Secretary to the Presidential Commission appointed to look into large scale fraud, Lasil de Silva told local media that a team appointed to be deployed aboard the Avant Garde vessel will be dispatched on Wednesday. He was quoted as saying said that a warrant for this purpose had been obtained from the IGP. Accordingly, the secretary said that a team comprising of the releveant officers will be deployed today. The officers will take a census of all the weapons found aboard the ship.
The death toll in the Ella bus accident has increased to 15 with 16 others injured.
Former President Mahinda Rajapaksa is due to vacate his official residence at Wijerama Mawatha, Colombo this morning, a Sri Lanka Podujana Peramuna (SLPP) source said.
Sri Lanka’s largest renewable energy project, the ‘Rvidanavi’ Solar Power Park project was launched in Siyambalanduwa today by President Anura Kumara Dissanayake.
The Presidents’ Entitlements (Repeal) Bill was passed by a majority of 150 in parliament today. However the opposition MP’s were absent during the voting.
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