New Central Bank Governor Dr. Indrajit Coomaraswamy has been summoned to COPE to furnish information with regard Central Bank bond issuance.
The COPE meeting will be held this afternoon at parliamentary complex.
Police have fired at a vehicle suspected to be smuggling illicit drugs, at Ambgashathara junction in Pannipitiya last morning.
Police have received a tip-off about smuggling heroin and found the automobile attempting to flee Police inspection, where the Police shot at the moving vehicle.
The police today arrested the mothers of the ten students Deputy Minister Palitha Thewarapperuma admitted into the Matugama – Meegahatenna Primary School.
They were arrested over the charges of forcefully entering students into the school.
According to the highly placed sources in Edinburgh, where the ICC's Annual Conference is taking place in Scotland, the ICC Board Members have unanimously agreed in principle to compensate wicketkeeper-batsman Kusal Perera, for being 'wrongly" suspended for the doping charges.
Perera has incurred a cost of more than 500,000 pounds towards administrative legal costs for this case and the entire sum will be compensated.
A person was arrested yesterday (04) opposite the Dambulla Magistrate Court with a possession of a firearm.
The police have arrived on an information received and arrested the person, Hiru reporter stated.
A 19-year-old female suspect was arrested with 20.10 grams of heroin following a tipoff to the Galle Police Anti-Corruption Unit.
It was revealed that her parents were prisoned over heroin related cases