An Indian Company has won a USD 6 million worth bid to construct a Marine Rescue Coordination Centre (MRCC) in Sri Lanka.
Bharat Electronics Limited won the bid after receiving approval of the Cabinet’s Procurement Committee.
The MRCC would be tasked with rescuing distressed fishermen and naval personnel, a cabinet paper submitted by President Maithripala Sirisena in his capacity as Defence Minister read.
The Sri Lanka Air Force, Sri Lanka Coast Guard, and the Merchant Shipping Secretariat will serve as stakeholders in the project.
Tamar Amitai, a 25-year-old Israeli tourist who went missing in Uppuveli, Trincomalee, was found safe after a three-day joint search operation today.
The Colombo High Court today (28) sentenced former parliamentarian Hirunika Premachandra to three years of Rigorous Imprisonment over charges of the involvement of an abduction.
President Ranil Wickremesinghe is firm about the President’s five-year tenure, the President’s Media Division (PMD) said.
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