Prime Minister's Secretary Saman Ekanayake has been summoned before the police unit of the Presidential Commission probing state sector corruption on August 27.
A Commission Spokesman said that Mr. Ekanayake had been issued notice to provide a statement under an ongoing inquiry into the building in which the Agriculture Ministry is located at present.
Inquiries carried out by the Commission have revealed that the building had been purchased on a lease agreement and Prime Minister Ranil Wickremesinghe had submitted a cabinet proposal in this regard.
Accordingly, Mr. Ekanayake has also been asked to produce the relevant documents of the cabinet paper to the presidential commission.
All Ceylon Makkal Congress MP Ali Sabri Raheem had been arrested by Kalpitiya police after he surrendered to the police today morning.
An interim order prohibiting Deshabandu Tennakoon from carrying out his duties as Inspector General of Police (IGP) has been issued by the Supreme Court.
The Presidential election will be held on September 21, the Commission of Elections has decided.
The former leader of the New Sama Samaja Party (NSSP) and the New Left Front and well-known figure in left-wing politics in Sri Lanka, Dr. Wickramabahu Karunaratne, passed away at the age of 81.
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