Colombo (News1st): The Commission to investigate allegations of bribery or corruption said that 31 state officials have been arrested over bribery-related charges this year.

The Director General of the Bribery Commission President’s Counsel Sarath Jayamanne said that a manager of the Mahaweli Development Authority was arrested for obtaining bribes in Walikanda yesterday (October 19).

• Seven threewheelers collide with lorry; seven injured
• Over 120,000 without electricity in Galle and Matara
• Two arrested from Dodanduwa with firearms
• Two dead in Kilinochchi train accident
• 581 rounds of T56 ammunition seized