About 150 death-row inmates of Mahara and Welikada prisons are engaged in a hunger strike demanding authorities to commute their death sentences to life imprisonment, prison sources said.
Prisons Spokesman Commissioner Chandana Ekanayake said discussions were on with relevant parties to resolve the situation.
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Former Chairman of SriLankan Airlines, Nishantha Wickramasinghe, arrested on allegation of corruption by the Commission to Investigate Allegations of Bribery or Corruption (CIABOC) has been remanded until July 1 by the Colombo Magistrate court.
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