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Govt. to spend USD 132 mn on port development

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Minister of Shipping and Aviation Nimal Siripala De Silva, on Saturday night, said the government would spend about 132 million U.S. dollars on port development projects.Revenue generated from Port operations would be utilised for those projects, the Minister said.

Speaking at the Sri Lanka Association of Non-Vessel Operating Container Carriers Licensed Agents (SLANA) AGM in Colombo, the Minister said the government had allocated over 100 million U.S. dollars for the Eastern Container Terminal (ECT) and 32 million U.S. dollars for the Jaya Container Terminal.

Both terminals are fully owned subsidiaries of the state owned Sri Lanka Ports Authority.

Minister Silva added that they expect to develop the Trincomalee harbour for bulk cargo operations while the Galle harbour will add value to the tourism industry with a yacht service and facilitate the anchoring of large ships.Sri Lanka expects to become a logistics and transport hub in the Indian ocean and successive governments have made significant investments on ports.



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Hundreds fired at aviation safety agency, union says

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The Trump administration has begun firing hundreds of Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) employees, according to the Professional Aviation Safety Specialists (PASS) union, weeks after a fatal mid-air plane collision in Washington DC.

Several hundreds of the agency’s probationary workers – who have generally been in their positions for less than a year – received the news via email late on Friday night, a statement from PASS’s head, Alex Spero said.

It is a part of a cost-cutting drive, driven by Elon Musk’s Department of Government Efficiency (Doge)., that aims to drastically cut the federal workforce.

Spero called the firings “shameful” and said they “will increase the workload and place new responsibilities on a workforce that is already stretched thin”.

 

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The term of Acting President of the Court of Appeal Justice Mohammed Thahir Laffar extended

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The term of Acting President of the Court of Appeal Justice Mohammed Thahir Laffar has been extended.

Accordingly, Justice Mohammed Thahir Laffar took his oath before President Anura Kumara Disanayake at the Presidential Secretariat on Monday (17). Secretary to the President Dr. Nandika Sanath Kumanayake was also present on this occasion.

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Colombo High Court serves indictments against SLPP Parliamentarian Namal Rajapaksa

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The Colombo High Court has served indictments against Sri Lanka Podujana Peramuna (SLPP) Parliamentarian Namal Rajapaksa.over alleged misappropriation of Rs. 70 million provided by Krrish Company for development of rugby in Sri Lanka.

 

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