Police have launched investigations to arrest suspects who allegedly murdered a woman after robbing her home in Kushtarajagala, Weligama last night.
Police Media Unit said the 78-year-old victim had been living with her sister and brother-in-law in the house. The sister and her husband had gone to Weligama town. Upon returning home, they had not received any response from her from within the house. As such, they had conducted a search of the house, where they came upon the victim lying on the floor of a room bound and gagged. She was rushed to the Walana Hospital but died on admission.
The body is currently lying at the Walana Hospital and investigations are ongoing to arrest those responsible.
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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