The International Monetary Fund (IMF) hosted a meeting at the Ministry of Power and Energy on Tuesday, March 11, to examine the operations and obligations of the Ceylon Petroleum Corporation (CPC) and the Ceylon Electricity Board (CEB) and to assess the progress made thus far.
According to Minister of Power and Energy Kanchana Wijesekera’s post on ‘X’ (formerly Twitter), the delegation headed by Peter Breuer, Senior Mission Chief for the IMF in Sri Lanka, has reportedly investigated the tariff reduction in the electricity sector, the 2023 balance sheets of the CEB and CPC, and the current financial positions of the state-owned electricity supplier.
The established accounting standards and principles, the automation of the Bulk Supply Transaction Account (BSTA) filling process, the upcoming dispatch audit, the prediction for 2024, the CPC pricing formula, and CPC operations were all covered and discussed.
Participants in these talks were State Minister of Finance Shehan Semasinghe, representatives from the Ministry of Power and Energy, the Ministry of Finance, the CEB, the CPC, and the IMF.
Public Security Minister Ananda Wijepala told Parliament today that the suspect in the rape of a lady doctor at the Anuradhapura teaching hospital has been identified as an army deserter and he will be apprehended shortly.
Police have arrested the suspect connected to the sexual assault on a female doctor at the Anuradhapura Teaching Hospital today morning in Galnewa.
The Dutch Public Prosecutor suspects two companies of paying bribes in the construction of hospitals in Sri Lanka, according to an investigation by FD, the Dutch financial newspaper.
The Government today tabled in the House the Report of the Commission to Inquiry into the Establishment and Maintenance of Unlawful Places of Detention and Torture Chambers in the Batalanda Housing Scheme.
Former President Ranil Wickremesinghe said today he wholly rejects the Batalanda Commission report and that it was appointed wholly with the intention slinging political mud at him.
Leader of the National People’s Party (NPP) and one time Propaganda Secretary of the JVP Wimal Weerawansa accused the Government of bringing back the “Batalanda Commission” for a media spectacle instead of a genuine concern for those who suffered during the 1988-1990 period.
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