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Cabinet nod to establish five-member committee led by PM to address power crisis
The proposal to establish a special committee to address the power crisis faced by the country at present was approved by the cabinet yesterday (Apr 09).
The cabinet of ministers had approved the appointment of this committee which would be entrusted with the task of formulating short, medium and long term measures in order to resolve the current power crisis.
This five-member committee headed by Prime Minister Ranil Wickremesinghe would include :
- Mangala Samaraweera - Minister of Finance
- Rauff Hakeem - Minister of Power, Energy and Business Development
- Kabir Hashim - Minister of Highways, Road Development and Petroleum Development
- Sagala Ratnayake - Minister of Ports and Shipping and Southern Development
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National Tax week launched
The Inland Revenue Department (IRD) backed by the Excise and Customs Department today launched a fresh drive to collect taxes including some Rs.780 billion listed as ‘collectable defaults’.
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SriLankan Airlines’ new A330 Fleet to perform low fly past over Colombo on Wed.
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Mahindananda and Nalin Fernando Jailed
Former Sports Minister Mahindananda Aluthgamage and former Sathosa Chairman Nalin Fernando have sentenced to 20 and 25 years respectively after they were found guilty in a case of fraud.
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Krishanthi Kumaraswami convicts FR dismissed by SC
The Supreme Court today unanimously dismissed a Fundamental Rights petition filed by five convicts in the 1996 Krishanthi Kumaraswamy abduction, rape, and murder case.
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