Minister of Law and Order and Prisons Reforms Tilak Marapana, on the instructions of Prime Minister Ranil Wickremesinghe, ordered the IGP to submit a report on the police attack on HNDA students in Colombo yesterday, local media reported.
Thirty nine students were arrested yesterday when the police dispersed the protesting students using batons, tear gas and water cannons.
Police said that the protesters were stopped when they tried to march towards the Ministry of Higher Education.The students say that they only demanded a negotiation with the authorities.
The Committee on High Posts has approved the nomination of Former Air Force Commander Air Chief Marshal (Retd.)
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.
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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