Thursday, October 27, 2016

Special COPE Report On Controversial Central Bank Bond Scam Issue Presented To The Parliament

Image result for COPE REPORTA special COPE(Committee On Public Enterprises) Report on the controversial Central Bank's  Bond Scam Issue was presented to the Parliament short while ago by the chairman of COPE,MP Sunil Handuneththi.

The 55 page COPE Report includes 15 recommendations and observations  regarding the Central Bank's Bond Scam Issue including to take legal action against former Central Bank Governor Arjuna Mahendran who the COPE charged as directly involved in the Bond Transaction which caused the loss of billions of rupees belonging to the Treasury  and to take legal action against him and others who are responsible for it according to the COPE  Chairman.

The report has also observed the financial irregularities of the Bond Scam and recommended to recover  the losses incurred from those involved in this scam.

Sixteen members of the COPE had reported as rejected a Report with footnotes and Nine members had rejected a Report without footnotes MP Handuneththi has stated.

Meanwhile former Central Bank Governor Arjuna Mahendran who is in center of the Bond Scam issue had left the country  it has been reported.However He had left the country to attend a wedding and  is due to return shortly the Prime Minister Ranil Wikrmasinghe has stated.

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A Clerk Who Had Taken A Bribe Of Rs.600,000 From A Heart Patient To Arrange His Bypass Surgery Quickly Caught By Health Ministry Officials

Officers  attached to the Special Investigations  Division of Health Ministry  had caught a clerk  working at the Personal Division in Colombo National Hospital over taking a bribe of Rs.600,000 from a patient at Cardio Thoracic Unit ward  of the hospital  to do his  Bypass Surgery immediately .


The Hospital Clerk  has received Rs.600,000 from the patient to his bank account and afterwards  as  promised he had taken  steps to arrange the patients surgery on 20th Of October it has been revealed.

The patient who paid the money to the  Hospital Clerk admitted to the Cardio Thoracic Unit of  the National Hospital  on 28 th of September .

Another patient who was admitted to the ward for a Bypass Surgery two months ago and Still in the awaiting list heard the story from the patient who paid money for the clerk and informed on this to Special Investigations Division of the Health Ministry .

As a result The Investigation  Division officers had caught the suspected clerk An investigation on him is currently underway .



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Major General Ubaya Madawela Has Been Appointed As New Chief Of Staff Of Sri Lanka Army

 Major General Udaya Madawela has been appointed as the new Chief of Staff of the
 Sri Lanka Army with effect from 01st of November according to the Ministry Of Defense.

Major General Madawela was security force commander of the Sri Lanka Army's Central and West divisions and former Military Spokesman.He is also the Military Advisor of the Sri Lanka Mission to United Nations in New York.

Meanwhile Major General Channa Gunathilake has been appointed as the new deputy Chief Of staff of the Sri Lanka Army with effect from  01st of November the Ministry has stated.

A Sudden Fire Erupted In A Tyre Shop At Armour Street

A sudden fire has broken out at a tyre shop near Armour street in Grandpass this evening (29) causing severe traffic congestion in the area....