A suspect has been arrested in connection with the shooting death of an individual at Lokanwatta, Ahungalla on May 8.
Police Media Unit said the suspect was arrested from Weherathenna, Bogaswewa on Sunday evening by a team of Special Task Force (STF) personnel from the STF camp in Vavuniya.
The victim was shot dead by gunmen on a motorbike.
The 23-year-old suspect is a resident of Weherathenna, Bogaswewa. Police say the suspect had acted as the motorbike rider. Ahungalla Police are conducting further investigations.
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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