Bodu Bala Sena (BBS) General Secretary Ven. Galagoda Atte Gnanasara Thera and twelve others were yesterday noticed to appear before the Court of Appeal on January 20, 2017.
This was regarding an appeal petition filed by the Attorney General challenging the Colombo High Court’s decision to acquit 13 accused including Gnanasara Thera from eleven charges including attacking a church in Thalahena.
Thirteen accused include S.A. Athula Seneviratne, W.M. Sudu Banda, H. Thamara Beatrice, A.K. Denzil Premakumara, D.S.P. Kandana Arachchi, T.K. Somadasa, E.M.V. Ratnayake, K.W. Karunananda, E.M.H. Rathnayake, Ven. Aththaragama Gnanawimala Thera, Ven. Galagoda Atte Gnanasara Thera, Ven. Agulgalle Siri Jinananda Thera and Dhanushka Sanjeewa.
Former Chairman of SriLankan Airlines, Nishantha Wickramasinghe, arrested on allegation of corruption by the Commission to Investigate Allegations of Bribery or Corruption (CIABOC) has been remanded until July 1 by the Colombo Magistrate court.
Deputy Minister of Finance and Economic Stabilization and NPP National List MP Harshana Suriyapperuma who is tipped to be named the next Finance Ministry Secretary resigned from Parliament today.
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