The first group of the Mali-bound Combat Convoy Company (CCC) of the Sri Lanka Army left Sri Lanka recently
According to Army media, the first contingent of 150 Army personnel, out of a total of 200, drawn from 10 Regiments will serve for a period of one year under the United Nations Multidimensional Integrated Stabilization Mission in Mali (MINUSMA).
The rest of the troops (50) will shortly fly there on the instructions of the Office of the UN Peacekeeping Mission in Mali.
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.
The Minister of Power, Kumara Jayakody, stated that in the future, internationally funded projects, such as power projects, will only be carried out through government-to-government (G2G) agreements and competitive procurement.
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.
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