The Court of Appeal today re-issued notices to Finance Minister Ravi Karunanayake and 13 others to appear in Court on November 7 in regard to a writ petition filed by Ven. Agulugalle Jinananda Thera against the decision of the Finance Ministry to exempt a beer manufacturer in Biyagama from paying the customs levy normally charged.
Steps were being taken to establish a speed detector system at the Southern and Katunayake Expressways so that the speeding drivers could be fined at the exit points, Expressway Operation, Maintenance and Management Division Director S. Opanayaka said today.
The National Freedom Front (NFF) today claimed that the funds allocated under the heading of presidential expenditure had been increased by 320 per cent and the funds allocated for education was reduced by 57.6 per cent in the 2017 Appropriation Bill.
Keheliya Rambukwella’s son Ramith, who pleaded guilty to all the five charges of negligent driving, not avoiding the accident, driving a vehicle registered under another name, drunk driving and driving with a fake number plate was today fined Rs.29,000 by Colombo Additional Magistrate Chandana Kalansooriya.
Acting Finance Minister Lakshmana Yapa Abeywardane said today the SLFP members in the Government were awaiting the decision of the Monetary Board (MB) on the phenomenal profits earned by bond trader Perpetual Treasuries for the year ending March 2016.
Former Minister Jeewan Kumaranatunga arrived at the Presidential Commission of Inquiry to Investigate and Inquire into Serious Acts of Fraud, Corruption and Abuse of Power, State Resources and Privileges (PRECIFAC) to give statement regarding alleged financial irregularities.
A lady doctor and another woman were killed when the double cab they were travelling in crashed into a container parked on the roadside. The seriously injured driver was rushed to the Maho District Hospital and then to the Kurunegala Teaching Hospital.
Former Major General Palitha Fernando, the third suspect for the inquiry conducted by the Bribery Commission regarding allegations of corruption connected to Avant Garde Maritime Services, was permitted to travel abroad by Colombo Chief Magistrate Gihan Pilapitiya today.
The Central Bank yesterday in a statement admitted that the report on the controversial primary dealer Perpetual Treasuries, which has been given widespread media coverage, was in fact a leaked internal document, establishing its authenticity.
Dr. Jayampathi Wickramaratne, who is a member of the Steering Committee on Constitutional Reforms, said yesterday the 21-member Committee would submit a report to the Constitutional Assembly (CA) in two weeks outlining the progress in the constitution-making process.
Candidates supporting the Joint Opposition have secured 175 votes while candidates supporting the UNP have obtained only 9 votes in the election to select members for the Arachchikattuwa Cooperative Society in the Puttalam district on Friday (7).
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