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Businessman Dinesh Schaffter dies after assault

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1 year ago

December 15, 2022

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Director of the Janashakthi Group – Dinesh Schaffter, who was found tied inside his vehicle at the Borella Cemetery earlier today (15), has passed away.

He had passed away while being treated at the ICU of the Colombo National Hospital.

According an earlier report on the ‘Ada’ newspaper, Mr. Schaffter had left his house telling his wife that he was to meet someone over a loan amounting to several millions of rupees.

Police say that his wife had called him shortly to find her husband’s phone was switched off and his wife’s mobile phone had received signals indicating that he was at the Borella cemetery.

Acting immediately, the wife had contacted an executive officer of the company and sent him to the Borella cemetery. Upon arriving at the cemetery, the executive had Mr. Schaffter on the car seat with his hands tied and a cord around his neck.

The executive officer had acted immediately with the help of a worker at the cemetery, removed the hands and the cord around the chairman’s neck and took steps to admit him to the Colombo National Hospital.

The police say that a cemetery worker had seen an unknown person leaving near the chairman’s car.

According to a senior police officer, a well-known cricket commentator has taken a loan amounting to several crores of rupees from Mr. Schaffter, who has made 03 complaints to the CID in this regard.

Further investigations are being conducted on the instructions of Borella Police Station Chief Inspector A.J.M.R. Samarasinghe.

(Source / Pics : Ada)

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MFA Consular Division to be relocated to “Suhurupaya”

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2 hours ago

April 23, 2024

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The Ministry of Foreign Affairs states that their Consular Affairs Division will be relocated to the new premises at the 16th floor of “Suhurupaya”, Sri Subhuthipura Road, Battaramulla with effect from May 02, 2024.

All consular services will be provided to the public at the new office premises during regular office hours from Monday to Friday, 8.30 am to 4.15 pm, an MFA media release notes.

It further adds :

Document authentication services provided by the Consular Affairs Division in Colombo will be temporarily suspended for the public on 29 and 30 April 2024 in order to facilitate the transition of the Electronic Document Authentication System (e-DAS) to the new premises at Suhurupaya.

However, during the said transition period, the Regional Consular Offices in Jaffna, Trincomalee, Kurunegala, Kandy and Matara will remain open to the public during regular office hours. Applications for document authentication can be submitted to the Regional Offices as usual and the authenticated documents will be delivered to the applicants only on Thursday, 02 May 2024.

The public is also hereby advised to submit any urgent application for authentication to the Consular Division in Colombo, or any Regional Consular Offices by 4.15 pm on 26 April 2024, with a view to avoiding any inconvenience.

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Sri Lanka Railways GM passes away

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3 hours ago

April 23, 2024

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Sri Lanka Railways General Manager H. M. K. W. Bandara passed away today (23) due to a sudden illness.

He was appointed as the railways chief in November 2023.

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CPC Vice Minister Sun Haiyan to visit Sri Lanka

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6 hours ago

April 23, 2024

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Vice Minister of the International Department of the Chinese Communist Party, Sun Haiyan, is set to arrive in Sri Lanka today for a two-day official visit, as reported by The Thinakaran Newspaper.

During her visit, Sun Haiyan is scheduled to engage in discussions with high-ranking government officials, including President Ranil Wickremesinghe and Prime Minister Dinesh Gunawardena.

The discussions are anticipated to cover various bilateral matters of mutual interest between China and Sri Lanka.