The cremation ceremony of late Professor Venerable Bellanwila Wimalarathana Thera will be held today at the Sri Jayawardenepura University Grounds.
The funeral procession will leave the Bellanwila Rajamaha Viharaya at around 1.00 p.m. and pass through Boralesgamuwa Junction, Rattanapitiya Junction on 120 bus-route before heading towards the Sri Jayawardenepura University premises through University Road.
Police said traffic movement will be restricted along several roads in the area due to the funeral procession and requested motorists to use alternate routes.
Traffic will especially be restricted along the Maharagama - Dehiwala Road from Bellanthara Junction towards Boralesgamuwa from 12.30 p.m.
Public Security Minister Ananda Wijepala told Parliament today that the suspect in the rape of a lady doctor at the Anuradhapura teaching hospital has been identified as an army deserter and he will be apprehended shortly.
Police have arrested the suspect connected to the sexual assault on a female doctor at the Anuradhapura Teaching Hospital today morning in Galnewa.
The Dutch Public Prosecutor suspects two companies of paying bribes in the construction of hospitals in Sri Lanka, according to an investigation by FD, the Dutch financial newspaper.
The Government today tabled in the House the Report of the Commission to Inquiry into the Establishment and Maintenance of Unlawful Places of Detention and Torture Chambers in the Batalanda Housing Scheme.
Former President Ranil Wickremesinghe said today he wholly rejects the Batalanda Commission report and that it was appointed wholly with the intention slinging political mud at him.
Leader of the National People’s Party (NPP) and one time Propaganda Secretary of the JVP Wimal Weerawansa accused the Government of bringing back the “Batalanda Commission” for a media spectacle instead of a genuine concern for those who suffered during the 1988-1990 period.
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