The Colombo Fort Magistrate has imposed a travel ban on former CEO of SriLankan airlines Kapila Chandrasena and his wife Priyanka Niyomali Wijenayake who face allegations of money laundering in the SriLanka airlines Airbus refleet deal.
The CID has also informed courts that they are investigating the bank accounts opened under the identity card numbers of Chandrasena and his wife.
The order preventing Chandrasena and his wife leaving the country was issued by Magistrate Ranga Dissanayake.
Police was yesterday trying to track down the former CEO and his wife.
The developments came after revelations that Airbus SE hired the wife of a SriLankan Airlines (SLA) executive as a business partner through a dummy company she registered in Brunei.
The corporation then paid into this entity’s account a sum of US$ 2mn (Rs 362mn) out of a total US$ 16.84mn (Rs 3bn) promised in return for ensuring that the national carrier bought aircraft from Airbus, court documents revealed this week.
The funeral of arguably the Queen of the Sinhala cinema Malini Fonseka, will be held with state honours on Monday, May 26, 2025, at the Independence Square.
First Bishop of the Batticaloa Diocese, Retired Bishop Joseph Ponnaiya, passed away today at the age of 74, following a brief illness.
The NPP government has been at the wheel for almost 6 months now. The time to keep looking at the rear view mirror and living in the past is about over.
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