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by Staff Writer 26-02-2019 | 9:14 AM

Colombo (News1st) -

Seven out of the eight individuals who were arrested in connection to the hit and run that injured the Traffic OIC, Borella police were granted bail. The driver was remanded till the 11th of March.
UPFA MP Mahindananda Aluthgamage, whose son who was among those bailed out, noted that it was wrong to flee the location after the accident.
The largest haul of heroin which was busted is believed to have been smuggled into the country by an infamous Sri Lankan drug trafficker in Dubai.
Ruwan Wijewardene assumed duties as the Non-Cabinet Minister of Mass Media on Monday (Feb 25).
The report on State Minister Ranjan Ramanayake's statement regarding cocaine users in parliament handed over to the PM.
More bone fragments have been discovered from the site in Walasmulla, where the bodies of two businessmen from Rathgama are suspected to have been burnt.
Colombo Chief Magistrate instructs the CID to proceed with legal action if there are any other suspects connected to the Central Bank Bond Scam.
The Department of Prisons is considering recruiting a foreign national for the post of executioner.
Two individuals including an officer attached to the Army Camp in Weerawila were arrested by the Police STF when attempting to solicit a bribe of Rs 500,000 in the Uva Kuda-oya area in Thanamanvila.
North Korea's Kim Jong-un arrives in Vietnam to attend the second summit with US President Donald Trump