Cabinet approval has been granted to launch a forensic audit in order to determine the losses caused by the Central Bank treasury bond scam.
A cabinet paper in this regard was put forward by President Maithripala Sirisena during yesterday's (Mar 06) cabinet meeting.
Accordingly, the cabinet of ministers had approved the allocation of funds and the appointment of a team of specialists for this purpose.
The Presidential Commission which was appointed to probe into the bond scam had previously said that a forensic audit must be carried out into the issuance of treasury bonds from 2007.
All Ceylon Makkal Congress MP Ali Sabri Raheem had been arrested by Kalpitiya police after he surrendered to the police today morning.
Senior DIG Nilantha Jayawardena has been sent on compulsory leave pending disciplinary investigation over his failure to prevent the Easter Sunday bombings.
An interim order prohibiting Deshabandu Tennakoon from carrying out his duties as Inspector General of Police (IGP) has been issued by the Supreme Court.
The 22nd amendment to the constitution dealing with the term of the President has been gazetted by order of President Ranil Wickremesinghe.
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