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Five drownings over long weekend
By Norman Palihawadane
Five deaths due to drowning had been reported within the last 48 hours that ended at 08.00 am yesterday from various parts of the country, police said.A 21-year-old woman went missing while bathing in the Attanagalu Oya in Nittambuwa on Saturday evening. Relatives of the victim have told the police that she went to bathe in the Attanagalu Oya with her family members while visiting a relative in Nittambuwa. A search operation had been launched to find the missing woman, who is believed to have drowned, police said.
A 42-year-old resident of Negombo died while bathing in the Deduru Oya in Chilaw on Sunday evening. The man was reported missing while bathing with a group of friends who were on a trip to Chilaw. His body was found in a search operation conducted by the police and the Navy.
Two other individuals drowned while bathing in the Ethalaya Sea in Alankuda, Norochcholai, on Sunday evening. The two men, aged 21 and 66 years, were part of a group on a trip to the area. Their bodies were found and kept at the mortuary of the Puttalam Hospital for the post mortem, police said.
A 29-year-old male had drowned while bathing at the Pasikuda beach in Kalkudah, Batticaloa, on Sunday, police said. The victim too had been a member of a group on a leisure trip.
He had been swimming beyond the safety area demarcated for bathing in the sea. The body of the deceased was taken to the Valachchenai Hospital for the post mortem.
The Cabinet of Ministers has approved the resolution furnished by the Minister of Industries and Entrepreneurship Development to recognize the “Sri Lanka National Export
Development Plan – 2026–2030” as the official strategic framework for export development and promotion of exports in Sri Lanka.
The Sri Lanka Export Development Board, in collaboration with public and private sector stakeholders connected to the export sector, has formulated the National Export Development Plan 2026–2030 by obtaining technical assistance under the Policy-Based Lending Programme of the Asian Development Bank.
The aforementioned Plan provides a comprehensive strategic framework to guide and monitor Sri Lanka’s export development process, with the target of earning US$ 36 billion in foreign exchange through the export of goods and services by the year 2030
The Cabinet of Ministers has approved the resolution furnished by the Minister of Women and Child Affairs to accept the Global Charter for Children’s Care Reform for Sri Lanka.
Approval has been granted by the Cabinet of Ministers on several earlier occasions to amend the Consumer Affairs Authority Act No. 9 of 2003.
In accordance with the approval granted at the Cabinet
meeting held on 2023-05-02, the Legal Draftsman is currently in the process of preparing the relevant amended Bill, and the Legal Draftsman has informed that it would be appropriate to obtain policy approval from the present Cabinet of Ministers for that purpose.
Accordingly, taking into consideration the necessity of restructuring the Consumer Affairs Authority too, the Cabinet of Ministers has approved the resolution furnished by the Minister of Trade, Commerce, Food Security and Cooperative
Development to instruct the Legal Draftsman to expeditiously complete the preparation of the relevant Bill to enable the amendment of the Consumer Affairs Authority Act, No. 9 of 2003.
Cabinet approves recognition of ‘Sri Lanka National Export Development Plan – 2026–2030’
Cabinet nod to accept the Global Charter for Children’s Care Reform for Sri Lanka
Cabinet grants policy approval to amend the Consumer Affairs Authority Act, No. 9 of 2003
Cabinet approal for Legal Draftsman to prepare a Bill to enable the amendment of Finance Business Act, No. 42 of 2011
M.S. Mahadiulwewa appointed act in the post of Director General of Commerce
Wimal S.K. Liyanagama appointed Director General of Customs
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