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Namal leaves CID after recording statement on Airbus deal (Update)

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4 months ago

February 26, 2025

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Sri Lanka Podujana Peramuna (SLPP) MP Namal Rajapaksa has left the Criminal Investigation Department (CID), after providing a statement regarding investigations into an Airbus deal of SriLankan Airlines.

He left the CID premises after recording a statement for over 4 hours, reports say.

(Previous news 2025 February 26 – 9.17.a.m.)

Namal summoned by CID over Kapila’s Airbus deal

Namal Rajapaksa, National Organizer of the Sri Lanka Podujana Peramuna (SLPP), has been summoned by the Criminal Investigation Department (CID) today (26) for questioning regarding the controversial Airbus deal involving SriLankan Airlines.

The investigation focuses on the alleged corruption surrounding the 2013 transaction to purchase 10 Airbus aircraft.

The deal, which involved Kapila Chandrasena, the then-CEO of SriLankan Airlines, has come under scrutiny after a UK Serious Fraud Office (SFO) investigation revealed that 16.84millioninbribeswerepaidaspartoftheagreement.Itwasfurtheruncoveredthat2 million was deposited into a Brunei account linked to Chandrasena’s wife, with additional funds transferred to other accounts.

The Ministry of Public Security stated that Rajapaksa has been called in to provide a statement regarding the deal.

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Nishantha Wickremesinghe remanded (Update)

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46 minutes ago

June 27, 2025

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Former Chairman of SriLankan Airlines Nishantha Wickremesinghe has been remanded until July 01.

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(Previous News : June 27, 2025 4.41pm)

2 ex-heads of govt. institutions, arrested

The Commission to Investigate Allegations of Bribery or Corruption (CIABOC) has arrested two former Chairmen on corruption charges.

Former Chairman of the Fisheries Corporation – Upali Liyanage and former SriLankan Airlines Chairman – Nishantha Wickremesinghe have been arrested in this manner.

However, Liyanage, who was produced before Colombo Chief Magistrate Thanuja Lakmali Jayathunga, was released on three sureties amounting to Rs. 5 million.

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Body of undergrad who went missing at Port City beach, found (Update)

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4 hours ago

June 27, 2025

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The body of the undergraduate who had gone missing at the Port City beach, has been found.

The body was found during a search by divers.

(Previous News on 27th June 2025 at 10.06 am)

Undergrad goes missing at Port City beach while snorkeling

A 24-year-old university student from Asgiriya, Gampaha, has gone missing yesterday morning (June 26) while swimming in the sea off the Colombo Port City beach.

According to the police, the student, a resident of Gampaha, was part of a group of students from the Universities of Colombo and Moratuwa who had visited the artificial beach and engaged in snorkelling.

The student failed to resurface, prompting a complaint to the Colombo Port Police.

Lifeguards later recovered the snorkeling gear believed to be belonging to the missing student.

A joint search operation involving Navy divers from the Colombo Port and Rangala Navy Division is currently underway. Further investigations are underway by the Colombo Port Police.