A private passenger plane which was airborn for three hours was forced to make an emergency landing at the Bandaranaike International Airport (BIA) today (Mar 01).
The airplane which had taken off at around 9:42 am for Hong Kong from the BIA had returned to the airport at around 12:40 following a technical failure in one of its tyres.
Two pilots and 11 passengers were on board the aircraft at the time of the incident.
All Ceylon Makkal Congress MP Ali Sabri Raheem had been arrested by Kalpitiya police after he surrendered to the police today morning.
An interim order prohibiting Deshabandu Tennakoon from carrying out his duties as Inspector General of Police (IGP) has been issued by the Supreme Court.
Senior DIG Nilantha Jayawardena has been sent on compulsory leave pending disciplinary investigation over his failure to prevent the Easter Sunday bombings.
The 22nd amendment to the constitution dealing with the term of the President has been gazetted by order of President Ranil Wickremesinghe.
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