An unidentified man sprayed chili powder on a security guard manning the National Development Bank (NDB) in Wattala town and got away with Rs 750,000 today afternoon, police said.
The man who had arrived on a motorcycle had confronted the security guard outside the bank and got into the bank to carryout the robbery. Last week a bank in Seeduwa was robbed by a man who claimed that he will explode a grenade.
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.
Deputy Minister of Finance and Economic Stabilization and NPP National List MP Harshana Suriyapperuma who is tipped to be named the next Finance Ministry Secretary resigned from Parliament today.
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