Sri Lanka and India will convene for the fourteenth round of discussions on the Economic and Technology Cooperation Agreement (ETCA) in the first week of March 2024, in New Delhi.
The 13th Round of discussions addressing the current state of the ECTA and the report made by President Ranil Wickremesinghe were reviewed by the Cabinet of Ministers during their meeting on Monday, February 19.
Consequently, talks had begun between the nine subcommittees that oversee the following areas: Rules of the origin, Goods trade, Introduction, General Provisions and General Exceptions, Trade Accords, Technical Constraints for Trade and Rules of Sanitation and Sanitation of Vegetation.
Also the subcommittee on conflict resolution and final provisions is expected to hold its meetings at the end of this month New Delhi.
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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