Attack on Nipuna Ramanayake, SLIIT student:
Court remands 11 police personnel
The Crime Division conducting investigations into
the alleged assault on Malabe SLIIT Student Nipuna Ramanayake
yesterday produced eleven suspects, all police personnel, three Sub
Inspectors, a Police Sergeant and seven Police constables, before
the Kaduwela Additional District Judge Mahanil Prasantha de Silva
and remanded them till August 31. Crime Division DIG Anura
Senanayake who appeared for the prosecution with SP Neil
Hettiarachchi submitted to court that the 12th suspect Ravindu
Gunawardena, son of former CCD Director Vaas Gunawardena, had been
warded at the Colombo South Hospital under the supervision of the
Police.
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Sri Lankans a satisfied lot
China, Lanka tie for being most optimistic:
Sri Lanka topped an Asian list of people most
satisfied with their lives.Sri Lanka topped the list with 93 percent
while Taiwan took the last spot with only 28 percent in an Asia
Pacific consumer study by the advertising firm Grey Group.
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Forex reserves up by 40 percent
The country’s foreign exchange reserves which
were at a low ebb in March had now increased by almost forty percent
which is a record increase, said State Revenue and Finance Minister
Ranjith Siyambalapitiya.
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