After considering the bail revision application filed by the Bribery Commission against Chief Magistrate Gihan Pilapitiya’s order granting bail to Nissanka Senadipathi and Palitha Fernando in the Rs.3.5 million bribery allegation, the Colombo High Court today fixed October 17 for the respondents to file objections.
Former Parliamentarian and ex- CEO of budget airline Mihin Lanka Sajin Vass Gunawardena had been released on bail today by the Colombo Magistrate’s Court in connection with charges of entering into an illegal contract worth Rs.883 million with a Singaporean company to obtain ground handling equipment for the airline.
Asian nations will account for 50 per cent of global GDP by the year 2050, as a result of first steps taken by countries such as Sri Lanka during the time of late President J R Jayewardene, Prime Minister Ranil Wickremesinghe said today.
Colombo High Court served indictments on former DIG Vass Gunawardena, his wife Shamalie Priyadarshani Perera, son Ravindu and five other Police officers of the CCD, who had been named by the Attorney General as accused in the Nipuna Ramanayake assault case.
President Maithripala Sirisena arrived at the John F Kennedy Airport in New York September 18 evening amidst tight security as the city suffered a major security threat with an explosive device going off on the previous day injuring 29 persons.
More Sri Lankan and Bangladeshi women have been coming to the United Arab Emirates (UAE) in recent years because of the shortage of housemaids there in the wake of a ban imposed by some other Asian nations on women going to the UAE to work as housemaids, Gulf News reported today.
A 27-year-old was killed and a 28-year-old was seriously injured in an accident in Gonapeenuwala, Hikkaduwa involving a speeding Sports car driven by a 17-year-old nephew of Opposition MP Rohitha Abeygunawardena yesterday night, police said.
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