A special committee will be appointed to submit recommendations in order to resolve issues pertaining to the Sri Lanka Customs Department and to streamline the works of the Department, President Maithripala Sirisena said today.
He made this statement at a meeting with Trade Union representatives of the Sri Lanka Customs Department at the Presidential Secretariat, today.
The Trade Union representatives apprised the President regarding the difficulties faced by them at the Department in detail and the President gave instructions to the officials to submit a report in this regard to him as soon as possible.
According to the President Media Unit, the President promised to provide possible solutions to the issues after consultation with the relevant officials. The President further said that the aim of the Government is to increase its capacity as a profit making Government institution while providing solutions for their issues.
Mr. Chulananda Perera, Director General of Customs, General Secretary of the All Ceylon Customs Services Union, J.A. Gunathilaka and others participated on this occasion.
A protest was held in front of Attorney General’s Department Colombo today by a group of individuals calling for the Removal of the Attorney General Parinda Ranasinghe .
Meteorology Department forecasted that showers will occur at times in Northern, North-central, Eastern and Northwestern provinces and in Matale and Nuwara-Eliya districts.
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