More than 14 months after the containership X-Press Pearl caught fire while anchored off the coast of Colombo, the cleanup is still underway, with interim insurance compensation being paid out to fishermen who lost their jobs as a result of the wreck. Certain fisher families who were affected by the accident, on the other hand, claimed that there were compensation distribution irregularities on the ground level.
The National Democratic Front (NDF) party secretary has unilaterally nominated Ravi Karunanayake for the coalition’s national list parliamentary seat this morning (18), former President Ranil Wickremesinghe said.
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