A French shipping vessel stranded in the seas off Hambantota has been resuced by the Sri Lanka Navy last week.
The shipping vessel, SY - LESSIAMOIS had been stranded due to a malfunction in its engine.
A vast attack craft belonging to the Southern Naval Command had then been deployed to rescue the crew on board and bring the vessel back to shore.
The three-member sailors crew had said that the malfunctioning had occured while it had been on its journey towards Indonesia through Sri Lanka.
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.
The Presidential election will be held on September 21, the Commission of Elections has decided.
The former leader of the New Sama Samaja Party (NSSP) and the New Left Front and well-known figure in left-wing politics in Sri Lanka, Dr. Wickramabahu Karunaratne, passed away at the age of 81.
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