In response to a distress call from a Vietnamese Container Ship “ Thai Binh Bay” Navy promptly rendered assistance to transfer a wounded mariner onboard ship, ashore for treatment yesterday.
Alerted by information of this injured mariner, the naval personnel reached the vessel in the seas 8.5 nautical miles off Colombo Lighthouse and safely transferred the patient to the Colombo harbour. Thereafter, the patient was rushed to the Navaloka Hospital for medical treatment.
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.
Leave Comments