Deputy Minister Premalal Jayasekara has been arrested in connection with a shooting incident which took place at Kahawatta during elections, local media reported. Police Media Spokesperson SSP Ajith Rohana quoted by local media said he was arrested on Saturday morning. An individual was killed in Kahawatta when shots were fired at a group of supporters who were engaged preparations for a political rally.
The final rites of veteran broadcaster, writer, and lyricist Nirmala de Alwis will be held today at Peradeniya.
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The Supreme Court today ordered the owning and operating companies of the X-Press Pearl Vessel to pay US $ one billion as compensation for the environmental and economic damage it caused, after the ship sank off the Colombo Port in 2021.
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