C. B. Rathnayake
Former Cabinet Minister and former MP · Sri Lanka Podujana Peramuna (SLPP)
Overview
- Status
- CHARGES PENDING
- Current Case
- Alleged acquisition of assets exceeding known lawful income by more than approximately Rs. 57.3 million.
- Next Hearing
- Not publicly confirmed
- Last Verified
- 16 December 2025
The short version
C. B. Rathnayake is facing charges. Alleged acquisition of assets exceeding known lawful income by more than approximately Rs. 57.3 million. Released on two sureties of Rs.2 million each with a travel ban.
How did we get here?
- 16 December 2025
Remand Ended / Bail Granted
Court: Colombo Chief Magistrate's Court
- 2 December 2025
Remanded
Court: Colombo Chief Magistrate's Court
Court cases
Alleged acquisition of assets exceeding known lawful income by more than approximately Rs. 57.3 million.
What’s happened
Released on two sureties of Rs.2 million each with a travel ban.
- Court
- Colombo Chief Magistrate's Court
- Next hearing / due
- Not publicly confirmed
Political career
Ministerial positions
Former Cabinet Minister and former MP
Dates not publicly confirmed
Other political positions
No other positions publicly confirmed.
Party history
Long-standing SLFP background; exact first membership dates are not needed for the safe V1 history.
Reported in the Nov 2018 transition and definitively elected under SLPP in 2020. The 2018 date is retained as a reported membership event rather than an unquestioned legal termination of SLFP membership.