Sri Lanka Navy detected 219 Kgs of heroin with a street value of over Rs 4.5 billion off the southern coast earlier this week in a fishing trawler. The trawler was escorted to the Colombo Port and inspected by Adviser to the President on National Security Sagala Ratnayake and Navy Commander Vice Admiral Priyantha Perera on Tuesday. (Video courtesy SL Navy).
My memory takes me back to 1979, to a moment etched in time when a strikingly tall and impeccably dressed military officer, a Master in charge of Cadeting at Prince of Wales College commanding a guard of honour presented to President J.R. Jayawardene by the cadets of 3CCC, consisted of Ananda, Nalanda and Prince of Wales Cadet platoons at the Prince of Wales College grounds.
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The only orangutan held at the Dehiwala National Zoological gardens had passed away yesterday.
The Secretary of the Bodu Bala Sena Organisation Ven Galagodaatte Ganasara Thera was today imprisoned for the third time.
The newly appointed heads of mission of Sri Lanka held discussions with Prime Minister Dr. Harini Amarasuriya today at the Sri Lankan parliament to explore ways to enhance diplomatic cooperation.
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