Travel ban on Mahinda and Basil further extended

The Supreme Court today (August 10) extended the travel ban imposed on former Prime Minister Mahinda Rajapaksa and former Finance Minister Basil Rajapaksa until September 05, as they are named as respondents in a case filed over the country’s economic crisis. 

A motion was filed on July 13, seeking an order prohibiting former Prime Minister Mahinda Rajapaksa, former Minister Basil Rajapaksa, former Central Bank Governor Ajith Nivard Cabraal and several others from leaving the country.