President Maithripala Sirisena, in terms of powers vested in him as the President of the Democratic Socialist Republic of Sri Lanka under Emergency Regulations No. 01 of 2019, has taken steps to declare the organizations National Thawheed Jammath (NTJ) and Jamathei Millathu Ibraheem (JMI) as banned in Sri Lanka.
According to a statement from the President's Media, all activities of those organizations will be banned and property belonging to these organisations will be seized by the government.
Steps are being taken to ban other extremist organizations operating in Sri Lanka, under Emergency Regulations.
The Committee on High Posts has approved the nomination of Former Air Force Commander Air Chief Marshal (Retd.)
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.
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.
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