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Gotabaya Rajapaksa’s Former Private Secretary Further Remanded Until November 18

In Local News
November 11, 2026

Sugeeshwara Bandara, the private secretary to former President Gotabaya Rajapaksa, has been further remanded until November 18 by Colombo Fort Acting Magistrate Kingsley Hettiarchchi.

The Acting Magistrate also directed that the suspect’s bail application be considered on the same date.

Bandara remains in remand custody after being produced before court by the Central Crime Investigation Bureau over allegations that he drew salaries simultaneously for two positions under the Presidential Expenditure Head.