UPFA Member of Parliament Namal Rajapaksa and seven others in remand custody over the incidents that occured during protests held on the previous week in the area over proposed plans to hand over operations of the Mattala airport to a private firm were granted bail today.
Mr Rajapaksa was released on bail of f Rs 500,000 each of three sureties.
Mp , DV Chanaka was also released but 32 others including MP Prasanna Ranaweera were further remanded.
Nearly 40 persons were arrested and remanded following the during the Joint Opposition-organised protest opposite the Indian Consulate in Hambantota.amidst reports that an Indian company was due to be handed over the operation of the loss making airport.
Police said that suspects were arrested for unruly behavior and damaging public property including a police jeep.
Public Security Minister Ananda Wijepala told Parliament today that the suspect in the rape of a lady doctor at the Anuradhapura teaching hospital has been identified as an army deserter and he will be apprehended shortly.
Police have arrested the suspect connected to the sexual assault on a female doctor at the Anuradhapura Teaching Hospital today morning in Galnewa.
The Dutch Public Prosecutor suspects two companies of paying bribes in the construction of hospitals in Sri Lanka, according to an investigation by FD, the Dutch financial newspaper.
The Minister of Power, Kumara Jayakody, stated that in the future, internationally funded projects, such as power projects, will only be carried out through government-to-government (G2G) agreements and competitive procurement.
The Government today tabled in the House the Report of the Commission to Inquiry into the Establishment and Maintenance of Unlawful Places of Detention and Torture Chambers in the Batalanda Housing Scheme.
Israel, a major player in the global diamond and jewellery trade, has invited Sri Lankan gem and jewellery businessmen and designers to collaborate with Israeli diamond traders.
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