VAT scam – no inquiry
Giving evidence before the Commission on VAT scam, Inland Revenue chief is quoted as saying that an internal inquiry has yet not been conducted and that officers involved with the racket continue to serve in the department.
More in: Lankadeepa 1 October www.lankadeepa.lk
Lakbima 1 October www.lakbima.lk
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‘Don’t blame the police’
IGP says that the Excise Department and not the Police should be blamed for the illicit liquor scandal at Veliveriya killing 17 persons.
More in: Lakbima 30 September www.lakbima.lk
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Ex-Treasury Secretary summoned
Supreme Court directive summoning former Treasury Secretary Dr P B Jayasundera to testify on 8 October whether he is he still holds public office received wide coverage in almost all the newspapers. Supreme Court had earlier ruled against him in the case of the transfer 90 per cent shares of Lanka Marine Services to John Keels Holdings and eight acres of land.
More in: Island 30 September www.island.lk
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MP wants WHO investigation
Opposition MP Dr Jayalath Jayawardena has written to WHO to carry out a full investigation into the National Blood Bank fiasco involving outdated blood transfusion packs.
More in: Island 30 September www.island.lk
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Editorial on Bribery and Corruption
The State-run Daily News in an editorial titled ‘Eliminating bribery and corruption’ states that corruption today is a deep seated malaise that has spread its tentacles into the body politics to such a degree so as the become an entrenched phenomenon.
More in: Daily News 29 September www.dailynews.lk
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Bribe taker remanded
A top official of the Petroleum Corporation Kegalle regional office who had been caught
collecting a bribe of Rs 5,000 from a petrol station at Alawwa was remanded until 9 October.
More in: Lankadeepa 27 September www.lankadeepa.lk