A Police defender vehicle has met an accident causing the death of a motorcyclist yesterday (December 29) at Tharapuram, Mannar.
A motorcyclist who attempted to overtake a bus while travelling on the Mannar-Talaimannar road towards Talaimannar, where he collided with a Police Defender vehicle travelling the opposite way.
The motorcyclist, a 31 year old resident of East Pannankattukotuwa, Mannar, was seriously injured and admitted to the Mannar Hospital, where he passed away.
Having revealed that both the motorcyclist and the Police Constable driver of the Defender vehicle was at fault, the Constable was arrested and produced to the Mannar Magistrate Court, where he was remanded until January 9.
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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