The government will seek Interpol assistance in case former Central Bank Governor, Arjuna Mahendran, does not return to Sri Lanka to support the investigations into the Central Bank bond issue, UPFA General Secretary Mahinda Amaraweera said yesterday.
Laws should be introduced to confiscate the properties of persons who abandon their parents or put them into elders homes just so that they could claim ownership of their properties for themselves, Social Service and Welfare Minister S.B.Dissanayake said today.
Two men , suspected to be members of a group that calls itself AAVA , in Jaffna, were arrested by the police today. The two men, who were travelling by bike , had two swords in their possession at the time of their arrest. They had told police that the swords were for a drama that they were practicing for.
If the policy reforms in the areas of fiscal operations, competitiveness and governance which the Government of Sri Lanka indicated as necessary, are successfully implemented it could help the country to reach Upper Middle Income status in the medium term, the World Bank said in a recent statement.
President of the Switzerland National Council Christa Markwalder said Switzerland stands ready to assist in strengthening parliamentary democracy in Sri Lanka including providing technology, training and capacity building.
Despite all the COPE members agreed with MP Ajith P. Perera’s suggestions that Perpetual Treasuries should be held responsible in the controversial Central Bank bond issue and the Police should conduct an investigation, the suggestions were not included in final COPE report, Deputy Minister Harsha De Silva said today.
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