A Grama Niladhari Officer in the Heerassagala area of Kandy has been arrested by the Commission to Investigate Allegations of Bribery or Corruption over bribery charges.
This follows a complaint lodged by a woman with the Bribery Commission regarding the incident in which a Grama Niladhari officer requested a bribe of Rs. 25,000 from her in order to settle a land dispute.
The suspect was apprehended by the Bribery Commission officers on June 25 while attempting to obtain the bribe from the concerned woman.
The Grama Niladhari officer has been remanded until June 29.
My memory takes me back to 1979, to a moment etched in time when a strikingly tall and impeccably dressed military officer, a Master in charge of Cadeting at Prince of Wales College commanding a guard of honour presented to President J.R. Jayawardene by the cadets of 3CCC, consisted of Ananda, Nalanda and Prince of Wales Cadet platoons at the Prince of Wales College grounds.
An American national, who had been staying in Sri Lanka for nearly ten months without a valid visa while using a Sinhala name under his American passport, was arrested by the Tourist Police of the Kandy.
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The only orangutan held at the Dehiwala National Zoological gardens had passed away yesterday.
The Secretary of the Bodu Bala Sena Organisation Ven Galagodaatte Ganasara Thera was today imprisoned for the third time.
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