Parliamentarians Namal Rajapaksa, Wimal Weerawansa and his wife Shashi will appear before the CID next week in the case involving an alleged VIP assassination plot.
These individuals were ordered to be present before the CID to record a statement on the alleged assassination plot involving the President and former defence secretary Gotabhaya Rajapaksa.
This was informed by the CID when the case was taken up for hearing before the Colombo Fort Magistrates court today (Jan 16).
Meanwhile, former DIG Nalaka de Silva who has been arrested over the alleged plot has been further remanded until January 21.
The UK government has unveiled a package of reforms to simplify imports from developing countries which allows for more garments manufactured in Sri Lanka to enter the UK tariff-free.
Read these and more on tomorrow’s edition of the Sunday Times
Cabinet has approved the appointment of Commodore (retired) M.B.N.A. Premaratne of the Sri Lanka Navy, as the new Commissioner General of Excise.
Villagers in Nirmalapura, Daluwa, Norochcholai today staged a protest over an incident where a group of Navy officials and sailors had assaulted a resident in the area over night, Police said.
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