Probe launched into comments made by Saman Ratnapriya

Prasanna Ranatunga summoned before FCID

Western Province Chief Minister Prasanna Ranatunga?has been summoned before the police Financial Crimes Investigations Division (FCID). Ranatunga’s media secretary Pradeep Anura Kumara said that?Ranatunga has been asked to appear before the FCID on Thursday morning. The?Western Province Chief Minister is to be questioned over allegations surrounding a land deal. Ranatunga had last week denied?allegations of corruption made against him and his wife after his wife was also questioned over the s

07 Jul, 2015

Supreme Court judge surrenders over assault

Supreme Court Judge Sarath de Abrew surrendered to Court today over an alleged assault incident on a domestic worker. The?house maid had filed a police complaint last week over the alleged assault and she was later?admitted to hospital for treatment.

07 Jul, 2015

Ranil accuses DEW, media of violating Parliament Act

Prime Minister Ranil Wickremesinghe, has in a letter to the Secretary General of Parliament, accused the former Chairman of the Committee on Public Enterprises (COPE) D E W Gunasekera and the media of violating the Parliament Powers and Privileges Act. The Prime Minister said that the former Minister and the media had made statements and published reports over the inquiry into the Central Bank Bond Issue by COPE, violating Section 22 of the Parliament (Powers and Privileges) Act. He recalled t

07 Jul, 2015