The Witch-Hunt Continues
Renuka Bandaranayake and Kapila Karunaratna
We, Renuka Bandaranayake and Kapila Karunaratna , are the sister and brother in law, respectively of the 43rd Chief Justice of the Republic of Sri Lanka.
Since the afternoon of Sunday the 3rd of November, Kapila and I have been receiving information that a rumour is being spread that we have received a discount of 20% for the Trillium apartment we purchased in 2011 in Colombo. It was informed to us that this rumour was based on the comments made by a visiting dignitary at a public forum in Perth, Western Australia.
The said discount is not true. In fact and in truth we did not get any special concession for this purchase. To address that we would like to give the following details regarding our purchase:
We purchased the apartment in April 2011 paying Rs. 26,125,000/‐ . This was listed for Rs 27,500,000/‐ and we were told that the sale price was Rs 26,125,000/‐, which amounts to a reduction of 5% (which is,Rs 1, 375,000/‐ ) from the listed price. This money was paid in instalments as per the agreement. We have been doing some research on the sales prices of the other apartments that were sold during April and May 2011 and have come to know that, most of the sale prices were 3 %to 8% less than the listed price. In other words a reduction of 3% to 8% from the listed price had been offered to those who purchased during the said period. This confirms that our purchase price was within the range of all the other sales. Furthermore, the Watawala Committee, which was in charge of these apartments, had given permission for the sale of these apartments including our apartment, with a 5% discount from the quoted listed price. Read More
Two Condolence Messages On Dr. Gamani Corea’s Death: By Manmohan Singh And
Mahinda Rajapaksa
November 6, 2013
Both the President Mahinda Rajapaksa and the Indian Prime Minister Manmohan Singh issued condolence messages on the death of the death of Dr. Gamani Corea.
We publish below the both Message of Condolence;
Indian PM’s message;
Dr. Gamani Corea
