The Power and Energy Ministry's Secretary has been asked to appear before the Presidential Commission of Inquiry (PCoI) probing state sector corruption today (Sept 18).
Dr R M S Batagoda, is expected to give evidence over alleged fraudulent transactions which had taken place while importing diesel for power plants and while also purchasing electricity from private power producers.
The PCoI is probing alleged acts of fraud and corruption in state institutions under the current government.
Tamar Amitai, a 25-year-old Israeli tourist who went missing in Uppuveli, Trincomalee, was found safe after a three-day joint search operation today.
The Colombo High Court today (28) sentenced former parliamentarian Hirunika Premachandra to three years of Rigorous Imprisonment over charges of the involvement of an abduction.
President Ranil Wickremesinghe is firm about the President’s five-year tenure, the President’s Media Division (PMD) said.
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