The owner of the five storied house in Sangamitta Mawatha, Bhuwelikada, Kandy, that collapsed killing a young family, has been further remanded till October 27.
Kandy Additional Magistrate Sampath Gamage ordered the further remanding of the suspect, Anura Lewke, a former Basnayake Nilame.
All lawyers of the Kandy Bar Association along with Presidential Counsel Saliya Peiris represented the deceased victims, two months old baby Onela and her parents, 32-year-old Achala who was a lawyer by profession and 35-year-old Chamila Prasad.
The Magistrate ordered an investigation into how a five storied house was built when approval was given only for two stories.
My memory takes me back to 1979, to a moment etched in time when a strikingly tall and impeccably dressed military officer, a Master in charge of Cadeting at Prince of Wales College commanding a guard of honour presented to President J.R. Jayawardene by the cadets of 3CCC, consisted of Ananda, Nalanda and Prince of Wales Cadet platoons at the Prince of Wales College grounds.
An American national, who had been staying in Sri Lanka for nearly ten months without a valid visa while using a Sinhala name under his American passport, was arrested by the Tourist Police of the Kandy.
Ten members have been appointed to the new Board of Directors of the Sri Lanka Computer Emergency Readiness Team (CERT) by the Secretary to the Treasury, following the recommendation of President Anura Kumara Dissanayake in his capacity as Minister of Digital Economy.
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