Sri Lanka, Aug. 7 -- In a shocking revelation and also biting on their own words, the NPP government yesterday admitted that Supreme SAT Ltd., which launched a communications satellite into space in November 2012 from the Xichang Satellite Launch Center in China, had brought in a revenue to the country since it began commercial operations with the Board of Investments in 2015.

While the matter did not catch immediate attention, it came to the limelight when SLPP MP D.V. Chanaka immediately announced in Parliament that this satellite was more popularly known as 'Chichi's Rocket'.

Chichi aka Rohitha Rajapaksa is former President Mahinda Rajapaksa's third son and he became a national joke after he claimed in 2012 that Supreme Sat had launc...