One person is confirmed drowned and another is missing after a fishing boat capsized in rough seas off the Ahungalla coast yesterday.
Police said the fishing boat with a crew of three had left the Balapitiya Haraspala Fisheries Harbour. One person had managed to swim to shore when the boat capsized but the two others had gone missing. The body of one of these had been floating in the sea and had been recovered by area residents.
The victim is a 46-year-old resident of Balapitiya. A search operation is underway with the assistance of officers from the Sri Lanka Navy camp in Galle.
Public Security Minister Ananda Wijepala told Parliament today that the suspect in the rape of a lady doctor at the Anuradhapura teaching hospital has been identified as an army deserter and he will be apprehended shortly.
Police have arrested the suspect connected to the sexual assault on a female doctor at the Anuradhapura Teaching Hospital today morning in Galnewa.
The Dutch Public Prosecutor suspects two companies of paying bribes in the construction of hospitals in Sri Lanka, according to an investigation by FD, the Dutch financial newspaper.
The Government today tabled in the House the Report of the Commission to Inquiry into the Establishment and Maintenance of Unlawful Places of Detention and Torture Chambers in the Batalanda Housing Scheme.
The Minister of Power, Kumara Jayakody, stated that in the future, internationally funded projects, such as power projects, will only be carried out through government-to-government (G2G) agreements and competitive procurement.
Former President Ranil Wickremesinghe said today he wholly rejects the Batalanda Commission report and that it was appointed wholly with the intention slinging political mud at him.
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