The Colombo High Courts today issued fresh summons to President Maithripala Sirisena and Prime Minister Ranil Wickremesinghe over an letter involving former UNP General Secretary Tissa Attanayake during last Presidential Elections in 2015.
Mr Tissanayake who crossed over to the former President Mahinda Rajapaksa faction ahead of Presidential Polls released an letter of agreement alleged to have signed by President Sirisena and Preimer Wickremesinghe. Accordingly courts issued fresh summons to both of them to appear on June 24 after the lawyers representing them informed of non availability to be present in courts today.
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.
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.
Leader of the National People’s Party (NPP) and one time Propaganda Secretary of the JVP Wimal Weerawansa accused the Government of bringing back the “Batalanda Commission” for a media spectacle instead of a genuine concern for those who suffered during the 1988-1990 period.
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