SUB-INSPECTOR ARRESTED ON BRIBERY CHARGE

January 4, 2014

A Sub-Inspector (SI) of the Payagala Police Station has been arrested by the Commission to Investigate Allegation of Bribery or Corruption today on charges of soliciting a bribe of Rs 10,000. 

The Sub-Inspector was arrested this afternoon while accepting the bribe of Rs 10,000 in exchange for releasing a three-wheeler involved in an accident, before it was released by court, the Police Spokesman said. 

Government reduces official inflation figures

 Saturday, 04 January 2014 

The government has reportedly surreptitiously reduced the official inflation figures of the country calculated by the Census and Statistics Department in 2013.

JVP parliamentarian Anura Kumara Dissanayake charged during a debate in parliament last month that the government was doctoring data and statistics in the country and called for an independent commission to be appointed to probe the matter.

He accused the government of pushing the Census and Statistics Department to change the official growth and inflation statistics.
It is learnt that while the inflation rate according to the Colombo Consumers Price Index (CCPI) was 8.1 last January, the real inflation rate for the month was 13.9.

The prices and wages division of the Census and Statistics Department has recorded the inflation rate to be 13.9 in January 2013 until it was later changed to 8.1 due to political pressure.

A similar situation was recorded in March last year when the inflation rate recorded at 8.8 was reduced to 6.9 in the reports published in December.

The inflation rate reflects on the cost of living.