A Sri Lankan passenger who attempted to smuggle cartons of foreign cigarettes from Dubai was arrested by Customs Officers at the Katunayake Airport today (Dec 9).
According to Customs Media Spokesperson Sunil Jayaratne, the arrested individual has been identified as a 33-year-old businessman from Nattandiya. It was also revealed that he had on a previous occasion been penalised for smuggling cigarettes as well.
The suspect arrived in the island on Fly Dubai flight F-548. Further, Customs Media Spokesman stated that the suspect had smuggled 91 cartoons containing 18,200 cigarettes valued at more than Rs 10,000,000.
The number of Buddhist monks who were killed following the accident at the Na Uyana Theravada Buddhist Monastery (Na Uyana Aranya Senansenaya) in Pansiyagama, Melsiripura, Kurunegala currently stands at nine , with four injured, Minister of Buddhasasana, Religious and Cultural Affairs Prof. Hiniduma Sunil Senevi told Parliament this morning. He revealed that two of the injured Buddhist monks are being treated at the Intensive Care Unit (ICU
Several shops were damaged in a major fire that broke out in a shop on the third floor of a building at First Cross Street in Pettah, Colombo, today evening.
President Anura Kumara Dissanayake, addressing the 80th session of the United Nations General Assembly, said that both inequality and poverty ought to be regarded as a worldwide catastrophe that requires urgent attention.
The opposition has renewed its demand for a long delayed forensic audit into the controversial e-visa deal, following the sentencing of former Controller General of Immigration, Harsha Ilukpitiya, for contempt of court.
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