Sri Lanka, Nov. 6 -- Former Minister and Badulla District MP Chamara Sampath Dassanayake and his former private secretary have been further remanded until November 10 by the Colombo Chief Magistrate's Court over allegations of corruption.

Colombo Chief Magistrate Asanga S. Bodaragama issued the order today(06) after considering submissions made by officers of the Commission to Investigate Allegations of Bribery or Corruptio and attorneys representing the suspects.Read Travel Guides

The two were arrested over allegations that they had accepted a bribe of Rs. 8.4 million in return for issuing phosphate import permits to three companies without following the proper procedures.

The alleged incident took place while Dassanayake was serving ...