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Kegalle hospital mortuary handicapped
Monday, 27 June 2016 13:49A broken down freezer has rendered the Kegalle general hospital mortuary handicapped for more than a year now, reports say.
Sajin summoned to CID
Monday, 27 June 2016 12:56Former MP Sajin Vass Gunawardena has been summoned to the CID a short while ago to obtain a statement.
Harry dines with Ranil & John (Pic)
Monday, 27 June 2016 11:56Business tycoon Harry Jayawardena was spotted while dining with Prime minister Ranil Wickremesinghe and Tourism minister - John Amaratunga yesterday (26).
Fisheries Corp. leases Russian company-owned land to pay salaries
Monday, 27 June 2016 10:03The cash-strapped Fisheries Corporation has leased out a 30-perch land to earn Rs. 1.8 million, reports say.
JHU too, castigates Mahendran
Monday, 27 June 2016 09:01JHU leader Ven. Omalpe Sobhitha Thera says a fair hearing should take place into the irregularities that have taken place in the Central Bank during the tenure of Arjun Mahendran.
Ukraine, Sri-Lanka sign agreements on mutual legal assistance in criminal cases
Monday, 27 June 2016 08:53Foreign Minister of Ukraine Pavlo Klimkin and Foreign Minister of Sri-Lanka Mangala Samaraweera have signed inter-state agreements on mutual legal assistance in criminal cases, extradition of lawbreakers and transfer of sentenced persons.
Killing of 27 prisoners at Welikada in 2012: CPRP lodge complaint with UN Special Rapporteur
Monday, 27 June 2016 08:52The Committee for Protecting Rights of Prisoners (CPRP), in a complaint to United Nations Special Rapporteur on Extrajudicial, Summary or Arbitrary Executions' office in Geneva has requested that an investigation be launched into the killing of 27 inmates of the Welikada Prison on November 2012, by armed forces.
Mahendran report, bad for PM too!
Sunday, 26 June 2016 20:07The auditor general’s report that is to be submitted to COPE on Wednesday with regard to allegations faced by Central Bank governor Arjun Mahendran is bad for the political health of the prime minister too, say political sources.