Shashi Prabha Ratwatte, wife of former Minister Lohan Ratwatte, was further remanded until December 2 after being produced before the Nugegoda Magistrate’s Court today (22).
Earlier, on November 18, both Lohan Ratwatte and his wife were produced before the same court. While the former minister was remanded until December 2, Mrs. Shashi Prabha Ratwatte was initially remanded until November 22.
The couple was arrested on charges related to the illegal importation and assembly of a luxury vehicle in Sri Lanka. They had previously been remanded in custody until November 18 by the Nugegoda Magistrate’s Court.
The UK government has unveiled a package of reforms to simplify imports from developing countries which allows for more garments manufactured in Sri Lanka to enter the UK tariff-free.
Read these and more on tomorrow’s edition of the Sunday Times
Cabinet has approved the appointment of Commodore (retired) M.B.N.A. Premaratne of the Sri Lanka Navy, as the new Commissioner General of Excise.
Villagers in Nirmalapura, Daluwa, Norochcholai today staged a protest over an incident where a group of Navy officials and sailors had assaulted a resident in the area over night, Police said.
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