In a statement the Central Bank yesterday said that it will not make payments to mutilated, altered and defaced currency notes after December 31, 2017.
The statement said that the holders of these currency notes will have to suffer the loss of face value of such notes.
“Mutilation,alteration or defacement of currency notes is an offence under the Monetary Law Act No 58 of 1949, and is punishable by imprisonment or a fine or both.
The statement added that no claims in respect of the willfully mutilated or altered notes shall be entertained and such notes shall be retained by the CBSL.
The Committee on High Posts has approved the nomination of Former Air Force Commander Air Chief Marshal (Retd.)
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.
A Sri Lankan man was apprehended at Suvarnabhumi airport for attempting to smuggle wildlife out of the country after three ball pythons were found hidden in his underwear, the Bangkok post reported.
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