The Colombo High Court today sentenced six suspects to ten and half years Rigorous Imprisonment (RI) over incident of attempting to assault leader of Eelam People's Democratic Party (EPDP) Douglas Devananda at Kalutara prisons in 1998.
EPDP leader Devananda was attacked by PTA detainees when he visited the prison after a fasting was underway by Tamil inmates. The court found six persons guilty of attempting to kill the EPDP leader and acquitted nine others including Emil Kanthan who was reportedly a member of LTTE.
Former Chairman of SriLankan Airlines, Nishantha Wickramasinghe, arrested on allegation of corruption by the Commission to Investigate Allegations of Bribery or Corruption (CIABOC) has been remanded until July 1 by the Colombo Magistrate court.
Deputy Minister of Finance and Economic Stabilization and NPP National List MP Harshana Suriyapperuma who is tipped to be named the next Finance Ministry Secretary resigned from Parliament today.
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