Kamani Alwis

Forex paid to SriLankan GSAs violating manuals - Witness

SriLankan Airlines Revenue Manager Upeka Avanthi Abeysekera yesterday said Sri Lanka has lost foreign exchange to the value of Rs 84 million as officials of the airline had...
Cabinet committee under PM looking to revive SriLankan

Cabinet Secretary Sumith Abeysinghe said a cabinet sub-committee chaired by Prime Minister Ranil Wickremesinghe is looking into a viable proposal for the betterment of...
SriLankan sold four Treasury bonds of Rs 2.5 bn to ComBank - Witness

Four treasury bonds of SriLankan Airlines worth Rs 2.5 billion was sold to Commercial Bank in 2014, Commercial Bank’s treasury bonds and bills chief dealer Hemal Jayasekera...
‘SriLankan refused Russia GSA’s request to credit money to personal account’

SriLankan Airlines turned down a request made by its General Sales Agent in Russia Anna Korakowa to credit 986200 roubles to her personal account at the Commercial Bank,...

SRILANKAN PAID EMBASSY Rs 24 MN FOR RUSSIA FLIGHTS LAUNCH - WITNESS

SriLankan Airlines paid USD 184,700 (nearly Rs 24 million) to the Sri Lankan Embassy in Russia in 2011 to inaugurate direct flights to Moscow while former Ambassador to Russia Udayanga Weeratunga...
SriLankan GSAs appointed on Wickremasinghe’s dictates

SriLankan Airlines had flouted its standard procedure in appointing General Sales Agents (GSAs) during the chairmanship of Nishantha Wickremasinghe.The national carrier had flouted this procedure and...
Presidential Commission probing Mihin: Gotabhaya, Sajin summoned

Mihin Lanka Founder-Chairman Nandasena Gotabhaya Rajapaksa and its former chief executive officer Sajin Vass Gunawardena, had been summoned to record a statement before the Presidential Commission...
‘SriLankan paid Rs. 4.18 bn, US $ 7.58 mn as loan interest’

SriLankan Airlines had paid Rs. 4.18 billion and US $ 7.58 million to the Bank of Ceylon as interest on rupee and dollar loans obtained from it, Bank of Ceylon Offshore Branch Chief Manager Upul...
Lalith, Gota, Sajin Vass to be summoned before Presidential Commission

Former Secretary to the President Lalith Weeratunga, former Defence Secretary Gotabhaya Rajapaksa and former SriLankan Airlines Chief Executive Officer Sajin De Vass Gunawardena are to be summoned...
COMMISSION GRILLS NISHANTHA, CHANDRASENA FOR OVER 8 HOURS

The Presidential Commission investigating into SriLankan Airlines yesterday recorded statements of former Chairman Nishantha Wickramasinghe and former CEO Kapila Chandrasena.This is over alleged...
RAJAPAKSA MUSEUM CASE: AG SENDS FILE TO CJ FOR TRIAL IN Permanent High Court at Bar

The Attorney General has sent the file containing details on charges related to former Defence Secretary Gotabhaya Rajapaksa and six others to consider filing indictments against the accused in the...
Sacks of currency notes removed from Temple Trees following MR’s defeat - Source

It has been revealed that sacks of currency notes were removed from Temple Trees following the defeat of former President Mahinda Rajapaksa at the 2015 Presidential Election, a confidential source...
Presidential Commission of Inquiry into SriLankan Airlines

The foreign exchange the country should have received since 2009 went into the hands of SriLankan Airlines General Sales Agents in foreign countries, it was revealed at the Presidential Commission of...
Udayanga Weeratunga had recommended General Sales Agent to Russia -Witness

It was revealed at the Presidential Commission investigating into SriLankan Airlines that then Sri Lankan Ambassador to Russia Udayanga Weeratunga had recommended the appointment of SriLankan Airline...
General Sales Agents appointed without following proper procedures

It was disclosed at the Presidential Commission inquiring into the alleged frauds at SriLankan Airlines that the airline had appointed General Sales Agents in foreign countries without following...
Rs.56 mn worth equipment bought for company named M.R.I.A. Kitchen - Finance Manager

The Finance Manager of Sri Lankan Catering Nalaka Sanjeewa said equipment was bought at a cost of Rs.56 million for a company named M.R.I.A.Kitchen which was to be set up at Wattala in 2012 but at...