A woman who performed witchcraft on a nine- year- old girl by caning, which eventually resulted in the girl’s death, and the mother who helped the woman in the Kanduboda area in the Biyagama police area have been arrested.
Police said the woman had claimed that she could cure the girl who has been reportedly “possessed by a devil” and had allegedly caned the girl for at least three days.
A neighbour who had heard the screams of the girl had informed the police emergency unit as well. However, when the girl was rushed to the hospital she had been pronounced dead.
In the wake of the ‘outing’ of parliament Speaker Ashoka Ranwala with accusations that his PhD was fake, there has been a flurry of articles on fake degrees.
An eighteen member Presidential Task Force, including President’s secretary was appointed today to implement the ’Clean Sri Lanka’ initiative proposed by the government.
Under the government’s initiative of disposing of high end- luxury vehicles that impose a heavy burden of public funds, other state institutions are barred from purchasing them through state procurement procedure, according to a Treasury circular.
An investigation has been launched on the instructions of Acting Inspector General of Police (IGP) Priyantha Weerasuriya into an incident where popular author Kasun Mahendra Heenatigala was arrested and allegedly mistreated by the Athurugiriya Police.
Mr. Gihan de Silva has been appointed as the new Chairman of the Sri Lanka Rupavahini Corporation, the Government Information Department announced.
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