Sri Lanka's Central Bank Governor Arjuna Mahendran has called an urgent media briefing at 2.30 pm today (Friday) at the Colombo headquarters of the banking regulator, his office announced. No details of the briefing and what would be disclosed were stated in the SMS intimation to journalists. However it is expected that Mahendran would respond to questions pertaining to his role in the Treasury Bonds scandal, and his recent trip to Japan to raise funds. In the meantime, D.E.W. Gunasekera, chairman of the Parliamentary Committee on Public Enterprises (COPE) has also called a media briefing at 10.30 am today to discuss yet-to-be-officially-released COPE report on the Treasury Bonds issue.
Deputy Minister of Finance and Economic Stabilization and NPP National List MP Harshana Suriyapperuma who is tipped to be named the next Finance Ministry Secretary resigned from Parliament today.
Former Chairman of SriLankan Airlines, Nishantha Wickramasinghe, arrested on allegation of corruption by the Commission to Investigate Allegations of Bribery or Corruption (CIABOC) has been remanded until July 1 by the Colombo Magistrate court.
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