Six prisoners who had been protesting at the Welikada Prison this week have called off their demonstration last evening.
The inmates, including those on a death row, had objected to the President’s decision to Royal Park death row murder convict Shramantha Jayamaha.
A Prisons Department official said the protest had been called off after the prisoners’ demands had been sent to the President, upon the intervention of prison officials.
President Maithripala Sirisena, last week, pardoned Anthony Jayamaha who was convicted of murdering 19-year-old Swedish national Yvonne Jonsson.
A Thai woman walking topless in Arugam Bay town has been arrested by the Police.
The UK government has unveiled a package of reforms to simplify imports from developing countries which allows for more garments manufactured in Sri Lanka to enter the UK tariff-free.
The Cabinet has approved a proposal for Sri Lankans overseas to apply for their passports through an online system via the Lankan diplomatic missions.
Ajith Gallage, the owner of a Bird Park in Nagarawawa, Hambantota, has been remanded over allegations of concealing illegally imported motorcycles, in a warehouse owned by him.
A passenger attempting to smuggle the largest quantity of gold of 35 kilo grams was arrested by the Customs at the Bandaranaike International Airport (BIA) today, a senior official said.
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