Sri Lanka, Aug. 29 -- Former State Minister Shasheendra Rajapaksa, has been further remanded until September 12 by the Colombo Magistrate.

The Colombo Magistrate's Court also rejected the bail application filed on behalf of Rajapaksa, who is facing corruption charges.

Colombo Chief Magistrate Asanka S. Bodaragama ordered that the former state minister remain in remand custody until the specified date.

Rajapaksa was arrested by the Commission to Investigate Allegations of Bribery or Corruption (CIABOC) on August 06 at his residence in Nugegoda.

He was taken into custody in connection with an incident where compensation was allegedly obtained through another individual for a damaged building on a plot of government land in the Sevanagal...