The Government will be conducting background checks on foreign Maulavis who are coming to the country to preach, Public Security Minister Sarath Weerasekara stated.
He said any Maulavi who is found to be preaching extremism will be denied entry to the country.
Meanwhile, the Government will also move ahead with plans to ban Madrasas that don't teach local school syllabus, the Minister added.
Additionally, the Government will discuss with Muslim religious leaders about the future of a number of mosques set up by Zaharan Hashim, ringleader of the Easter Sunday attackers. "We suspect some of these mosques are still centres of extremism. We will discuss the matter with Muslim religious leaders," he added.
The UK government has unveiled a package of reforms to simplify imports from developing countries which allows for more garments manufactured in Sri Lanka to enter the UK tariff-free.
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Cabinet has approved the appointment of Commodore (retired) M.B.N.A. Premaratne of the Sri Lanka Navy, as the new Commissioner General of Excise.
Villagers in Nirmalapura, Daluwa, Norochcholai today staged a protest over an incident where a group of Navy officials and sailors had assaulted a resident in the area over night, Police said.
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