Acting on the instructions of President Gotabaya Rajapaksa, the SLAF has undertaken a special project to develop Kanugahawewa village in Kebithigollewa, Anuradhapura. Based on the proposal made by the Divisional Secretary, the Urban Development Authority has planned to develop Kanugahawewa as a model village with the Sri Lanka Air Force. The project is being implemented […]
by Norman Palihawadane
Police Media Spokesman DIG Ajith Rohana said that plainclothesmen had been deployed to ensure that people under self-quarantine confined themselves to their homes.
DIG Rohana said the police had received complaints that some people undergoing quarantine left their homes, posing a danger to the public.
Accordingly, a special police operation was launched from Saturday (30) to monitor them, he said
The DIG said that it was an offence punishable under quarantine law for a person undergoing self-quarantine to leave his home or entertain visitors.
Police had arrested 52 individuals within the last 24 hours for violating the quarantine regulations, the DIG said.
Posted on February 1st, 2021
By Shamindra Ferdinando Courtesy The Island
ECT: Prez accepts trade unions’ formula, crisis resolved
President Gotabaya Rajapaksa has accepted a proposal by 22 port trade unions aimed at resolving a crisis over the proposed handing over of the East Container Terminal (ECT) at the Colombo harbour to India’s Adani Group.
The unions have accepted external investment in the proposed West Container Terminal (WCT) while the government undertook to fully develop the deep water ECT now in operation.
Urban Development, Coast Conservation, Waste Disposal and Community Cleanliness State Minister Dr. Nalaka Godahewa, who intervened in the dispute on behalf of ‘Viyathmaga’ yesterday (31), told
The proposal to sell 49 percent of the East Container Terminal (ECT) of the Colombo Port to a group of investors led by India’s Modi-friendly Adani Group has been the hottest potato to land on our ruling coalition’s lap since its election last year. Massive trade union and other resistance, strongly supported by the Buddhist clergy and other activists, many of whom campaigned for the Sri Lanka Podu Jana Peramuna (SLPP) and its allies at the last election, continues to escalate. This opposition is backed by one of the country’s most popular television channels is enervating the ‘Save ECT’ effort. The fact that Adani is interested in the new farm laws against which unprecedented farmer protests have been mounted in India has added grist to the mill of those hellbent on preventing what they call a sell-off of a valuable national asset.
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COLOMBO (News 1st): The trade unions collective to protect the East Container Terminal handed over 6 proposals on how to resolve the issues that have arisen with regard to the East Container Terminal.
The initial proposals presented by the trade unions include
Development of the West Container Terminal with India and Japan to resolve the geopolitical crisis.
Sign an agreement similar to the one that established the Colombo International Container Terminals (CICT).
Presentation of the cabinet paper on the ECT and the development of the West Container Terminal with India and Japan to be presented together.
However, a communique issued by the trade unions collective for the protection of the East Container Terminal this evening had amended some of these proposals.