Udaya Disanayaka, an ex-employee of Avant Garde Maritime Security Company which is under probe now, lodged a complaint in CID today against the company regarding international illegal arms trade.Udaya Disanayaka claimed he had worked in Kenya as an operations manager of Avant Garde. He accused the company of violating laws pertaining to firearms, foreign exchange, labour, immigration and emigration.He directly ...

In fear of being arrested by police Financial Crimes Investigation Division (FCID), Sri Lanka's former Secretary of Ministry of Defense Gotabaya Rajapaksha filed a fundamental rights petition in Supreme Court demanding the FCID made powerless to arrest him.Sri Lankan investigation bodies are after Gotabaya Rajapaksha on a number of issues including Avant Garde maritime security deal which caused loss to ...

Sri Lanka police Financial Crimes Investigation Division (FCID) has received complaints against 169 politicians and officials who served under the Mahinda Rajapaksha regime, says Police Media Spokesman Ruwan Gunasekara.He further said facts had been reported to court against 31 individuals.The complaints are being probed and the suspects are to be arrested.MP Sajin Vas Gunawardane has been summoned to the FCID ...

People's Liberation Front (JVP) leader Anura Kumara Disanayaka said that the discussion held today between President Maithripala Sirisena and the leaders of the political parties representing parliament would be crucial.Disanayka said that the President had promised to them to dissolve the parliament unless the parties would not agree for the 20th amendment to the constitution.He also said that the President ...

Deputy Minister of Highways and Investment Promotion Eran Wickramaratne said that David M. Cote the CEO of Honeywell PLC flew down to Sri Lanka to meet with him at the Ministry offices at the World Trade Center today. Honeywell has noted Sri Lanka's resurgence and was particularly interested in advanced manufacturing and IT sectors, the Deputy Minister stated. Honeywell is ...

Colombo Chief Magistrate Gihan Pilapitiya ordered Colombo Crime Division to investigate and report an incident of contempt of court by the media spokesman of the National Freedom Front led by pro-Mahinda campaigner Wimal Weerawansa.Accordingly Colombo Crime Division will investigate Mohammed Muzammil's statement of 'Give back the summon to the magistrate himself' when Cinnamon Gardens police station officers tried to hand ...

Colombo Chief Magistrate Gihan Pilapitiya issued warrants to arrest the leader monk of Buddhist extremist Bodu Bala Sena (BBS) Galagodaaththe Gnanasara and to produce him in court for organizing a protest before the Bribery or Corruption Commission ignoring the court orders.The extremist monk did not care the summons and hid away from the court yesterday.The Buddhist monks and the politicians ...

Former Secretary of Sri Lanka Ministry of Defense Gotabhaya Rajapaksha has sent a letter of demand to People's Liberation Front (JVP) lawyer Sunil Watagala seeking Rs. one billion damage for lodging a false complaint against him at the Bribery or Corruption Commission.JVP's former MP of Ampara district Wimal Piyathissa lodged a complaint in the Bribery or Corruption Commission regarding a ...

Sources from Kurunegala say that the rally which is being organized in the town today to promote former President Mahinda Rajapaksha as the Prime Minister candidate of upcoming general election is not going well.The chief organizer of the rally MP T.B. Ekanayaka has not received much support from the other district leaders of the district.President Maithripala Sirisena recently appointed Chief ...

Sri Lanka Minister of Foreign Affairs Mangala Samaraweera said today that Mahinda Rajapaksha is the island's first trillionaire.Addressing press briefing held in Colombo today, the Minister stated that foreign intelligence services have informed that the assets of Rajapaksha family worth US $ 18 billion.The Minister further said that investigations are underway now with the assistance of four countries to trace ...

Sri Lanka Minister Harsha de Silva expressed dissatisfaction about the situation in the housing in recently released former High Security Zone land of Palaly."Yes the roads are fabulous and buildings are coming up, but we need to be more humane about what people really want," the Minister said.The Minister visited a resettlement of some 120 families on his way back ...

Close study of the reports about the discussions between President Maithripala Sirisena and Mahinda Rajapaksha indicate Maithri taking the advantage of the situation.Mahinda faction spokesmen Kumar Welgama and Dallus Alahapperuma said they were not happy about the discussion. Wimal Weerawansa connected Lanka C News website reported the discussions were a failure.Meanwhile, the Maithri faction spokesman Duminda Disanayaka said that the ...

A pro-Mahinda website reported that President Maithripala Sirisena has agreed to dissolve the Financial Crime Investigation Division of Sri Lanka Police.The website www.helabima.lk quoted pro-Mahinda MP Dallus Alahapperuma and said that the President has agreed to annul the gazette under which the Financial Crime Investigation Division was established.Financial Crime Investigation Division is the most dreaded investigation unit for the Rajapaksha ...

Controversial talks between Sri Lanka President Maithripala Sirisena and former President Mahinda Rajapaksha ended this afternoon.Both the President and the ex-President did not speak to media after the discussion.However the discussion was held for over half an hour. Sources say Mahinda came for discussions late.Arch rivals from the two factions, Kumar Welgama, Mahindananda Aluthgamage, Dallus Alahapperuma and G.L. Peiris from ...

A more serious case is pending against a former Minister who has been arrested for a fraud in an establishment which was under his Ministry.The relevant Minister is also to be questioned in relation to a coup to assassinate former President Mahinda Rajapaksha in connivance with Liberation Tigers of Tamil Ealam (LTTE).Sources say that the ex-Minister has obtained money from ...

Kaduwela Magistrate Dhammika Hemapala rejected an appeal from the lawyers of former Minister Basil Rajapaksha and three others who are in remand custody to further stay in the Merchant Ward of Colombo National Hospital.Accordingly they were sent to remand prison until May 06.They have been arrested for multi- billion rupee fraud of public money from Divi Naguma Department. Basil was ...

Thissa Aththanayaka with his daughter Dulmini who became popular overnight after father was arrested under suspicion of forging documentsSupreme Court of Sri Lanka has decided that the expulsion of United National Party (UNP) former general secretary from the party is invalid since due process has not been followed.UNP did not conduct a proper disciplinary probe regarding Thissa Aththanayaka who joined ...

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