Frustrated members of the public blocked off Hampden Lane in Wellawatta for traffic this morning over the non-availability of gas. The protesters demanded that steps be taken to issue them with gas cylinders. This was just the latest in a string of such spontaneous protests in recent days from the public angry over the prevailing shortages of gas and fuel.
The Committee on High Posts has approved the nomination of Former Air Force Commander Air Chief Marshal (Retd.)
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.
A Sri Lankan man was apprehended at Suvarnabhumi airport for attempting to smuggle wildlife out of the country after three ball pythons were found hidden in his underwear, the Bangkok post reported.
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