The Presidential Commission to Investigate into Complaints Regarding Missing Persons is to hand over an interim report to President Maithripala Sirisena on Wednesday, the Secretary to the Commission, H. W. Gunadasa was quoted by the government news portal. The report has already been finalized and it will be handed over to the President tomorrow. The Commission has recorded statements from witnesses during the first week of this month regarding 303 cases of disappearances. The Commission has received 471 complaints, the news portal report said. The Commission at the beginning of this month interviewed 303 complainants by holding public sittings in the Trincomalee District from February 28 to March 3. Out of the 294 complainants invited by the Commission, 128 attended the hearings. The Commission also interviewed 175 new complainants while during its 4-day hearings 474 new complaints were registered, the report said
The UK government has unveiled a package of reforms to simplify imports from developing countries which allows for more garments manufactured in Sri Lanka to enter the UK tariff-free.
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Cabinet has approved the appointment of Commodore (retired) M.B.N.A. Premaratne of the Sri Lanka Navy, as the new Commissioner General of Excise.
Villagers in Nirmalapura, Daluwa, Norochcholai today staged a protest over an incident where a group of Navy officials and sailors had assaulted a resident in the area over night, Police said.
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