Former Eastern Province Chief Minister Sivanesathurai Chandrakanthan alias Pillayan, who was arrested by the Criminal Investigation Department (CID) of police over the killing of a Tamil parliamentarian further remanded until April 28 by the Batticaloa Magistrate Court today.
When the case was taken up today, the lawyers appearing for Mr Chandrakanthan requested the magistrate to grant bail for him, however the courts rejected the bail plea. He was arrested Pillayan on October 11 over the killing of former Batticaloa district Tamil National Alliance (TNA) parliamentarian Joseph Pararajasingham.
The Constitutional Council has approved four nominees, proposed by the President, to fill vacancies in the Court of Appeal.
The Election Commission has announced the plan for leave for both public and private sector employees for the upcoming presidential election on September 21, 2024, without loss of salary or personal leave.
The Ceylon Petroleum Corporation (CPC) will reduce fuel prices with effect from midnight today.
President Ranil Wickremesinghe today called on ITAK’s Mavai Senathiraja at his residence in Jaffna today.
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