Sri Lanka Insurance directed to summon Litro Gas before COPE Daily News (via HT Media Ltd.)
The Committee on Public Enterprises (COPE) has instructed Sri Lanka Insurance Corporation to summon Litro Gas Lanka Limited and Litro Gas Terminal Lanka (Pvt) Ltd before the COPE and to conduct a government audit.
The COPE gave the instruction at the COPE meeting chaired by Prof. Charitha Herath in Parliament on Wednesday (7), the Parliament media division said.
The COPE Chairman stated that Litro Gas Lanka Limited and Litro Gas Terminal Lanka (Pvt) Ltd have gone to court stating that they cannot be audited by the government, especially under the 20th Amendment to the Constitution. Prof. Charitha Herath explained that thus it is appropriate to refrain from discussing about these institutions. Prof. Herath also explained that the two institutions would not be able to be summoned to the COPE as they would not be subjected to the government audit and therefore the matter coul
Swiss aid for Lanka’s pandemic response Daily News (via HT Media Ltd.)
The Ambassador of Switzerland to Sri Lanka Dominik Furgler called on Prime Minister Mahinda Rajapaksa yesterday morning at Temple Trees to hand over medical supplies donated by the Government of Switzerland to Sri Lanka.
Commenting on the Swiss relief provided to South Asian countries to help fight the pandemic, including this donation to Sri Lanka, Swiss Foreign Minister Ignazio Cassis earlier had said, “We can only end this pandemic together - international support is essential.”
Prime Minister Rajapaksa thanked the People of Switzerland for the generous donation and stressed the importance of continuing the already strong cooperation between the two countries.
Posted on June 28th, 2021
Prime Minister’s Media Unit
The Ambassador of
Switzerland to Sri Lanka Dominik Furgler called on Prime Minister Mahinda
Rajapaksa this morning at Temple Trees to hand over medical supplies donated by
the Government of Switzerland to Sri Lanka.
Commenting on the
Swiss relief provided to South Asian countries to help fight the pandemic,
including this donation to Sri Lanka, Swiss Foreign Minister Ignazio Cassis
earlier had said, We can only end this pandemic together – international
support is essential.”
Prime Minister
Rajapaksa thanked the People of Switzerland for the generous donation and
stressed the importance of continuing the already strong cooperation between
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President Gotabaya Rajapaksa yesterday said it was both impractical and difficult to close down the country until a cure for COVID-19 is found and therefore the public should be ready to return to normal lives while following health guidelines.
The President made these remarks while participating at the launch of a new digital platform to help in contact tracing at the Presidential Secretariat, the President’s Media Division (PMD) said. The new platform titled ‘Stay Safe’ provides a QR code to organisations or companies logging onto the website staysafe.gov.lk which can be displayed on their premises.