A group of United National Party parliamentarians have requested the President to appoint Field Marshal Sarath Fonseka as the Minister of Law and Order.
The letter sent ot the President in this regard had been signed by several UNP parliamentarians. Among those who placed their signatories were MPs Professor Ashu Marasinghe, S.M. Marikkar, Sandeep Amarasinghe, and Sujith Sanjaya Perera.
This letter had pointed out that Field Marshal Fonseka was the only parliamentarian in the government who has a knowledge and experience concerning the country's security.
The Committee on High Posts has approved the nomination of Former Air Force Commander Air Chief Marshal (Retd.)
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.
A Sri Lankan man was apprehended at Suvarnabhumi airport for attempting to smuggle wildlife out of the country after three ball pythons were found hidden in his underwear, the Bangkok post reported.
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