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The damage caused by the MV X-Press Pearl disaster could have been averted if the Captain of the ship had informed Sri Lankan authorities of the real situation on board the vessel before it reached Colombo Port, Environment Minister Mahinda Amaraweera said yesterday.
He made the observation at an event at Apeksha Cancer Hospital in Maharagama
“The Colombo Port is one of the best ports in the region. I am sure we could have dealt with the incident better if we had been informed of the real situation on board,” he said.
Minister Amaraweera said action would be taken to ensure that a similar incident would not take place again in the future.
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SL assures EU to change terror law to win GSP export facility
Fri, Jul 02 2021 08:29:50 AM
By Susitha Fernando
Colombo,
Jul 2 (IANS): Amidst the fear of losing the Generalised Scheme of Preferences Plus (GSP+) trade preferential access to European markets, Sri Lanka informed the European Union (EU) that it was ready to amend the draconian Prevention of Terrorism Act (PTA), the highly criticised law which was used to arrest a large number of Tamil political prisoners and detained them extensively during and after the ethnic war against Tamil separatists in the northern part of the island nation. The EU was apprised of the process that has been set in motion to release detainees who have been in judicial custody for a prolonged period, under the PTA, the Sri Lankan Foreign Ministry said in a statement issued on Thursday night.
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