Four persons including a 19 year old has been arrested in Wariyapola area over the arson attack and setting fire to the office and house belonging to MP D.B. Herath.
Police said the suspects were arrested by the Criminal Investigation Division of Kurunegala and handed over to Wariyapola police.
The incident took place on May 13 this year. The suspects aged 19, 27, 29 and 36 are residents of Malagane area, police said.
Similarly, CID officials attached to Kurunegala division arrested a 55 year old person from Melsiripura over the attack and setting fire to the office and residence of MP U.K.Sumith Udukumbura during the May unrest.
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 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.
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.
Israel, a major player in the global diamond and jewellery trade, has invited Sri Lankan gem and jewellery businessmen and designers to collaborate with Israeli diamond traders.
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