CID, FCID to start probe on millions of dollars spent by CB on foreign PR Sri Lanka's Criminal Investigations Department (CID) and the Financial Crimes Investigation Division (FCID) are in the process of jointly or separately investigating millions of unauthorised dollars paid by the Central Bank (CB) to US-based lobbyists and public relations firms during the term of the former regime, informed sources said. “The investigation is likely to start in days at the CB with an examination of the books and records pertaining to these payments,” a Government source told TimesOnline on Wednesday. Comprehensive details of these ‘secret’ payments at the behest of former MP Sajin Vass Gunawardene and President’s Secretary Lalith Weeratunga (on directives by former President Mahinda Rajapaksa) have been bared exclusively by the Sunday Times in a series of stories. – (Feizal)
A Thai woman walking topless in Arugam Bay town has been arrested by the Police.
The UK government has unveiled a package of reforms to simplify imports from developing countries which allows for more garments manufactured in Sri Lanka to enter the UK tariff-free.
The Cabinet has approved a proposal for Sri Lankans overseas to apply for their passports through an online system via the Lankan diplomatic missions.
Villagers in Nirmalapura, Daluwa, Norochcholai today staged a protest over an incident where a group of Navy officials and sailors had assaulted a resident in the area over night, Police said.
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