The suspect who allegedly hurled a bottle at a police officer, causing him injuries during the protest near the Colombo Fort Magistrate's Court on Tuesday (26), has been arrested.
Police Media Unit said the suspect was arrested yesterday in Kalutara town and handed over to the Slave Island Police.
The 52-year-old suspect, a resident of Nagoda Kalutara, is a former Urban Councilor, police added.
He is due to be produced before the Fort Magistrate's Court today (28). Slave Island Police are conducting further investigations.
The number of Buddhist monks who were killed following the accident at the Na Uyana Theravada Buddhist Monastery (Na Uyana Aranya Senansenaya) in Pansiyagama, Melsiripura, Kurunegala currently stands at nine , with four injured, Minister of Buddhasasana, Religious and Cultural Affairs Prof. Hiniduma Sunil Senevi told Parliament this morning. He revealed that two of the injured Buddhist monks are being treated at the Intensive Care Unit (ICU
Several shops were damaged in a major fire that broke out in a shop on the third floor of a building at First Cross Street in Pettah, Colombo, today evening.
President Anura Kumara Dissanayake, addressing the 80th session of the United Nations General Assembly, said that both inequality and poverty ought to be regarded as a worldwide catastrophe that requires urgent attention.
The opposition has renewed its demand for a long delayed forensic audit into the controversial e-visa deal, following the sentencing of former Controller General of Immigration, Harsha Ilukpitiya, for contempt of court.
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