Badulla District New Democratic Front (NDF) Parliamentarian Chamara Sampath Dassanayake has been arrested by the Commission to Investigate Allegations of Bribery or Corruption.
He has been arrested over an alleged incident of corruption that occurred during his tenure as Uva Province Chief Minister.
The MP was questioned by officials of the Bribery Commission earlier this morning and was arrested thereafter.
He is due to be produced before the Colombo Magistrate's Court later today.
A Sri Lankan man was apprehended at Suvarnabhumi airport for attempting to smuggle wildlife out of the country after three ball pythons were found hidden in his underwear, the Bangkok post reported.
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
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