Colombo High Court Had Sentenced A Dehiwala Based Businessman An Upheld Prison Sentence For Importing A Rejected Drug

The Colombo High Court has today(12) imposed a 10 year imprisonment upheld to 02 years and a fine of Rs.650,000 on a Businessman who was  found guilty of importing a medicinal drug to Sri Lanka which was rejected by the National Medicinal Drug Auhority in 1993.

The Attorney General had filed a court case against the  Dehiwala (In Colombo) based Businessman under 10 charges in Colombo High Court for importing the rejected drug to the country.

After hearing of the case the accused Businessman was found guilty for all the 10 charges and the  Colombo High Court Judge Pathmini Ranawake had sentenced the  upheld prison sentence and imposed a fine on him.

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A 16 Year Old Girl Was Killed And Two Others Injured Due To An Accident At Sigiriya

A 16 year old girl was killed and two others were injured and hospitalized today (12) as the Cab they were traveling in veered off the road and crashed into a tree at Thennakoon Road on Sigiriya-Dambulla Road while on  the way to view Sigiriya Rock fortress.

Three persons inside the Cab were admitted to the Kimbissa Hospital soon after the accident with injuries and , the 16 year old girl among them  had succumbed to her injuries after admission to the hospital.

There were ten persons travelling in Cab at the time of the accident and the driver suddenly lost the control of the vehicle and met with the accident it has been revealed.

Police have arrested the driver of the Cab regarding the accident.

Two Persons Were Arrested For Steeling Rs.6 Million Worth Mobile Phones At Ambalangoda

Ambalangoda Police have today(12)arrested two persons including a sixteen year old school boy for steeling smart phones worth around Rs.6 million from mobile shops in the area.

The suspects were arrested with Rs.65,000 of cash in their possession it has been reported.

Ambalangoda Police are conducting an investigation on the incident.

Prime Minister Wikramasinghe To Visit Brussels This Saturday To Hold Talks On GSP+

Prime Minister Ranil Wikramasinghe is due to leave Belgian Capital Brussels this Saturday (15) to begin talks with the European Union leaders regarding the restoring of GSP+trade concession for the Sri Lankan Apparel Industry which was withdrawn from Sri Lanka during the previous regime.

Prime Minister Wikramasinghe has stated today(12)that the Sri Lanka has already filed an application to regain GSP +trade concession and he will hold talks on this with European Union leaders during his visit to Brussels.

Sri Lankan government has stated that it is confident that the GSP+trade concession will be granted to Sri Lanka by early next year.

The European Union had witdrawn the GSP +trade concession from Sri Lanka in 2010 after Sri Lanka failed to meet certain conditions regarding human right issues during the previous government .