The Commercial High Court today issued notice on former President Mahinda Rajapaksa and six others to appear in court on March 10, 2016, on the case regarding the default of payment of Rs 142 million to the Sri Lanka Transport Board. Former UPFA General Secretary Susil Premajayantha, former SLFP General Secretary Anura Priyadarshana Yapa and former Chief of Staff to the President Gamini Senarath were among the others who were noticed. The UPFA allegedly defaulted on payment of Rs 142 million due to the SLTB for the hiring of buses to transport supporters to political campaigns of Rajapaksa during the 2015 Presidential Election campaign.
The Committee on High Posts has approved the nomination of Former Air Force Commander Air Chief Marshal (Retd.)
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.
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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