Situation in Sri Lanka forces postponement of LPL

Rs. 9.4 million breakfast bill cooked up story

The office of former President Mahinda Rajapaksa says the allegation that?Rajapaksa and his family had ordered breakfast for over Rs. 9.4 million from a Colombo five star hotel and not paid the bill, is false. Former UNP parliamentarian Nalin Bandara had said at a press conference yesterday that the Rajapaksa family had ordered breakfast for over Rs. 9.4 million from The Hilton Hotel and not paid the bill. This was supposed to be the cost incurred for a single family meal. He had produced a do

07 Jul, 2015

WFP under probe over vehicles for Shiranthi’s charity

The World Food Program is being investigated in Sri Lanka for gifting luxury duty-free vehicles to a charity headed by former president Mahinda Rajapakse’s wife, officials said Tuesday. Police said an investigation into an accident involving a sports utility vehicle revealed that it was one of two SUVs to be given as a “donation” by the UN agency to Shiranthi Rajapakse’s Siriliya Saviya Foundation and that neither party had paid import taxes which can be up to 350 percent. A fleet of four-whee

07 Jul, 2015

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