Foreign Minister Ravi Karunanayake today acknowledged before before the Presidential Commission to inquire into the Treasury Bonds issue that he was not aware that the rent for apartment he lived for nine months was paid by a front company of Perpetual Treasuries Limited (PTL).
"I was not aware of the lease agreement made by my family. Had I known it was funded by Arjun Aloysius, I would not have lived in it," he told the Presidential commission today when one of the Commissioner Prasanna Jayawardene asked whether he knew parties who involved in the lease agreement.
Appearing before commission today, Minister Karunanayake denied that the apartment was constructed by amalgamating two separate flats and size of the condominium despite strong evidences submitted before the courts.
Minister Karunanayake also told the Commission that former Central bank Governor Arjun Aloysius and his on in law Mahendran are his family friends, known to him for long time. He said he did not have any business relationship with any of them.
Public Security Minister Ananda Wijepala told Parliament today that the suspect in the rape of a lady doctor at the Anuradhapura teaching hospital has been identified as an army deserter and he will be apprehended shortly.
Police have arrested the suspect connected to the sexual assault on a female doctor at the Anuradhapura Teaching Hospital today morning in Galnewa.
The Dutch Public Prosecutor suspects two companies of paying bribes in the construction of hospitals in Sri Lanka, according to an investigation by FD, the Dutch financial newspaper.
The Minister of Power, Kumara Jayakody, stated that in the future, internationally funded projects, such as power projects, will only be carried out through government-to-government (G2G) agreements and competitive procurement.
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