A businessman was arrested with a micro pistol, one magazine and seven bullets in the Kapumulla area in Rathgama on Tuesday afternoon, the Special Task Force (STF) Headquarter Operations Unit said. The micro-pistol, magazine and ammunition were found buried in the back of his new house which is being built. The arrested suspect is a passenger bus operator as well as a fishing
PCR testing for Parliamentarians and Parliament staff is being conducted now. The health authorities have scheduled to conduct PCR tests in Parliament till 3 pm today.Meanwhile, a meeting of the Committee on Parliamentary Affairs is scheduled to be held at 2pm today presided over by Speaker Mahinda Yapa Abeywardena, said the Sergeant-at-Arms Narendra Fernando.Special attention
The Defence Advisor at Bangladesh High Commission in Sri Lanka, Commodore Md Shafiul Bari paid a courtesy call on Navy Commander, Vice Admiral Nishantha Ulugetenne at the Navy Headquarters, today.As this turned out to be the first official interaction between them, after Commodore Md Shafiul Bari assuming office in Colombo, Commander of the Navy took opportunity to extend best
Another group of expatriates from UAE, Qatar and Maldives were brought to the island this morning, National Operation Centre for Prevention of COVID-19 Outbreak (NOCPCO) sources said.Accordingly, 10 from Maldives, 73 from UAE and 114 from Qatar are among those expatriates and all of them will be sent to Quarantine Centres, managed by tri forces for necessary quarantine