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Single ReportDaily MirrorSep 4, 2026, 12:49 PM

Bribery Commission reveals charges against Johnston

Former Minister Johnston Fernando and Design Point owner Patabendigige Hemantha Lalith de Silva were arrested by CIABOC over an alleged corruption case involving the procurement of chairs for the Mahinda Rajapaksa Theatre in Polgolla, which caused a financial loss of Rs. 7,973,114.50 to the Central Engineering Consultancy Bureau. Both suspects are scheduled to appear before the Colombo Chief Magistrate’s Court.

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Single ReportDaily MirrorSep 3, 2026, 10:23 AM

Former State Minister Anupa Pasquel’s salary, allowances, expenditure examined in court

Evidence regarding the income, salary, allowances, bank accounts, and expenditure of former State Minister Anupa Pasquel was presented before the Colombo High Court in a case filed by the Commission to Investigate Allegations of Bribery or Corruption (CIABOC). Parliament Director of Finance Sarath Kumara and Ministry of Social Empowerment Secretary Radha Nanayakkara produced financial documents concerning Pasquel's legitimate income between March 31, 2022, and September 14, 2023. High Court Judge Roshantha Godakawela postponed further hearing until October 1, 2026.

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Single ReportHiru NewsSep 3, 2026, 12:14 AM

"වාචික පිළිතුරු අයිතිය අහිමි කිරීම සහ විනිසුරු මඬුල්ල ගැන ගැටලු රැසක්" - 22ට එරෙහි නඩු විභාගය ගැන පොදුරාජ්‍ය මණ්ඩලීය නීතිඥ සංගමයෙන් බරපතළ කනස්සල්ලක්

22 වන ආණ්ඩුක්‍රම ව්‍යවස්ථා සංශෝධන පනත් කෙටුම්පතට එරෙහි පෙත්සම් විභාග කිරීමේ ක්‍රියාවලියේදී පෙත්සම්කාර පාර්ශ්වයට වාචිකව පිළිතුරු ලබාදීමේ අවස්ථාව නොදීම, විනිසුරු මඬුල්ල සංයුතිය සහ අධිකරණයේ ස්වාධීනත්වය පිළිබඳව පොදුරාජ්‍ය මණ්ඩලීය නීතිඥ සංගමයේ සභාපතිවරයා බරපතළ කනස්සල්ල පළ කර ඇත. මේ සම්බන්ධයෙන් විශේෂ වාර්තාවක් සකස් කිරීමට ද ඔහු අපේක්ෂා කරයි.

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Single ReportNewsFirstAug 31, 2026, 11:53 AM

30 Petitions Filed Against and in Support of 22nd Amendment

A total of 30 petitions, including three in support and 27 in opposition, have been filed with the Supreme Court regarding the proposed 22nd Constitutional Amendment as the filing deadline expires. The Chief Justice will appoint a bench to evaluate the amendment's constitutional validity over a three-week period before communicating its determination to the Speaker of Parliament.

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