Western Provincial Councillor Upali Kodikara who was arrested on charges of obstructing duties of a police officer was remanded until Friday, October 23.
The Provincial Councillor was remanded yesterday when he was produced before Colombo Chief Magistrate Gihan Pilapitiya.
Upali Kodikara was arrested on Monday morning on the charge of obstructing duties of the OIC of the Kirulapone Police Station when the Former President was summoned to the Presidential Commission of Inquiry into large scale corruption and fraud.
In the wake of the ‘outing’ of parliament Speaker Ashoka Ranwala with accusations that his PhD was fake, there has been a flurry of articles on fake degrees.
A Sri Lankan wanted for financial frauds and under a red notice was arrested at the Bandaranaike International Airport along with his wife and child as they were returning from India, Police said.
Mr. Gihan de Silva has been appointed as the new Chairman of the Sri Lanka Rupavahini Corporation, the Government Information Department announced.
The Bribery Commission has apprehended former Provincial Councillor and businessman Salochana Gamage, along with another businessman, in Pitakotte over a Rs. 9 million bribery case.
The Government is considering abolishing the Office of the Chief of the Defence Staff (OCDS) when the term of office of its incumbent General Shavendra Silva ends on December 31.
New commanders have been appointed to the Sri Lanka Army and Sri Lanka Navy.
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