https://lk.dori.wiki/updates The newest published reports cited on Dori's maps. Entries summarise the cited sources and are not findings of wrongdoing. en https://lk.dori.wiki/event/foot-march-for-gnanasaras-release-october-2026#g-23 g-23:https://www.newswire.lk/2026/11/04/gnanasara-thera-protest-court-orders-arrests-over-alleged-violations-during-viharamahadevi-park-protest/ Tue, 03 Nov 2026 18:30:00 GMT Reports that Colombo Additional Magistrate Lahiru Silva, on two complaints from the Cinnamon Gardens Police, ordered police to arrest those who allegedly used loudspeakers without a permit at the Viharamahadevi Park protest and those accused of obstructing Colombo Municipal Council officials who tried to remove banners and cutouts, and to identify them from CCTV and video recordings. The court also closed proceedings on the interim order police had obtained, after police said the protest had ended. The article carries no response from the protesters. Source: Newswire, “Gnanasara Thera protest: Court orders arrests over alleged violations during Viharamahadevi Park protest”. https://lk.dori.wiki/organisation/criminal-investigation-department#e-38 e-38:https://english.newsfirst.lk/2026/11/04/court-to-rule-on-gota-travel-ban-request-on-november-25 Tue, 03 Nov 2026 18:30:00 GMT Allegation. On 4 November 2026 Colombo Fort Magistrate Pasan Amarasena said the order on the request to lift the travel ban would be delivered on 25 November. The article says the CID objected, saying any overseas travel could harm the ongoing Easter attacks investigation, and that the Magistrate told the CID the court has no authority to release him on bail or a bond because he has not been named a suspect. It carries no statement from him. Source: News 1st, “Court to Rule on Gota Travel Ban Request on November 25”. https://lk.dori.wiki/person/patali-champika-ranawaka#f-51 f-51:https://english.newsfirst.lk/2026/11/04/patali-in-court-over-controversial-rajagiriya-crash-case Tue, 03 Nov 2026 18:30:00 GMT Allegation. On 4 November 2026 he appeared before Colombo High Court Judge Rashmi Singappuli, who ordered pre-trial conferences for 10 November. The article says the case has 16 charges, including causing grievous injuries through reckless driving of a luxury vehicle that allegedly collided with a motorcycle near President’s College, Rajagiriya, on 28 February 2016 and leaving without stopping, and fabricating false evidence. It carries no response from him. Source: News 1st, “Patali in Court Over Controversial Rajagiriya Crash Case”. https://lk.dori.wiki/person/duminda-dissanayake#f-59 f-59:https://adaderana.lk/news/251094 Tue, 03 Nov 2026 18:30:00 GMT Allegation. On 4 November 2026 Colombo High Court Judge Udesh Ranatunga ordered the case taken up for trial on 23 November. The article says the Attorney General’s indictments allege possession of an unlicensed gold-plated T-56 assault rifle at the Havelock City apartment complex on 20 May 2025, and aiding and abetting, against him and a Kazakhstani woman. It carries no response from him. Source: Ada Derana, “Ex-minister Duminda Dissanayake’s gold-plated firearm case fixed for trial”. https://lk.dori.wiki/person/yoshitha-rajapaksa#r-74 r-74:https://english.newsfirst.lk/2026/11/03/yoshitha-denies-charges-in-money-laundering-case Mon, 02 Nov 2026 18:30:00 GMT Allegation. The amended indictment was read to him before Colombo High Court Judge Rashmi Singappuli. President’s Counsel Sampath Mendis told the court he pleads not guilty. The court ordered a pre-trial conference for 2 December. The charge is depositing more than Rs. 59 million, the origin of which could not be proven, into fixed deposit accounts at three private banks between 31 March 2009 and 12 December 2013. Source: News 1st, “Yoshitha Denies Charges in Money Laundering Case”. https://lk.dori.wiki/person/daisy-forrest#r-75 r-75:https://adaderana.lk/news/251012 Mon, 02 Nov 2026 18:30:00 GMT Allegation. The Colombo High Court ordered her release from the case filed against her and her grandson under the Prevention of Money Laundering Act, after considering submissions that she is not in a mental condition suitable to stand trial. Source: Ada Derana, “Court orders release of Daisy Forrest from money laundering case”. https://lk.dori.wiki/person/daisy-forrest#r-75 r-75:https://english.newsfirst.lk/2026/11/03/yoshitha-denies-charges-in-money-laundering-case Mon, 02 Nov 2026 18:30:00 GMT Allegation. The court discharged her in line with an earlier recommendation of a specialist medical board led by the Colombo Judicial Medical Officer, issued in relation to another case, that she is not in a suitable mental condition to take part in court proceedings. The report names her “Daisy Forest”. Source: News 1st, “Yoshitha Denies Charges in Money Laundering Case”. https://lk.dori.wiki/organisation/commission-to-investigate-allegations-of-bribery-or-corruption#r-41 r-41:https://adaderana.lk/news/251023 Mon, 02 Nov 2026 18:30:00 GMT Allegation. On 3 November 2026 Colombo Chief Magistrate Asanga S. Bodaragama ordered his release on cash bail of Rs. 100,000 and three personal sureties of Rs. 5 million each in the Krrish bribery case, imposed an overseas travel ban, warned him against influencing witnesses and fixed 6 November for the next date. The article quotes the Magistrate as saying the grounds, which counsel had said were his parents’ health, were accepted as exceptional circumstances. The Bribery Commission had objected. He was taken back to prison because a Trial-at-Bar bench had ordered him produced on 19 November, and the article says he remains in remand in the separate Airbus case. Source: Ada Derana, “Namal Rajapaksa granted bail in ‘Krrish’ deal case”. https://lk.dori.wiki/person/jagath-wickramaratne#f-279 f-279:https://www.newswire.lk/2026/11/03/tense-situation-in-parliament-over-no-confidence-motion-against-speaker/ Mon, 02 Nov 2026 18:30:00 GMT Allegation. On 3 November 2026 Opposition Leader Sajith Premadasa said the motion, with 50 charges and signed by 44 Opposition MPs, was handed in on 9 October and entered in the Order Book on 12 October but later rejected on a decision of the Committee on Parliamentary Business, and called for an inquiry into whether this breached parliamentary privilege. Deputy Speaker Rizvie Salih said he had received privilege submissions after 9.00 a.m. that day and had not yet examined them. The article carries no statement from the Speaker. Source: Newswire, “Tense situation in Parliament over no-confidence motion against Speaker”. https://lk.dori.wiki/person/jagath-wickramaratne#f-279 f-279:https://www.newswire.lk/2026/11/03/tensions-in-parliament-opposition-mps-attempt-to-seize-mace/ Mon, 02 Nov 2026 18:30:00 GMT Allegation. Reports that Opposition MPs tried to seize the ceremonial mace on 3 November 2026 during a protest over the rejection of the motion, and that the Deputy Speaker said the submissions would be examined and answered later that day. Proceedings then continued. Source: Newswire, “Tensions in Parliament: Opposition MPs attempt to seize mace”. https://lk.dori.wiki/person/chamara-sampath-dassanayake#f-382 f-382:https://adaderana.lk/news/251040 Mon, 02 Nov 2026 18:30:00 GMT Allegation. The Colombo Chief Magistrate’s Court fixed 9 February 2027 for the case the bribery commission filed over the withdrawal of more than Rs. 17.3 million from Uva Provincial Council fixed deposit accounts while he was Chief Minister, after considering a report from the commission. The article says he had earlier been released on bail in the case and carries no response from him. Source: Ada Derana, “Court to consider corruption case against MP Chamara Sampath in February 2027”. https://lk.dori.wiki/person/sampath-manamperi#f-383 f-383:https://english.newsfirst.lk/2026/11/03/court-to-deliver-judgment-on-sampath-manamperi-case-on-november-13 Mon, 02 Nov 2026 18:30:00 GMT Allegation. The Colombo High Court fixed 13 November to deliver its verdict in the case the Attorney General filed against four accused, including him and Neranjan Perera, under seven indictments. The article says he was produced by prison authorities because he is on remand over the Middeniya containers. It carries no response from him. Source: News 1st, “Court to Deliver Judgment on Sampath Manamperi Case on November 13”. https://lk.dori.wiki/event/treasury-bond-case-supreme-court-ruling-june-2026#bc-12 bc-12:https://adaderana.lk/news/250962 Mon, 02 Nov 2026 18:30:00 GMT Allegation. Ada Derana reports that the three-judge Trial-at-Bar, presided over by Judge Priyantha Liyanage, ordered the case called on 28 January 2027 for a pre-trial conference. The article says the court had previously decided to proceed in the absence of him and Ajahn Punchihewa, and that the indictment alleges a loss of Rs. 688 million to the government through the auction of 27 February 2015. It carries no response from him. Source: Ada Derana, “Central Bank bond scam case to be taken up in January 2027 for pre-trial conference”. https://lk.dori.wiki/person/yoshitha-rajapaksa#r-70 r-70:https://adaderana.lk/news/250826 Thu, 29 Oct 2026 18:30:00 GMT Allegation. The Colombo High Court, before Judge Udesh Ranatunga, recorded evidence on 30 October 2026 in the case the Attorney General filed against him under the Prevention of Money Laundering Act, then ordered that the further examination of evidence be held on 12 November. The article carries no response from him. Source: Ada Derana, “Further evidence examination in Yoshitha Rajapaksa case scheduled for Nov. 12”. https://lk.dori.wiki/person/jagath-wickramaratne#f-279 f-279:https://adaderana.lk/news/250831 Thu, 29 Oct 2026 18:30:00 GMT Allegation. Leader of the House Bimal Rathnayake said the motion would not be taken up for debate on 3 November because it had not been amended in accordance with the Standing Orders of Parliament and resubmitted before 28 October. He said 3 November was allocated for an adjournment debate. The article carries no statement from the Speaker. Source: Ada Derana, “No-confidence motion against Speaker will not be debated on Nov. 3 – Bimal”. https://lk.dori.wiki/person/namal-rajapaksa#r-73 r-73:https://adaderana.lk/news/250770 Wed, 28 Oct 2026 18:30:00 GMT Allegation. The CID told the Colombo Chief Magistrate’s Court that it had not yet received the Attorney General’s instructions in the case against him and others over an alleged Rs. 15 million money laundering offence involving a company named N.R. Consultancy. The article says the investigation concluded in 2016 and the files were sent to the Attorney General, and that he, reportedly in remand custody, was not produced. The article carries no response from him. Source: Ada Derana, “Court to take up Namal Rajapaksa’s money laundering case in Feb. 2027”. https://lk.dori.wiki/person/namal-rajapaksa#r-73 r-73:https://www.newswire.lk/2026/10/29/namal-rajapaksas-rs-15-mn-money-laundering-case-postponed-to-february/ Wed, 28 Oct 2026 18:30:00 GMT Allegation. Says the case was ordered to be recalled on 11 February 2027 and names the suspects as him, Nithya Senani Samaranayake, Sujani Bogollagama and Sudarshana Bandara Ganegoda. It says the investigation began after a complaint on 28 July 2015 by Anti-Corruption Voice convener Wasantha Samarasinghe. The article carries no response from him. Source: Newswire, “Namal Rajapaksa’s Rs. 15 Mn money laundering case postponed to February”. https://lk.dori.wiki/organisation/criminal-investigation-department#e-38 e-38:https://www.newswire.lk/2026/10/28/gotabayas-travel-ban-court-orders-cid-to-appear-on-november-4/ Tue, 27 Oct 2026 18:30:00 GMT Allegation. On 28 October 2026 Colombo Fort Magistrate Pasan Amarasena, on a motion by his lawyers, ordered the CID, described as the complainant, to appear on 4 November to state its position on a request to lift the overseas travel ban temporarily so he could travel to Singapore. The CID was not present. The article says the ban was imposed on him and several former intelligence officers in connection with the Easter attacks investigations, and that he was present in open court. Source: Newswire, “Gotabaya’s travel ban: Court orders CID to appear on November 4”. https://lk.dori.wiki/organisation/criminal-investigation-department#e-38 e-38:https://adaderana.lk/news/250702 Tue, 27 Oct 2026 18:30:00 GMT Allegation. Reports that he arrived at the Colombo Fort Magistrate’s Court on 28 October 2026 seeking removal of the overseas travel ban imposed in connection with the Easter attacks investigations. Source: Ada Derana, “Ex-President Gotabaya Rajapaksa arrives at Colombo Fort Magistrate’s Court”. https://lk.dori.wiki/person/mohamed-saribu-adham-lebbe#e-110 e-110:https://adaderana.lk/news/250704 Tue, 27 Oct 2026 18:30:00 GMT Mohamed Shareef Adam Lebbe, known as ‘Gafoor Mama’, the third accused, was sentenced on 28 October 2026 by a three-judge Colombo Special High Court bench after pleading guilty to five charges. Each carried 12 years but the terms run concurrently, and seven and a half years spent in remand and under detention orders were deducted, leaving about four and a half years. The judges took into account his plea, his age of 63 and other special circumstances. The court ordered special security when he is taken to the High Courts in Kegalle and Batticaloa, where two other cases are pending. Source: Ada Derana, “‘Gafoor Mama’ sentenced to 12 years in prison over explosives case”. https://lk.dori.wiki/person/mohamed-saribu-adham-lebbe#e-110 e-110:https://www.newswire.lk/2026/10/28/wanathavilluwa-explosives-case-gafoor-mama-sentenced-to-12-years-in-prison/ Tue, 27 Oct 2026 18:30:00 GMT Gives the same sentence and says the charges concern possessing and collecting explosives and other prohibited materials at Lactowatta, Wanathavilluwa. It spells his name Mohamed Shareef Adam Lebbe, while the Easter attacks trial reports on this map spell it Mohamed Saribu Adham Lebbe; both give the alias ‘Gafoor Mama’. Source: Newswire, “Wanathavilluwa explosives case: ‘Gafoor Mama’ sentenced to 12 years in prison”. https://lk.dori.wiki/organisation/commission-to-investigate-allegations-of-bribery-or-corruption#r-41 r-41:https://www.newswire.lk/2026/10/28/krish-case-court-decision-on-namals-bail-application-on-november-3/ Tue, 27 Oct 2026 18:30:00 GMT Allegation. Confirms that the Chief Magistrate fixed 3 November for the decision on the bail application after hearing the Bribery Commission and his lawyers, and gives the allegation as accepting a Rs. 100 million bribe over the transfer of land at Transworks Square to the Krrish company. The article carries no response from him. Source: Newswire, “Krish case: Court decision on Namal’s bail application on November 3”. https://lk.dori.wiki/organisation/commission-to-investigate-allegations-of-bribery-or-corruption#r-41 r-41:https://adaderana.lk/news/250708 Tue, 27 Oct 2026 18:30:00 GMT Allegation. On 28 October 2026 Chief Magistrate Asanga S. Bodaragama, after hearing the Bribery Commission and his counsel, fixed 3 November to deliver the order on the bail application. The article describes the allegation as accepting a Rs. 100 million bribe, while earlier Ada Derana reports gave Rs. 70 million; the article carries no response from him. Source: Ada Derana, “Court to deliver ruling on Namal Rajapaksa’s bail application on Nov. 3”. https://lk.dori.wiki/person/namal-rajapaksa#r-53 r-53:https://www.ft.lk/front-page/AG-indicts-Namal-Rajapaksa-on-24-charges-over-Airbus-deal/44-799235 Tue, 27 Oct 2026 18:30:00 GMT Allegation. Says the Attorney General filed the 24-charge indictment over alleged bribery in the Airbus transaction. The Chief Magistrate ordered him kept in custody until he was produced before the Trial-at-Bar, saying the Magistrate’s Court could no longer make any order about the suspect, including on bail or remand, and that no exceptional circumstances had been presented to justify bail. Source: Daily FT, “AG indicts Namal Rajapaksa on 24 charges over Airbus deal”. https://lk.dori.wiki/person/namal-rajapaksa#r-53 r-53:https://adaderana.lk/news/250696 Tue, 27 Oct 2026 18:30:00 GMT Allegation. On 28 October 2026 he was produced before the Colombo Permanent High Court Trial-at-Bar, and the Chief Magistrate had directed that a report on the matter be submitted to the Magistrate’s Court on 30 October. Source: Ada Derana, “Namal Rajapaksa produced before Colombo High Court Trial-at-Bar”. https://lk.dori.wiki/person/namal-rajapaksa#r-53 r-53:https://adaderana.lk/news/250699 Tue, 27 Oct 2026 18:30:00 GMT Allegation. The three-judge Trial-at-Bar bench headed by Judge Priyantha Liyanage ordered prison authorities to produce him on 19 November. Bribery Commission lawyers were absent because they had not been notified of the hearing. His counsel, led by President’s Counsel Nalin Ladduwhetty, said the defence intended to file a bail application once the commission’s officers appeared. Source: Ada Derana, “Airbus Case: Namal Rajapaksa ordered to appear before court on Nov. 19”. https://lk.dori.wiki/person/wasantha-karannagoda#r-58 r-58:https://adaderana.lk/news/250714 Tue, 27 Oct 2026 18:30:00 GMT Allegation. On 28 October 2026 Colombo High Court Judge Ravindra Premaratne, after the pre-trial conference concluded, ordered the case called for trial on 23 November. The article carries no response from him. Source: Ada Derana, “Case against ex-Navy Chief Wasantha Karannagoda and Yoshitha Rajapaksa set for Nov. 23”. https://lk.dori.wiki/person/yoshitha-rajapaksa#r-59 r-59:https://adaderana.lk/news/250714 Tue, 27 Oct 2026 18:30:00 GMT Allegation. On 28 October 2026 Colombo High Court Judge Ravindra Premaratne, after the pre-trial conference concluded, ordered the case called for trial on 23 November. The article carries no response from him. Source: Ada Derana, “Case against ex-Navy Chief Wasantha Karannagoda and Yoshitha Rajapaksa set for Nov. 23”. https://lk.dori.wiki/person/keheliya-rambukwella#f-325 f-325:https://www.ft.lk/news/Following-TISL-s-contempt-application-SC-sets-deadline-for-Rs-275-m-payment-in-medical-procurement-case/56-799243 Tue, 27 Oct 2026 18:30:00 GMT Allegation. Says the Supreme Court heard the application on Monday 26 October 2026. Respondent Prof. S. D. Jayaratne said he paid Rs. 50 million on 22 October, after the application was filed. Rambukwella paid Rs. 20 million on 23 October and undertook to pay the remaining Rs. 55 million within two weeks; the other respondents gave undertakings to pay within a week to three months. The Court ordered the four unpaid respondents to pay the full sums within three months, imposed travel bans on them, and released them on bail with cash bonds of Rs. 50 million each and two sureties, to be arranged within a week. Source: Daily FT, “Following TISL’s contempt application, SC sets deadline for Rs. 275 m payment in medical procurement case”. https://lk.dori.wiki/person/jagath-wickramaratne#f-279 f-279:https://www.newswire.lk/2026/10/28/opposition-calls-for-speakers-resignation-refuses-to-amend-no-confidence-motion/ Tue, 27 Oct 2026 18:30:00 GMT Allegation. The SJB and opposition MPs called for his resignation and said they would neither amend nor withdraw the allegations. They criticised the 23 October Committee on Parliamentary Business decision, chaired by the Speaker, to reject a debate unless the allegations were amended, and alleged he influenced it. The article carries no response from the Speaker. Source: Newswire, “Opposition calls for Speaker’s resignation, refuses to amend no-confidence motion”. https://lk.dori.wiki/organisation/commission-to-investigate-allegations-of-bribery-or-corruption#f-380 f-380:https://adaderana.lk/news/250723 Tue, 27 Oct 2026 18:30:00 GMT Allegation. Reports that the commission arrested the former Chairman of the National Youth Services Council. He is accused of misrepresenting land and buildings in Samapura, Ampara as state property in sublease agreements and then leasing the property from the council, and the article says Rs. 3.8 million of council funds was improperly paid to a third party and Rs. 1.3 million spent on renovation without board approval, causing a loss of Rs. 5.1 million. The article carries no response from him. Source: Ada Derana, “Former chairman of National Youth Service Council arrested”. https://lk.dori.wiki/organisation/commission-to-investigate-allegations-of-bribery-or-corruption#f-380 f-380:https://adaderana.lk/news/250727 Tue, 27 Oct 2026 18:30:00 GMT Allegation. The Colombo Chief Magistrate granted him bail on two personal sureties of Rs. 1 million each and restricted his overseas travel, after hearing the commission and his lawyers. Source: Ada Derana, “Former Youth Services chief Lalith Piyum Perera granted bail”. https://lk.dori.wiki/person/sugeeshwara-bandara#f-381 f-381:https://adaderana.lk/news/250718 Tue, 27 Oct 2026 18:30:00 GMT Allegation. Reports that he was further remanded until 11 November after being produced before the Colombo Magistrate’s Court. He is accused of receiving two salaries under the President’s expenditure head in 2022, as secretary to Gotabaya Rajapaksa and as Project Director at the Presidential Secretariat under Ranil Wickremesinghe. The article does not say who brought the case and carries no response from him. Source: Ada Derana, “Sugeeshwara Bandara further remanded”. https://lk.dori.wiki/person/johnston-fernando#f-379 f-379:https://www.newswire.lk/2026/10/28/johnston-fernando-pleads-guilty-in-luxury-bmw-tax-fraud-case/ Tue, 27 Oct 2026 18:30:00 GMT Through his lawyers he told the Colombo Fort Magistrate’s Court on 28 October 2026 that he pleads guilty to charges relating to possessing a luxury BMW imported without paying the required taxes. The article’s headline calls it a tax fraud case. The CID says the vehicle was found at a Colombo hotel, that Customs confirmed a vehicle with its chassis number was not legally imported, that the Government Analyst’s Department found it was illegally assembled, and that its identifiers were linked to a car reported stolen in the UK in 2021. The article gives the arrest as 23 October without a year. Source: Newswire, “Johnston Fernando pleads guilty in luxury BMW tax fraud case”. https://lk.dori.wiki/person/johnston-fernando#f-379 f-379:https://adaderana.lk/news/250712 Tue, 27 Oct 2026 18:30:00 GMT Says he intends to plead guilty to charges relating to possession of a luxury vehicle imported without the applicable taxes, and to tax evasion, and that the court is scheduled to deliver its decision on 11 November 2026. Source: Ada Derana, “Johnston Fernando pleads guilty in luxury vehicle case; Verdict due on Nov. 11”. https://lk.dori.wiki/person/johnston-fernando#f-379 f-379:https://www.newswire.lk/2026/10/28/johnston-clarifies-charges-denies-involvement-in-vehicle-import-tax-fraud/ Tue, 27 Oct 2026 18:30:00 GMT In a statement on 28 October 2026 he denied reports that he pleaded guilty to vehicle import tax fraud. He said only three charges had been filed against him, under the Motor Traffic Act, that he was not charged with importing or owning the vehicle or failing to pay import duty, that he is not its owner, and that a separate case against the person who had possession of it is before the Gampaha Magistrate’s Court. He urged media to correct their reports. Source: Newswire, “Johnston clarifies charges, denies involvement in vehicle import tax fraud”. https://lk.dori.wiki/person/johnston-fernando#f-379 f-379:https://adaderana.lk/news/250738 Tue, 27 Oct 2026 18:30:00 GMT Gives the same statement: three Motor Traffic Act charges, no charge of importing, owning or evading duty, and a separate Gampaha case against the person who had the vehicle. The article does not say which outlets he meant. Source: Ada Derana, “Johnston Fernando says media reports on luxury vehicle case are misleading”. https://lk.dori.wiki/event/foot-march-for-gnanasaras-release-october-2026#g-23 g-23:https://adaderana.lk/news/250643 Mon, 26 Oct 2026 18:30:00 GMT Cabinet Spokesman Minister Nalinda Jayatissa said the Chief Prelates had not so far asked the government to release him, and that even if they did the government would act in accordance with the law and had no intention of overriding a judicial decision. He said the Prisons Department’s Standing Orders had been amended after a letter from the four Chief Prelates of the Buddhist chapters and discussions with their representatives. Source: Ada Derana, “No request made by Chief Prelates to secure Gnanasara Thero’s release, says Cabinet Spokesman”. https://lk.dori.wiki/person/roshan-ranasinghe#g-28 g-28:https://adaderana.lk/news/250617 Mon, 26 Oct 2026 18:30:00 GMT Speaking on Ada Derana 360 on 26 October, he asked President Anura Kumara Dissanayake, as chairman of the Sarvajana Balaya party and personally, to grant a pardon. He referred to former President Sirisena’s decision to grant the 2019 pardon, saying it had been made at the request of the Mahanayake Theros and in line with the public mandate. Source: Ada Derana, “Roshan Ranasinghe calls for Presidential pardon for Gnanasara Thero”. https://lk.dori.wiki/organisation/commission-to-investigate-allegations-of-bribery-or-corruption#r-41 r-41:https://www.newswire.lk/2026/10/27/namals-lawyer-seeks-bail-citing-parents-serious-health-conditions/ Mon, 26 Oct 2026 18:30:00 GMT Allegation. On 27 October 2026 his counsel, President’s Counsel Ali Sabry, asked the Colombo Chief Magistrate’s Court for bail on compassionate grounds in the Krrish transaction case and argued the presumption of innocence. The Bribery Commission said it had not received the documents and asked for time, and rejected claims of unequal treatment, saying it applied the law equally to everyone. The article gives the alleged bribe as Rs. 100 million in connection with the Transworks Square land. Source: Newswire, “Namal’s lawyer seeks bail citing parents’ serious health conditions”. https://lk.dori.wiki/organisation/financial-crimes-investigation-division#r-42 r-42:https://adaderana.lk/news/250637 Mon, 26 Oct 2026 18:30:00 GMT Allegation. On 27 October 2026 the Matara Magistrate’s Court issued an open warrant for his arrest on a report from the division, which brought the matter under the Money Laundering Act citing its inability to establish the source of funds used to buy the Browns Hill property. The article says the court had earlier restricted dealings with the property. The article carries no response from him. Source: Ada Derana, “Open warrant issued for Basil Rajapaksa in Brown’s Hill land case”. https://lk.dori.wiki/organisation/financial-crimes-investigation-division#r-42 r-42:https://www.newswire.lk/2026/10/27/open-warrant-issued-for-basil-rajapaksa-in-browns-hill-land-case/ Mon, 26 Oct 2026 18:30:00 GMT Allegation. Describes the property as about one and a half acres on Eliyakanda Road, Browns Hill, previously belonging to a German national, Herbert Keller, and allegedly bought by him for Rs. 60 million. It repeats that the Matara Chief Magistrate, Chathura Dissanayake, had earlier ordered his bail money forfeited after he failed to appear. The article carries no response from him. Source: Newswire, “Open warrant issued for Basil Rajapaksa in Brown’s Hill land case”. https://lk.dori.wiki/person/namal-rajapaksa#r-53 r-53:https://www.newswire.lk/2026/10/27/airbus-deal-indictments-filed-against-namal-rajapaksa-and-three-others/ Mon, 26 Oct 2026 18:30:00 GMT Allegation. On 27 October 2026 Deputy Solicitor General Janaka Bandara told Colombo Chief Magistrate Asanga S. Bodaragama that indictments had been filed against him and three others before the Permanent High Court Trial-at-Bar, with the approval of the Chief Justice, over allegations of money laundering and accepting a Rs. 100 million bribe in connection with the Airbus transaction. The indictment has 24 charges and 59 witnesses. The article carries no response from him. Source: Newswire, “Airbus deal: Indictments filed against Namal Rajapaksa and three others”. https://lk.dori.wiki/person/jagath-wickramaratne#f-279 f-279:https://adaderana.lk/news/250652 Mon, 26 Oct 2026 18:30:00 GMT Allegation. Opposition MPs said in a statement that the government’s argument that the allegations are sub judice was neither legally sound nor reasonable, that the Speaker should step aside while allegations against him are examined, and that the motion had not been referred to the Attorney General despite an understanding reached at a 12 October Committee on Parliamentary Business meeting. The article carries no response from the Speaker. Source: Ada Derana, “Opposition accuses government of blocking debate on No-Confidence Motion against Speaker”. https://lk.dori.wiki/person/jagath-wickramaratne#f-279 f-279:https://adaderana.lk/news/250651 Mon, 26 Oct 2026 18:30:00 GMT Allegation. The Committee on Parliamentary Business, chaired by the Speaker, scheduled the debate on the Opposition’s revised no-confidence motion for 3 November 2026, the Department of Communication of Parliament said. Source: Ada Derana, “Opposition’s revised No-Confidence Motion to be debated in Parliament on Nov. 3”. https://lk.dori.wiki/person/balangoda-kassapa-thero#g-26 g-26:https://english.newsfirst.lk/2026/10/26/police-launch-investigation-into-alleged-inciting-remarks-by-balangoda-kassapa-thera Sun, 25 Oct 2026 18:30:00 GMT Allegation. Cinnamon Gardens Police told Colombo Chief Magistrate Asanga S. Bodaragama that the investigation followed a complaint by Jagath Basnayake, an organiser at the National People’s Power headquarters, alleging that he made false statements to the media during the protest capable of inciting and misleading the public. Police said his 22 October statement about two individuals allegedly arriving at the park with knives was false, and cited Section 98 of the Police Ordinance. The magistrate ordered media institutions to give police the unedited footage and directed police to report progress. The article carries no response from him. Source: News 1st, “Police Launch Investigation into Alleged Inciting Remarks by Balangoda Kassapa Thera”. https://lk.dori.wiki/organisation/united-national-party-unp#g-27 g-27:https://adaderana.lk/news/250566 Sun, 25 Oct 2026 18:30:00 GMT In a statement issued after the satyagraha was suspended, the party urged the President to grant an immediate pardon with the involvement of the Chief Prelates of the three main Buddhist chapters. It cited former Chief Justice Sarath N. Silva as saying the maximum sentence for contempt of court is 18 months, said he had already spent more than 10 months in prison for the offence, criticised the government’s reported efforts to obtain court orders against monks who had not taken part in the march and satyagraha, and called for an investigation into those responsible for ordering the removal of his robe. The article carries no government response. Source: Ada Derana, “UNP calls for presidential pardon for Gnanasara Thero”. https://lk.dori.wiki/person/mohamed-naufar#e-109 e-109:https://adaderana.lk/news/250572 Sun, 25 Oct 2026 18:30:00 GMT The Colombo Special Trial-at-Bar found Naufar Maulavi and co-defendant Mohamed Ibrahim Saadiq guilty after they pleaded guilty to four charges (numbers 1, 2, 8 and 9 of the indictment) over the illegal possession of a firearm, live ammunition, detonators and other materials used to make explosives. Each was given sentences totalling 48 years, to run concurrently, for an effective 12 years’ rigorous imprisonment. Source: Ada Derana, “Naufer Moulavi sentenced to 12 years of rigorous imprisonment over Wanathawilluwa explosives case”. https://lk.dori.wiki/person/mohamed-naufar#e-109 e-109:https://www.newswire.lk/2026/10/26/another-12-year-prison-sentence-for-easter-attacks-convict-nowfer-moulavi/ Sun, 25 Oct 2026 18:30:00 GMT Calls him Nowfer Moulavi and says the charges concern collecting firearms and explosives at Lactowatte in Wanathavilluwa in 2018, alongside Zahran Hashim and others; the case entry, based on Ada Derana, gives the year as 2019. It notes he was sentenced to 220 years in September 2026 in the Easter Sunday attacks case. Source: Newswire, “Another 12-year prison sentence for Easter attacks convict Nowfer Moulavi”. https://lk.dori.wiki/person/ranil-wickremesinghe#p-32 p-32:https://adaderana.lk/news/250574 Sun, 25 Oct 2026 18:30:00 GMT Reports that the Supreme Court held that the actions of the former President, the former Secretary to the Ministry of Justice and the former Commissioner General of Prisons in releasing a man who had served about two months of a 29-month sentence for failing to pay maintenance violated Article 12(1). Ada Derana calls the release a presidential pardon granted for Prisoners’ Day; the man argued it was a reduction of sentence under Article 34(1)(d). The court compared another prisoner jailed for similar arrears whose sentence was reduced by about a week. The article carries no response from Wickremesinghe. Source: Ada Derana, “SC orders enforcement of 29-month sentence after invalidating presidential pardon”.