Colombo, March 19 Former President Mahinda Rajapaksa received a bribe of 60 million Sri Lankan rupees, Kapila Chandrasena, the main accused in the 2017 Airbus case, told a court in Sri Lanka on Thursday.Chandrasena, the former CEO of the national carrier from 2011-15, was produced in the...
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Colombo, February 25 Suresh Sallay, a former head of Sri Lanka's state intelligence service, was arrested on Wednesday in connection with the 2019 Easter bombings that killed 270 people, police said.Sallay, a retired Major General, will be detained for 72 hours for questioning under the...
Colombo, February 25 Suresh Sally, a former head of Sri Lanka's state intelligence service, was arrested on Wednesday in connection with the 2019 Easter bombings, according to police sources.Sally was arrested by the police's Crime Investigation Department in the Colombo suburb of Peliyagoda...
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Colombo, February 14 The International Monetary Fund (IMF) Managing Director, Kristalina Georgieva, will visit Sri Lanka for two days, starting from February 16, the global lender announced.This will be her first visit to the island nation since Sri Lanka entered an IMF bailout in March 2023...
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