On a complaint received from a female resident of Nathuduwa, Kelaniya area, the investigation officers of the Commission to Investigate Allegations of Bribery Or Corruption (CIABOC) have arrested a water-meter reader attached to the Water Board Regional Office, Kadawatha and an accomplice, a retired person of the Water Board, recently when receiving a bribe of Rs.5,000 from the complainant.
The suspect has solicited the bribe from the complainant to reduce 77 units from the September water bill and reduce the actual amount to be paid.
The funeral of arguably the Queen of the Sinhala cinema Malini Fonseka, will be held with state honours on Monday, May 26, 2025, at the Independence Square.
First Bishop of the Batticaloa Diocese, Retired Bishop Joseph Ponnaiya, passed away today at the age of 74, following a brief illness.
The NPP government has been at the wheel for almost 6 months now. The time to keep looking at the rear view mirror and living in the past is about over.
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