Parliamentarian Chamal Rajapaksa today (Oct 4) made his cash deposit to contest at the upcoming Presidential election a short while ago, an official at the Election Secretariat said.
Rajapaksa had previously obtained a letter from the Secretary General of Parliament confirming his position as Parliamentarian - a document required to contest the poll.
The Presidential election is to be held on November 16.
Former Chairman of SriLankan Airlines, Nishantha Wickramasinghe, arrested on allegation of corruption by the Commission to Investigate Allegations of Bribery or Corruption (CIABOC) has been remanded until July 1 by the Colombo Magistrate court.
Deputy Minister of Finance and Economic Stabilization and NPP National List MP Harshana Suriyapperuma who is tipped to be named the next Finance Ministry Secretary resigned from Parliament today.
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