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JVP accuses government of violating due process over nano fertilizer deal
The JVP Friday accused the Government of violating due process and depositing USD 1.275 million to an account of a private company as payment for recently imported nano liquid nitrogenfertilizer from India.
JVP propaganda Secretary Vijitha Herath told Parliament on Friday that the Treasury had requested the People’s Bank to release USD 1.275 million as payment for the import on Oct 18.
“The due process for this type of transaction would be to make payments from the accounts maintained by the Ceylon Fertilizer Company Ltd. However, President’s Secretary P.B. Jayasundera had intervened and ordered the People’s Bank to open a separate private account at its Town Hall Branch under the name United Farmers Trust Limited (UFTL)on Oct 18,” Herath said.
He said that after opening the account, funds of the People’s Bank had been transferred to the company’s account.”Directors of this company named as Mohan Perera and G. M. Weerasinghe. Who are these people? Are they public servants? The parliament has a right to know how the payment was made to the Indian Farmers Fertilizer Cooperative Limited (IFFCO),” the MP said.
He said that the UFTL had paid USD 300,000 to IFFCO and another USD 50,000 as freight charges and another USD 37,000 as payments. “This is only a part of the total payment. What happened to the rest of the money,” he demanded to know from the government.
“Not only that, It has been also revealed that a Director of UFTL Limited had repeatedly requested People’s Bank to convert the remaining money into local currency. Why is that? This is a serious concern. I have to say that the Parliament has the monetary power. But we have been kept in dark on this matter until now. The government should investigate this immediately,” he said.
Agriculture Minister Mahindananda Aluthgamage said that it was the Indian High Commission in Sri Lanka which facilitated the fertilizer imports.
“The IFFCO had appointed the UFTL as its Sri Lankan representative. That is why the government paid the money to them and they opened the LCs for the import after that,” the minister said.
INS Sindhukesari, a submarine serving in the Indian Navy, arrived at the port of Colombo on 03 May 26 to undertake Operational Turnarounds.
The visiting submarine was welcomed by the Sri Lanka Navy in precision with naval traditions.
Throughout its stay in the island, the submarine’s crew is scheduled to participate in a variety of programmes organized by the Sri Lanka Navy, including visits to several tourist attractions in Sri Lanka.
Mikhail Murashko, Minister of Health of the Russian Federation, officially visited the Russian House in Colombo to attend the Sri Lanka–Russia Medical Forum, where members of the Sri Lanka Russia Business Council and graduates from the Association of Sri Lankan Graduates from Socialist countries (ASLGSC) attended.
This historic gathering was graced by rectors and representatives from several world-class Russian medical institutions, including Kursk State Medical University, Sechenov First Moscow State Medical University, and Tver State Medical University, among others.
The forum commenced with an address by Minister Murashko, during which Russian medical graduates in attendance raised pertinent questions regarding medical and pharmaceutical sector opportunities in Sri Lanka.
Levan Dzhagaryan, Ambassador of the Russian Federation to Sri Lanka and the Maldives, together with Madam Maria L. Popova, Counsellor of the Embassy of the Russian Federation in Sri Lanka & the Maldives and Director of the Russian House in Colombo, graced the occasion. Both officials expressed strong support for continued collaboration and future initiatives between the two nations.
The official appointment letters for the members of the newly established “Cricket Transformation Committee” (CTC) were handed over on Monday (04) by the Minister of Youth Affairs and Sports, Sunil Kumara Gamage.
The following members received their letters of appointment at the Ministry premises:
Sidath Wettimuny
Thushira Radella
Prakash Schaffter
Ms. Avanthi Colombage
The Ministry also noted that veteran cricketers Roshan Mahanama and Kumar Sangakkara, who are key members of the committee, are currently overseas. Their official appointments will be formalised immediately upon their arrival in Sri Lanka.
The Cricket Transformation Committee has been mandated to oversee the administration and drive structural reforms within Sri Lanka Cricket (SLC) in accordance with the powers vested in the Minister under the Sports Act No. 25 of 1973.
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