Several high-profile criminals who were on a hunger strike at the Boosa prisons since last week have called off the strike today, a senior prison officials said.
Kanjipani Imran, Wele Suda, Kosgoda Tharaka, Podi Lassi and Wele Suda were inmates who commenced the hunger strike on September 10.
By Sunday the number on hunger strike dropped to 20 from the original 45 who commenced the protest.
They were demanding that more visits by their family members should be allowed among other demands.
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.
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