The Department of Prisons will call for applications for the post of hangman from next Monday (February 11) until February 25, a Spokesman for the Department said.
Further, necessary steps will be taken to set-up the facilities required to carry out the sentencing.
This comes following repeated calls byPresident Sirisena to implement the death penalty on convicted drug traffickers.
Meanwhile, the list of 17 convicts who will be subject to the death penalty has been handed over to the Presidential Secretariat after having obtained approval from the Attorney General.
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.
A Thai woman walking topless in Arugam Bay town has been arrested by the Police.
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.
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