Considering a request application made by the Commission to Investigate Allegations of Bribery or Corruption (CIABOC), the Colombo High Court has issued an order today preventing the use of two luxury apartments located in the Kollupitiya which had been purchased by Ramitha Rambukwella, the son of former Health Minister Keheliya Rambukwella.
The two luxury apartments had reportedly been purchased for Rs. 80 million and Rs. 65 million respectively.
Last week, the former Health Minister Keheliya Rambukwella and two other suspects who were implicated in the alleged importation of substandard human immunoglobulin vials were granted bail by the Maligakanda Magistrate’s Court.
Mr Rambukwella was released on two personal bails of Rs. 5 million each and a cash bond of Rs. 100,000.
The UK government has unveiled a package of reforms to simplify imports from developing countries which allows for more garments manufactured in Sri Lanka to enter the UK tariff-free.
Read these and more on tomorrow’s edition of the Sunday Times
Cabinet has approved the appointment of Commodore (retired) M.B.N.A. Premaratne of the Sri Lanka Navy, as the new Commissioner General of Excise.
Villagers in Nirmalapura, Daluwa, Norochcholai today staged a protest over an incident where a group of Navy officials and sailors had assaulted a resident in the area over night, Police said.
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