000 each. The Court also imposed a foreign travel ban on her.
On June 28, the Colombo High Court sentenced Ms. Premachandra to three years of rigorous imprisonment for her role in the 2015 kidnapping and assault of a youth in Dematagoda using a Defender.
After considering the evidence brought forth by the victim, Amila Priyankara, who claimed that on December 21, 2015, he was kidnapped and beaten by a gang of individuals who arrived in a black Defender jeep in Dematagoda, the Colombo High Court passed the sentence on the former MP.
A Sri Lankan wanted for financial frauds and under a red notice was arrested at the Bandaranaike International Airport along with his wife and child as they were returning from India, Police said.
Mr. Gihan de Silva has been appointed as the new Chairman of the Sri Lanka Rupavahini Corporation, the Government Information Department announced.
The Bribery Commission has apprehended former Provincial Councillor and businessman Salochana Gamage, along with another businessman, in Pitakotte over a Rs. 9 million bribery case.
The Government is considering abolishing the Office of the Chief of the Defence Staff (OCDS) when the term of office of its incumbent General Shavendra Silva ends on December 31.
New commanders have been appointed to the Sri Lanka Army and Sri Lanka Navy.
Former President Ranil Wickremesinghe paid his last respects to former Indian Prime Minister Dr. Manmohan Singh in New Delhi today.
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