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Schaffter’s family granted permission to bury his remains

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The Colombo Magistrate’s Court today (16) granted permission for the family member of late businessman Dinesh Schaffter, to bury his remains, which were exhumed on a request of the five-member committee of judicial and forensic medical experts appointed to uncover the actual cause behind the death of the reputed businessman.

Accordingly, Colombo Additional Magistrate Rajindra Jayasuriya ordered for the late businessman’s remains to be buried in a plot from the cemetery belonging to the “Church of England” denomination located at the Jawatte Public Cemetery in Colombo, where his wife requested permission for the burial.

The Additional Magistrate has issued this order following the consideration of the recommendations made by the five-member experts’ committee against the cremation of the deceased’s remains.

Later, the Additional Magistrate, who ordered the case to be recalled on October 31, also stated that the court expects the final report of the experts committee to be submitted on that date.

Earlier, the court had ordered the five-member committee of judicial and forensic medical experts appointed to uncover the actual cause behind the death of the late businessman to look into whether permission can be granted for the cremation of his remains and to inform the court.

There, the court was informed that wish of the deceased family members was to cremate the remains of Mr. Schaffter, and that if the court orders for the late businessman’s remains to be buried, his wife has allocated a plot from the cemetery belonging to the “Church of England” denomination located at the Jawatte Public Cemetery in Colombo.

The Additional Magistrate who took this request into consideration, ordered to submit the affidavits of the family members to the court in relation to that request, and to take measures to confirm the relevant facts.

However, the five-member experts committee had informed the court that the report indicating the cause of death of late businessman Schaffter cannot be submitted until his remains are released.

(adaderana.lk)

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Canteen, hotel food prices to increase from tonight

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The All Island Canteen and Restaurant Owners’ Association (AICROA) has decided to increase the prices of all canteen and hotel food items from midnight today.  

Association Chairman Harshana Rukshan said that the price of a cup of plain tea will increase by Rs. 5, a cup of milk tea by Rs. 10, a plate of fried rice and kottu by Rs. 30, and the prices of short eats by Rs. 10.  

Addressing the media, he said that no concessions were provided for canteen and restaurant owners in the recent budget.  

“Even though the price of a packet of salt has increased to Rs. 200, the price of an egg has risen again to Rs. 35, a kilogram of chicken costs more than Rs. 1,000 and the price of coconuts has reached a maximum of Rs. 220, we did not request the President to reduce the prices of any of these items.  

“Unfortunately, no support has been provided for the protection of canteens and restaurants in the country,” he added.

(dailymirror.lk)

(This story, originally published by dailymirror.lk has not been edited by SLM staff)

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Ex-minister indicted

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Indictments have been served against former Minister Piyankara Jayaratne before the Colombo High Court today (Feb. 18).

He faces charges of allegedly committing an offence of “corruption” by influencing officials of the Civil Aviation Authority (CAA) to deposit an amount of Rs. 494,000 to an account of a bank in Chilaw, during his tenure as the Minister of Civil Aviation.

The indictment sheets, filed by the Bribery Commission, were handed over to the court before the High Court Judge Manjula Thilakaratne today.

The judge subsequently ordered to release the ex-minister on two surety bails of Rs. 500,000 each

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Price of bread reduced

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Bakery owners have agreed to reduce the price of a loaf of bread by Rs. 10, according to the Ministry of Trade.

This follows a decision by two leading flour manufacturers in Sri Lanka – Serendib Flour Mills and Prima, to reduce the price of wheat flour by Rs. 10 per kilogramme.

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