Sri Lanka, March 27 -- The New Democratic Front's (NDF) Badulla District MP Chamara Sampath Dassanayake who was arrested by the Bribery Commission has been granted bail by the Colombo Magistrate's Court.

He was arrested by the Bribery Commission earlier today (27) after recording a statement in relation to an irregularity that occurred during his tenure as the Chief Minister of Uva Province.

He was subsequently presented before Colombo Chief Magistrate Thanuja Lakmali who ordered the suspect to be released on a cash bail of Rs. 50,000 and two sureties of Rs. 5 million each.

Furthermore, the Colombo Magistrate's Court imposed an overseas travel ban on MP Chamara Sampath Dassanayake who has also been ordered to be hand over his passport ...