Twenty Indian fishermen who were apprehended for poaching in Lankan waters will be produced before the Fisheries office for legal action after being subjected to a medical test.
The fishermen who had arrived in two trawlers were apprehended by the Navy off Delft Island and Talaimannar.
Meanwhile, Navy officials have also managed to rescue eight Indian nationals after their tawler had capsized leaving them trapped in the seas off Delft Islands.
A spokesman for the Navy said that approximately 500 Indian trawlers enter Sri Lankan waters illegally on a daily basis.
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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