Several hundred persons took to the streets on the main Sooriyawewa Town earlier today to protest over the use of the Mattala Rajapaksa International Airport (MRIA) as a granary, police said. The protesters included several members of the local councils and many shops in the town also put up shutters in apparent support of the protesters. It is the second such protest inside the past 48 hours and police claimed that they were politically motivated.
The Committee on High Posts has approved the nomination of Former Air Force Commander Air Chief Marshal (Retd.)
A Sri Lankan man was apprehended at Suvarnabhumi airport for attempting to smuggle wildlife out of the country after three ball pythons were found hidden in his underwear, the Bangkok post reported.
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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