Namal Rajapaksa further remanded until September 29, 2026
Sri Lanka Podujana Peramuna (SLPP) MP Namal Rajapaksa was today (September 18) further remanded until September 29, 2026, over allegations that he accepted a Rs. 100 million bribe linked to the purchase of Airbus aircraft for SriLankan Airlines.
The Colombo Chief Magistrate’s Court also said the ruling on Rajapaksa’s bail application will be delivered on September 29.
Colombo Chief Magistrate Asanga S. Bodaragama issued the order after considering submissions made by Deputy Solicitor General Janaka Bandara, appearing for the Commission to Investigate Allegations of Bribery or Corruption (CIABOC), and President’s Counsel Shavindra Fernando, appearing for Rajapaksa.
Rajapaksa, who is also the National Organiser of the SLPP, was produced before the court today as his previous remand period in the CIABOC case ended.
He was arrested by CIABOC on September 4, 2026, after being questioned for nearly five hours over allegations that he received Rs. 100 million in cash as a bribe in connection with the acquisition of a wide-body Airbus aircraft fleet for SriLankan Airlines.
He was later produced before the Colombo Chief Magistrate’s Court and remanded until September 18, 2026.
According to CIABOC, EUR 1,454,651.24 linked to the alleged bribery transaction had been received into an account maintained under the name BIZ Solutions Inc. at Standard Chartered Bank in Singapore.
Of that amount, USD 800,000 was allegedly transferred to an account at OCBC Bank in Singapore maintained under the name Sabre Vision Holdings Ltd., a company linked to Sri Lankan businessman Nimal Perera.
CIABOC alleges that Rajapaksa later received a total of Rs. 100 million in cash, equivalent to USD 800,000, from Perera on several occasions during 2014 and 2015.
The Commission has said its investigation is based on a statement provided by Perera, statements obtained from Airbus officials in France, and documents, electronic evidence and other information gathered during the investigation.