Nine suspects have so far been arrested by the Criminal Investigation Department (CID) on charges of spreading false information aimed at sabotaging efforts to eradicate the Coronavirus, police stated.
The suspects include eight males and one female.
The suspects have been arrested from Bandaragama, Kandy, Dehiwala, Maharagama, Nugegoda, Galle, Wadduwa, Angoda and Polgahawela. They have been remanded after being produced before the Colombo Magistrate's Court. The CID is conducting further investigations.
Tamar Amitai, a 25-year-old Israeli tourist who went missing in Uppuveli, Trincomalee, was found safe after a three-day joint search operation today.
The Colombo High Court today (28) sentenced former parliamentarian Hirunika Premachandra to three years of Rigorous Imprisonment over charges of the involvement of an abduction.
In his special statement, President Ranil Wickremesinghe announced that debt restructuring agreements will postpone all bilateral loan payments to foreign countries until 2028. Additionally, Sri Lanka will have until 2043 to repay these loans on concessional terms.
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