Sri Lanka plans to develop electronic navigation charts (ENCs) that could generate approximately $200 million annually from ships passing near the country’s waters, State Minister of Defense Premitha Bandara Tennekoon said on Friday (24).
State Minister Tennakoon announced plans to amend the national hydrology act, with the UK hydrographic office managing existing nautical charts.
Thereby, the responsibility of creating ENC will be handed over to the Navy in the future, he announced.
The State Minister plans to revitalize the national hydrological office to capitalize on the 45,000 annual ships passing near Sri Lanka, focusing on the creation of ENCs.
A Thai woman walking topless in Arugam Bay town has been arrested by the Police.
The Cabinet has approved a proposal for Sri Lankans overseas to apply for their passports through an online system via the Lankan diplomatic missions.
Ajith Gallage, the owner of a Bird Park in Nagarawawa, Hambantota, has been remanded over allegations of concealing illegally imported motorcycles, in a warehouse owned by him.
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