Former Finance Minister Mangala Samaraweera is currently being questioned by the Criminal Investigation Department (CID of the police over allocating funds for transportation of voters during last Presidential polls.
Currently CID is investigating an election violation complaint against former Minister Rishad Bathiudeen over transporting some 12,000 persons in 225 CTB buses to Mannar in order to cast their votes.
Popular grade five tuition teacher, Hayeshika Fernando wanted over assaulting a 21 year old youth was granted bail today after she surrendered to courts.
A British national had been arrested over attempting to smuggle in the largest haul of kush( drugs) from Thailand, customs said.
First Bishop of the Batticaloa Diocese, Retired Bishop Joseph Ponnaiya, passed away today at the age of 74, following a brief illness.
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