Author Archive for Corruption and bribery
Wednesday, September 17th, 2025
Courtesy The Morning The Citizens Power against Bribery, Corruption, and Waste organisation has lodged a complaint with the Commission to Investigate Allegations of Bribery or Corruption (CIABOC), seeking an investigation into the assets of six Cabinet and Deputy Ministers in the current National People’s Power (NPP) Government. Speaking to The Daily Morning, President of the organisation […]
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Friday, September 12th, 2025
Courtesy The Morning The Chairman of the Committee on Public Finance (CoPF), MP Harsha de Silva, has questioned the independence of the Commission to Investigate Allegations of Bribery or Corruption (CIABOC), citing its lack of financial autonomy. Speaking at a CoPF meeting, Harsha de Silva argued that an institution cannot be truly independent without control […]
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Sunday, August 31st, 2025
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Monday, August 25th, 2025
Courtesy The Daily Mirror Colombo, August 25 (Daily Mirror) – A government cannot claim the law is equal to all” when it chases the opposition with urgency, yet moves like a tortoise when its own ministers face serious corruption allegations, Sri Lanka Podujana Peramuna (SLPP) Politburo member Geethanath Cassilingham said. “Where is the inquiry into […]
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Friday, August 22nd, 2025
Courtesy Adaderana The United National Party (UNP) has filed a complaint with the Criminal Investigation Department (CID) today (22), requesting an investigation into a statement made by YouTuber Sudaththa Thilaksiri on his channel, claiming that former President Ranil Wickremesinghe would be arrested today and remanded for 14 days. On August 21, Thilaksiri had stated on […]
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Thursday, August 21st, 2025
Courtesy The Morning The main Opposition, the Samagi Jana Balwegaya (SJB) accused the Government of nepotism through appointing those linked to the ruling National People’s Power (NPP) to a number of high-ranking public service and diplomatic positions. SJB Parliamentarian, attorney Chithral Fernando made these allegations while speaking at a press briefing held yesterday (21). Before […]
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Tuesday, August 19th, 2025
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Thursday, August 14th, 2025
Courtesy Hiru News Senior Superintendent of Police Sathish Ranjan Hiyare Gamage, the acting Director of the Cultural Division (Administration) at the Police Field Force Headquarters, was remanded until August 19. The order was given today (14), by Colombo Additional Magistrate Pavithra Sanjeewanee Pathirana. Gamage was arrested by the Bribery Commission in connection with a money laundering case. He is […]
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Monday, August 11th, 2025
Courtesy The Daily Mirror Colombo, August 11 (Daily Mirror) – Ceylon Teachers Union (CTU) General Secretary Joseph Stalin today revealed findings from the 2024 Auditor General’s report, released in May 2025, which stated that 139 vehicles registered under the Education Ministry Secretary’s name are not in the possession of the Ministry. He further noted that […]
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Tuesday, July 29th, 2025
Lankaweb We sincerely apologize for the publication of inaccurate information in our recent post titled “ලංකාවේ විශ්ව විද්යාල දක්ෂයන්ට බය ඇයි ? dated 18h July 2025 authored by Dr Gamini Vithana Upon review, it has come to our attention that certain facts presented were incorrect and may have led to misunderstanding or misrepresentation of the subject […]
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Sunday, July 20th, 2025
Courtesy Daily Mirror Colombo, July 20 (Daily Mirror) – Corruption within Sri Lanka’s state sector remains a growing concern, prompting increased action by the Commission to Investigate Allegations of Bribery or Corruption (CIABOC). From January to July 2025, the Commission received 2,138 complaints, carried out 44 raids, and arrested 31 public officials in connection with […]
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Sunday, July 20th, 2025
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Friday, July 18th, 2025
Courtesy The Daily Mirror Colombo, July 18 (Daily Mirror) – An official of KPMG Sri Lanka that conducted the forensic audit over the fuel distribution of the Ceylon Petroleum Storage Terminals Limited (CPSTL) has been involved in deleting the data regarding fuel ditribution, SJB MP Dayasiri Jayasekara revealed today. He told reporters after lodging a […]
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Sunday, July 13th, 2025
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Sunday, July 6th, 2025
උපුටා ගැන්ම ලංකා ලීඩර් රට පුරා පිහිටි ප්රාදේශීය ලේකම් කාර්යාලවල ප්ලග බේස් එක බැගින් සවි කිරීමට එකක් රුපියල් 72000ක මිලකට ප්රකට ව්යාපාරික ඉෂාර නානායක්කාර මහතාගේ සමාගමකට රුපියල් කෝටි පහ ඉක්මවූ කොන්ත්රාත්තුවක් ලබාදී ඇති බව ජන අරගල ව්යාපාරය සඳහන් කරයි. ඒ සඳහා ඉදිරිපත් වූ අනෙක් අඩු මිල ඉදිරිපත් කිරීම් සියල්ල අතහරිමින් මෙම මිලට ලබා දී ඇති […]
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Sunday, July 6th, 2025
උපුටාගැණීම මුහුනුපොත මේ ඔහු අත්අඩංගුවට ගැනීම පිලිබඳව මාධ්යයේ නොකියූ කතාව.. බැඳියාව “””””””” ඊයේ අත්අඩංගුවට පත්ව සිටින බන්ධනාගාර කොමසාරිස් සම්බන්ධයෙන් ජාත්යන්තර මානව හිමිකම් ක්රියාකාරීන් පිරිසක් තොරතුරු සොයා බැලුවා. එහිදී ඔවුන් පැය භාගයක් පමණ මා සමග කතා කළා. සත්ය මිස කිසිවකු සුද්ද කිරීමට අවශ්ය නැත “””””””””‘” බන්ධනාගාරය තුල කුඩු, අයිස්, දුරකථන ඇති බව සත්යයකි. බන්ධනාගාර රෝහල, ප්රතිකාර […]
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Friday, July 4th, 2025
Courtesy The Daily Mirror The Lanka Indian Oil Company (LIOC) has donated Rs. 100 million to the President’s Fund, the President’s Media Division (PMD) said. Dipak Das, Managing Director of Lanka Indian Oil Company handed over the relevant cheque to Dr. Nandika Sanath Kumanayake, Secretary to the President, at the Presidential Secretariat today (04).
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Friday, July 4th, 2025
Courtesy The Daily Mirror Colombo, July 4 (Daily Mirror) – Opposition MP Mujibur Rahman has called for deeper investigations into the controversial release of 309 red-labelled containers, asserting that critical questions remain unanswered. Speaking at a media briefing yesterday, the Samagi Jana Balawegaya (SJB) MP said the scope of the inquiry conducted by the presidential […]
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Friday, July 4th, 2025
Courtesy The Daily Mirror Colombo, July 4 (Daily Mirror) – Japanese Ambassador Akio Isomata stressed that the eradication of corruption and good governance is a prerequisite for restoring confidence of both public and private entities, including those of Japan, in making investments in Sri Lanka, according to a press release from the Japanese Embassy. Japan […]
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Tuesday, June 24th, 2025
උපුටා ගැන්ම හිරු පුවත් ස්නායු ශල්ය උපකරණ බාහිර පාර්ශ්වයන්ගෙන් ලබා ගැනීමට සැලැස්වීම තුළින් අල්ලස් පනත යටතේ වරදක් සිදුකළ බවට චෝදනා ගොනු කර රක්ෂිත බන්ධනාගාරගත කර සිටි ශ්රී ජයවර්ධනපුර රෝහලේ ස්නායු ශල්ය විශේෂඥ වෛද්යවරිය ඇතුළු සැකකරුවන් තිදෙනාගේ ඇප ඉල්ලීම් කොළඹ ප්රධාන මහේස්ත්රාත් අධිකරණය ප්රතික්ෂේප කර තිබෙනවා. ඒ අනුව එම සැකකරුවන් ලබන 08 වනදා දක්වා තවදුරටත් රක්ෂිත […]
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Tuesday, June 17th, 2025
Courtesy The Daily Mirror Colombo, June 17 (Daily Mirror) – Patients were forced to pay between Rs. 120,000 and Rs. 250,000 for a medical item labelled EVD, used in surgeries at a government hospital in 2022 that had been officially procured and supplied to a government hospital at just Rs. 17,500 (its current market value […]
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Tuesday, June 10th, 2025
Courtesy The Daily Mirror Colombo, June 10 (Daily Mirror) – President Anura Kumara Dissanayake has condemned widespread corruption within crucial state departments, revealing that some officials entrusted with upholding the law are themselves engaging in criminal activity. Speaking at a Poson Poya commemoration event in Mihintale, President Dissanayake addressed the ongoing controversy surrounding a recent […]
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Sunday, June 8th, 2025
Courtesy Mirror Colombo, June 8 (Daily Mirror) – Alleging that the President’s office and the Prisons Department had made contradictory statements on alleged granting of pardon to a person who was found guilty of misappropriating Rs 4 million just ten days after he was convicted , Samagi Jana Balawegaya (SJB) MP Ajith P. Perera yesterday […]
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Thursday, June 5th, 2025
By Ajith Siriwardana and Yohan Perera Courtesy The Daily Mirror Colombo, June 5 (Daily Mirror) – It was noticed during the traditional water canon salute that the wipers of the new airbus are not functioning, SJB MP Nalin Bandara said today. He told Parliament that the government proudly displayed to the country a leased out 14 year-old […]
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