CID to probe on NY Times article following complaints logged by Ranjan Ramanayake
Posted by Editor on July 4, 2018 - 4:08 pm
The Criminal Investigation Department (CID) began investigations on the New York Times article which revealed that former President has traded the Hambantota port to obtain funds for Presidential election campaign in 2015 following a complaint lodged by Deputy Minister of Social Empowerment Ranjan Ramanayake.
The New York Times article on the Hambantota port aroused a massive outcry in social media and also in print media last week.
(Source: Daily News)

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Dear Mr Ranjan R,
If you have any real hanging things that work, below your belly, you should table that list of 168 parliamentarians in the Mendis Arakku Payroll in Parliament
So many local newspapers provide hundreds and thousands of articles. Yet no action has been taken.
Is this means local media personals are providing nonsense news?
These actors are playing fool with public.
Idiotic SL citizens always stay blind.