Sri Lanka’s Commission of Inquiry probing the Central Bank (CB) bond scam on Tuesday held its first public hearing, recording a statement by Central Bank Governor Indrajit Coomaraswamy.
The Governor detailed about the process pertaining to bond issues. His evidence will be continued tomorrow.
The commission made up of Supreme Court judges K. T. Chithrasiri and P. S. Jayawardena, and retired Deputy Auditor General K. Velupillai was appointed by the President in late January with a mandate to look into the bond scam, investigate it and then report on it. It was to commence on February 1 and end on March 31. – (Bandula)
Tamar Amitai, a 25-year-old Israeli tourist who went missing in Uppuveli, Trincomalee, was found safe after a three-day joint search operation today.
The Colombo High Court today (28) sentenced former parliamentarian Hirunika Premachandra to three years of Rigorous Imprisonment over charges of the involvement of an abduction.
President Ranil Wickremesinghe is firm about the President’s five-year tenure, the President’s Media Division (PMD) said.
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