Two men who attempted to sell a land belonging to their relatives by preparing a forged deed were delivered a 10 year rigorous imprisonment term and fined Rs one million each by the Colombo High Court today.
The sentence was delivered by High Court Judge Sashi Mahendran.
The two persons convicted were Vipula Ajith Kumara and S.A. Kalyanasiri .
The UK government has unveiled a package of reforms to simplify imports from developing countries which allows for more garments manufactured in Sri Lanka to enter the UK tariff-free.
Read these and more on tomorrow’s edition of the Sunday Times
Cabinet has approved the appointment of Commodore (retired) M.B.N.A. Premaratne of the Sri Lanka Navy, as the new Commissioner General of Excise.
Villagers in Nirmalapura, Daluwa, Norochcholai today staged a protest over an incident where a group of Navy officials and sailors had assaulted a resident in the area over night, Police said.
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