Former Director of Perpetual Treasuries Limited (PTL) Arjun Aloysius appeared today before the Presidential Commission on Inquiry (PCoI) investigating the Treasury bond issue.
This is the fivth time he has appeared before the Commission since summons issued to question him over explosive revelations regarding him, made before the PCoI.
Earlier he was questioned at length by detectives of the Criminal Investigation Dept (CID), assisting the CoI, for three days this week, over revelations by the Attorney General’s (AG) Dept, that he had obtained price sensitive inside information ahead of the Central Bank’s (CB) TB auctions, during the period his father-in-law Arjuna Mahendran was its Governor.
Public Security Minister Ananda Wijepala told Parliament today that the suspect in the rape of a lady doctor at the Anuradhapura teaching hospital has been identified as an army deserter and he will be apprehended shortly.
Police have arrested the suspect connected to the sexual assault on a female doctor at the Anuradhapura Teaching Hospital today morning in Galnewa.
The Dutch Public Prosecutor suspects two companies of paying bribes in the construction of hospitals in Sri Lanka, according to an investigation by FD, the Dutch financial newspaper.
The Minister of Power, Kumara Jayakody, stated that in the future, internationally funded projects, such as power projects, will only be carried out through government-to-government (G2G) agreements and competitive procurement.
The Government today tabled in the House the Report of the Commission to Inquiry into the Establishment and Maintenance of Unlawful Places of Detention and Torture Chambers in the Batalanda Housing Scheme.
Israel, a major player in the global diamond and jewellery trade, has invited Sri Lankan gem and jewellery businessmen and designers to collaborate with Israeli diamond traders.
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