Continuous remarks made by Minister Lakshman Kiriella with regard to the Committee on Public Enterprises (COPE) proceedings into the Central Bank Bond sale scam, raises the question on whether he received a ‘commission’ from those who were involved in it, COPE member and MP Weerakumara Dissanayake charged yesterday (21).
The Government Medical Officers’ Association (GMOA) said they would hand over a confidential document to President Maithripala Sirisena in order to conduct investigations on the reprehensible enrolment of students by Education Minister Akila Viraj Kariyawasam to popular schools.
Inspector of Police, Homicide Division of CID, Ravindra Wimalasiri today told Court, according to statements recorded from a few witnesses, the former chief JMO Ananda Samarasekara had dispatched some body parts of Wasim Thajudeen from a vehicle to the Saitm Private Campus in Malabe after the first autopsy.
President Maithripala Sirisena, who met with Indian Minister of State for External Affairs M.J. Akbar in New York, US, said Sri Lanka and the fishermen in the North are concerned about the long term damage caused to the environment and the marine resources.
Former Minister Wimal Weerawansa's brother Sarath Weerawansa, who was arrested by the FCID for allegedly misusing a Government vehicle causing Rs.10.5 million financial loss to the Government, had been ordered to be further remanded till October 5 by the Colombo Fort Magistrate Lanka Jayaratne today.
Giving evidence at the inquest held into the death of a motorcyclist at Kirillawala, who was struck by a car driven by the Sri Lankan cricket team's fast bowler Nuwan Kulasekara, Mr. Kulasekara said that he was driving home from Gampaha in his car,when he saw something emerge from the middle island of the road and strike his vehicle.
The Janatha Vimukthi Peramuna (JVP) alleged yesterday that the government was planning to sell key government institutions such as SriLankan Airlines, Hambantota Port, the Eastern Terminal of the Colombo Harbour, Mattala Airport, and Lanka Hospitals citing they were inefficient and loss- ridden.
The Joint Opposition (JO) today said that it would submit an amendment to the Value Added Tax (VAT) Bill, when it was tabled in Parliament, to return the monies collected from the people following the VAT increase, that came into effect on May 2.
President Maithripala Sirisena had called Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi today and had strongly condemned the terror attack in Uri, Jammu and Kashmir. The President Media Unit said President Sirisena called the Indian Premier to condole the terror attack.
Four military intelligence officers arrested in connection with the disappearance of Prageeth Eknaligoda and granted bail on Monday by Avissawella Magistrate Amal Tillekaratne were today ordered by Homagama Magistrate Ranga Dissanayake to be held in remand custody till September 22 on the basis that the Homagama Magistrates was still to receive the bail order.
The National Freedom Front (NFF) said today the Government was on a mission to handover the administrative power of Sri Lanka to a corrupt American company identified as Mckenzie under the guise of handling the country’s special projects management.
With regard to the death of a man while in the custody of the Pussellewa Police, Law and Order Minister Sagala Ratnayake told Parliament yesterday that there had been a lapse on the part of the police when it came to the checking of inmates at regular intervals.
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