Former Prime Minister and UNP leader Ranil Wickremesinghe visited the Colombo remand prison at Welikada to see former minister Patali Champika Ranawaka, who is currently in remand custody.
According to reports the former minister is being held in the M ward of the prison.
According to prison sources, the former prime minister arrived at around 3.15 pm and spoke with MP Ranawaka for about 30 minutes.
Meanwhile, several opposition MPs have visited the Colombo remand prison today as well.
Former Minister Sajith Premadasa, Mano Ganeshan and Parliamentarian Mayantha Dissanayake were among them
The Cyclonic Storm “Ditwah” moved further north from Trincomalee today evening leaving a trail of destruction including more than 90 deaths, over 100 missing and tens of thousands displaced, officials said.
A third rescue attempt to save 28 people trapped on the rooftop of a farm building in Vithikuliya, Nikaweratiya, has failed due to the dangerous water surge from the Deduru Oya.
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All passengers of a bus swept away by rising floodwaters on the Kalawewa Bridge along the Anuradhapura–Puttalam road have been rescued, Navy Commander Vice Admiral Kanchana Banagoda said.
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