The Jaffna High Court yesterday issued order banning to carry out any form of animal sacrifice in Hindu temples located in Northern province.
Issuing order on a case filed by Hindu Maha Sabha in Jaffna, High Court Judge M. Illancheliyan, noted that the ritual practices should be stopped considering the act as a primitive and cruel to animals.
Earlier an interim ban was effective over a a case filed against the Narasimma Kovil in Kavunawatte against its annual animal sacrifice festival.
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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