A private local liquor manufacturing company, W.M. Mendis & Co., owed the Finance Ministry a staggering Rs. 6 billion as excise duty.
The payments had accumulated over a period of time. Just weeks earlier, the Finance Ministry sent the company a final warning before cancelling its licence to operate.
Pronto, the Rs. 6 billion owed to the Treasury was settled.
A Sri Lanka Air Force Bell 212 helicopter belonging to the No. 72 squadron has crashed into the Madhuru Oya reservoir this morning, Air FOrce Media Spokesman Eranda Geeganage said.
Update: Five of the twelve passengers on board the bell 212 aircraft that crashed into the Maduru Oya today, have succumbed to their injuries, the SLAF said.
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