A 90-day detention order has been issued on former State Minister Sivanesathurai Chandrakanthan alias ‘Pilleyan’ enabling the Criminal Investigations Department to further question him, the police said.
The former State Minister was arrested by the CID last week in Batticaloa, over an alleged abduction and disappearance.
First Bishop of the Batticaloa Diocese, Retired Bishop Joseph Ponnaiya, passed away today at the age of 74, following a brief illness.
The NPP government has been at the wheel for almost 6 months now. The time to keep looking at the rear view mirror and living in the past is about over.
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