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Prasanna Ranatunga
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- Role
- Former minister: tourism and aviation from November 2019; urban development and housing from July 2022
- Flagged for
- Convicted by the Colombo High Court of threatening a businessman to obtain promissory notes; two-year sentence suspended for five years and a Rs. 25 million fine, left standing when he withdrew his appeal in September 2025
- Status
- Separately arrested by the bribery commission and bailed on 12 November 2025; the complaint was adjourned on 20 October 2026 to 26 January 2027; no verdict reported
Coming court dates
- 26 Jan 2027
- Bribery Commission complaint to be called again in the Colombo Magistrate’s Court for a progress update
Connections (6)
- Prasanna Ranatunga / Convicted in / Meetotamulla extortion case
- The Colombo High Court convicted him on one of fifteen counts, for threatening a businessman by phone in 2015 and demanding Rs. 64 million to obtain five promissory notes. He was given two years of rigorous imprisonment suspended for five years and fined Rs. 25 million. On 11 September 2025 he withdrew his appeal, leaving the sentence and fine in effect.11 Sep 2025 · Daily Mirror (Sri Lanka) · Suspended sentence, Rs.25 Mn fine to stand as Prasanna Ranatunga drops Appeal
- Commission to Investigate Allegations of Bribery or Corruption / Arrested, November 2025 / Prasanna RanatungaAllegation
- Arrested on 12 November 2025 after giving a statement. He is alleged to have unlawfully appointed a private broker firm for medical insurance at four institutions under the Ministry of Tourism, causing a loss of Rs. 4,750,828.72 to the Sri Lanka Insurance Corporation. The Colombo Chief Magistrate granted bail the same day with a travel ban.12 Nov 2025 · Ada Derana · Ex-Minister Prasanna Ranatunga granted bail
- Reports that the Colombo Chief Magistrate directed the Bribery Commission on 20 October 2026 to give a progress update when the complaint is next called on 26 January 2027, that he appeared in court while out on bail, and that the complaint concerns insurance cover for employees of four institutions, including the Sri Lanka Tourism Authority, during his time as Tourism Minister.20 Oct 2026 · Ada Derana · Case against Prasanna Ranatunga adjourned till January 2027
- Prasanna Ranatunga / Sworn in as minister by, November 2019 / Gotabaya Rajapaksa
- Sworn in by President Gotabaya Rajapaksa at the Presidential Secretariat on 22 November 2019 as minister of industrial export and investment promotion, and of tourism and aviation services.22 Nov 2019 · Daily Mirror (Sri Lanka) · New Cabinet sworn-in
- Prasanna Ranatunga / Minister under, from July 2022 / Ranil Wickremesinghe
- Prasanna Ranatunga / Named in / List of 50 cases tabled in Parliament, 8 October 2026Allegation
- Prasanna Ranatunga / Minister and Chief Government Whip under, 2024 / Ranil Wickremesinghe