Two Western Provincial Councilors were remanded over their alleged involvement in an illegal assembly on Monday, local media reported.
The suspects were remanded after being produced before the Negombo Magistrate’s Court. The police also had to use teargas and water cannons to disperse a group of protesters who were engaged in a demonstration blocking the Colombo – Negombo main road and railway track near Galkanda on 2 December. The protest was staged against the decision to increase vehicle fines.
Suspects, Lalantha Gunasekara and Ananda Harishchandra will be produced before the Court again on 28 December.
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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