The appeal petition filed by convicted drug dealer 'Vele Suda' will be taken up before the Appeal Court on February 15.
This was announed by Appeal Court judges Deepali Wijesundara and Achala Vengappuli when the case was taken up before court today (Feb 07).
G.V. Samantha Kumara alias 'Vele Suda' is serving a death sentence after he was convicted over the possession of just over seven grams of heroin in 2015.
He was arrested in Mount Lavinia in 2008 and was sentenced to death on October 14, 2015
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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