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NPP’s Bimal vows in Parliament to prosecute Ranil for Batalanda
Daily FT
|April 11, 2025
LEADER of the House Minister Bimal Rathnayake yesterday in Parliament during the debate on the Batalanda Commission Report said that all possible investigations within the law will be conducted to bring Ranil Wickremesinghe to justice.
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The debate is scheduled to continue on a date in May.
This story is from the April 11, 2025 edition of Daily FT.
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