Oral submissions of the accused party in a misappropriation case filed against the former President's chief-of-staff concluded at the Special High Court today (Jun 26).
Accordingly, a three-member judge bench instructed both parties to submit written submissions on July 9 while instructing that counter-written submissions could be filed on July 12.
Former President Mahinda Rajapaksa's chief-of-staff Gamini Senarath, former Sri Lanka Insurance Corporation Managing Director Piyadasa Kudabalage, and Lasantha Bandara have been named as the accused in the petition.
They are alleged to have misapropriated Rs 500 million worth funds belonging to Litro Gas Lanka Pvt (Ltd.). Charges have been levelled against the suspects under the Public Property Act, Money Laundering Act, and the Penal code.
The Attorney General claims that the suspects had committed the fraud between February 1, 2014 and January 20, 2015.
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.
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.
Read these and more on tomorrow’s edition of the Sunday Times
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