Former DIG Prasanna Nanayakkara was arrested this morning over the probe into the assassination of former Sunday Leader Editor Lasantha Wickrematunga by Criminal Investigations Department (CID), police said.
Mr Nanayakkara, who was then Police DIG of Mount Lavinya region suspected to have concealed critical evidence over the murder, according to police. He will be produced before Mount Lavinya magistrate today. The slain Editor of Sunday Leader Newspaper was killed on January 9, 2009 by unknown armed personnel near Mount Lviniya area.
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The Ceylon Petroleum Corporation (CPC) will reduce fuel prices with effect from midnight today.
Dr. Nandalal Weerasinghe, Governor of the Central Bank of Sri Lanka, has cautioned that reversing the current economic programme could lead to a resurgence of the severe economic and social crisis Sri Lanka endured nearly two years ago.
President Ranil Wickremesinghe today inaugurated the open cycle phase of the “Sobadhanavi” 350 MW Combined Cycle Power Plant in Kerawalapitiya, the President’s Media Division (PMD) said.
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