Chairman and Secretary of the board of trustees at the Sri Kamatchi Amman Hindu temple in Jaffna were taken into custody for conducting a religious festival on Sunday violating COVID-19 health guidelines issued by the Ministry, Police said.
The annual chariot festival of the temple saw hundreds of devotees taking part without adhering to COVID-19 regulations. The arrested persons are to be produced before the Courts today.
The Committee on High Posts has approved the nomination of Former Air Force Commander Air Chief Marshal (Retd.)
Former Chairman of SriLankan Airlines, Nishantha Wickramasinghe, arrested on allegation of corruption by the Commission to Investigate Allegations of Bribery or Corruption (CIABOC) has been remanded until July 1 by the Colombo Magistrate court.
A Sri Lankan man was apprehended at Suvarnabhumi airport for attempting to smuggle wildlife out of the country after three ball pythons were found hidden in his underwear, the Bangkok post reported.
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