Among the top news stories reported today was the new Police Chief Priyantha Weerasuriya assuming duties, the arrest of a senior police officer on Bribery charges and the destruction of a forest reserve in Puttalam.
Following are the highlights of the news stories for today.
***The newly appointed IGP Priyantha Weerasuriya assumed duties today.
***The Acting Director of the Police Cultural Division, Senior Superintendent of Police (SSP) Sathish Gamage, was remanded until August 19 after being arrested by the Commission to Investigate Allegations of Bribery or Corruption (CIABOC) and produced in courts.
***Over 100 acres were destroyed in a fire reported in a forest reserve in Attavilluwa, Puttalam
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***The Bill to establish the Gambling Regulatory Authority has received the approval of the Committee on Public Finance in Parliament.
***The last religious rites for the tusker “Kandalame Hedakaraya” who succumbed to gun shot and other injuries was held today at Kandalama.
Pix by Kanchana Kumara Ariyadasa
***Government apartment complexes in the Colombo District over 40 years old, are to be redeveloped next year, National Housing Development Authority officials said today.
***The Independence day of Pakistan was celebrated today in Colombo.
A short while later, the official car of the Commander of the Navy, bearing plate NAHA 5006, departed from Navy House, Longdon Place, Colombo 7.
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