The Attorney General has requested the Chief Justice to appoint a Trial-at-Bar to try the suspects of the Central Bank bond scam of 2016, an official from the AG office said.
The suspects- former Finance Minister Ravi Karunanayaka, former Governor of Central Bank Arjuna Mahendran, Arjun Aloysious and eight others are facing charges of financial irregularities during the bonds transactions from 2015- 2017 during which billions of state funds were amazed.
The AG had already filed indictment papers against the suspect over the bond transaction that took place on March 29, 2016.
A Sri Lankan wanted for financial frauds and under a red notice was arrested at the Bandaranaike International Airport along with his wife and child as they were returning from India, Police said.
Mr. Gihan de Silva has been appointed as the new Chairman of the Sri Lanka Rupavahini Corporation, the Government Information Department announced.
The Government is considering abolishing the Office of the Chief of the Defence Staff (OCDS) when the term of office of its incumbent General Shavendra Silva ends on December 31.
The Bribery Commission has apprehended former Provincial Councillor and businessman Salochana Gamage, along with another businessman, in Pitakotte over a Rs. 9 million bribery case.
New commanders have been appointed to the Sri Lanka Army and Sri Lanka Navy.
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