A protest was held in Mannar this morning calling for the release of former minister and All Ceylon Makkal Congress (ACMC) Leader Rishad Bathiudeen.
Mr Bathiudeen was arrested last Saturday along with his brother Riyaj Bathiudeen by the Criminal Investigation Department (CID) on charges of allegedly aiding and abetting the Easter Sunday attackers. They are currently being detained under the Prevention of Terrorism Act (PTA) for 90days.
Tamar Amitai, a 25-year-old Israeli tourist who went missing in Uppuveli, Trincomalee, was found safe after a three-day joint search operation today.
Heritage properties are major tourist attractions world over. Sri Lanka is no exception in this matter. From Colombo, Galle, most of the mountain cities including Nuwara Eliya, Bandarawela, Hatton and Kandy and in the North, hundreds of heritage properties are spread across.
The Colombo High Court today (28) sentenced former parliamentarian Hirunika Premachandra to three years of Rigorous Imprisonment over charges of the involvement of an abduction.
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