Former Health Minister Keheliya Rambukwella’s wife has requested the Commission to Investigate Allegations of Bribery or Corruption (CIABOC) to allow her to travel abroad for medical treatment.
Mrs Rambukwella is barred from travelling abroad and an investigation into the properties acquired by members of the Rambukwella family is currently ongoing.
Having considered her request, the CIABOC has asked Mrs Rambukwella to provide details regarding the nature of the illness that requires her to travel abroad for medical treatment.
She has been asked to provide letters from doctors in Sri Lanka recommending her travel abroad for medical treatment and to provide details on the timeframe needed for her treatment and when she expects to return to Sri Lanka.
In the wake of the ‘outing’ of parliament Speaker Ashoka Ranwala with accusations that his PhD was fake, there has been a flurry of articles on fake degrees.
Under the government’s initiative of disposing of high end- luxury vehicles that impose a heavy burden of public funds, other state institutions are barred from purchasing them through state procurement procedure, according to a Treasury circular.
An investigation has been launched on the instructions of Acting Inspector General of Police (IGP) Priyantha Weerasuriya into an incident where popular author Kasun Mahendra Heenatigala was arrested and allegedly mistreated by the Athurugiriya Police.
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 Bribery Commission has apprehended former Provincial Councillor and businessman Salochana Gamage, along with another businessman, in Pitakotte over a Rs. 9 million bribery case.
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