All liquor stores in the Matale Divisional Secretariat will be closed today (Jan 05) following an instruction issued by the Ministry of Finance and Mass Media.
The instruction was issued in lieu of the special ceremony during which the Tripitaka will be made a part of the country's national heritage.
The ceremony will take place at the Matale Alu Viharaya (Rock Temple).
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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