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JVP says ruling party politicians had some of its regional leaders arrested
By Saman Indrajith
The JVP yesterday said that IGP C.D. Wickremaratne and police top brass had assured the party that police investigations into the 09 May violent incidents would be impartial. Speaking to the media outside the Police Headquarters in Fort, Colombo, after an NPP delegation met with the IGP and all top ranking officials investigating into the May 09 incidents, JVP Propaganda Secretary MP Vijitha Herath said senior DIGs had made available information about all those in police custody over the violent incidents.
“They explained that the arrests had been made without considering the political background or party affiliations of the suspects. They also assured us that speedy investigations into concerns that we raised of specific instances where some JVP regional level leaders were taken into custody owing to influence of ruling party politicians. Their statistics show that the majority of those taken into custody had no connections or links or anything to do with the JVP. We now call for explanations from those who made statements that it was the JVP that instigated the 09 May violent incidents after SLPP goons attacked the protesters at the GotaGoGama.”
MP Herath said that they had observed an attempt by certain politicians to apportion the blame of instigating the violence to the JVP. “We know how the governments do that. We pointed out at the meeting that police had a responsibility to tell the truth to the people. It is not the job of police officers to help ruling party politicians to hide the truth. We co-operate with the police for any of their investigations. We do so because of people who believe in upholding the rule of law in this country. The IGP and senior police officers assured that investigations would not be affected by the political process.
JVP Politburo Member and former MP Sunil Handunnetti, former JVP Western Provincial Council Member Attorney-at-law Sunil Watagala and Attorney-at-law Harshana Nanayakkara were associated with Herath at the meeting.
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Cabinet nod to appoint Mrs. Tharani Kumaradasa to the Post of Commissioner of Cooperative Development / Cooperative Society Registrar
The Cabinet of Ministers granted approval to the proposal
furnished by the Minister of Trade, Commerce, Food Security and Cooperative Development to appoint Mrs. Tharani Kumaradasa, a Grade I officer in Sri Lanka Administrative Service, serving in a post of Senior Assistant Secretary at the Ministry of Ministry of Trade, Commerce, Food Security and Cooperative Development to the post of Commissioner of Cooperative Development / Cooperative Society Registrar
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Cabinet nod to hold 28th joint Asia Pacific Regional Social Workshop from 18-21 November in Sri Lanka
It has been planned to conduct the 28th Joint Asia-Pacific Regional Social Workshop from 18th November 2025 to 21st November 2025 in Sri Lanka, and 13 local representatives and 104 foreign representatives from 30 countries will participate in the said summit.
Accordingly, the Cabinet of Ministers has approved the proposal presented by the Minister of Rural Development, Social Security,
and Community Empowerment to sign a Memorandum of Understanding between the National Social Development Institute and the Society of Professionals engaged in Sri Lankan social services to conduct the aforementioned workshop in Sri Lanka and obtain the necessary institutional support to
conduct the said summit.
As per the current national policy of the government to make public transport in Sri Lanka efficient and streamlined, the necessity of establishing multi-modal transport hubs with required facilities has been identified to enable efficient public transport services to be initiated from transit cities and main cities through the interconnection between transport modes.
Accordingly, the Cabinet of Ministers has approved in principle the proposal presented by the Acting Minister of Transport, Highways, and Urban Development to develop the following multi-modal transport hubs on a priority basis, with the objective of upgrading the interconnection of transport modes such as buses, trains, and taxi services by integrating bus stands and railway stations identified as having a growing passenger circulation on the island, subject to a formal feasibility study.
• Kandy Multimodal Transport Hub (Construction work has already been started under world bank financing)
• Anuradhapura (South) Multimodal Transport Hub (Constructions are about to be completed under the Anuradhapura combined urban development project)
• Anuradhapura (North) Multimodal Transport Hub (feasibility study has been performed and preliminary work completed)
• Multimodal Transport Hub centered around the Fort Railway Station (as proposed by the ComTrans Master Plan, which has been prepared for urban transport in Colombo and suburbs)
• Moratuwa Multimodal Transport Center (proposed by the ComTrans Master Plan)
• Ragama Multimodal Transport Center ( identified through a study conducted by the Japan International Coorperation Agency)
• Avissawella, Galle, Katunayake, Kurunegala Multimodal Transport Centers (identified according to the urban plans of the Urban Development Authority)
• Gampaha Multimodal Transport Center ((identified according to the urban plans of the Urban Development Authority and railway electrification of the Colombo Suburban Railway Project)
• Katunayake Multimodal Transport Hub (identified under the Airport Development Plan)
• Kaluthara Multimodal Transport Center (identified as a proposal of the District coordination Committee)
• Kankasanthure Multimodal Transport Center(identified according to the urban plans of the Urban Development Authority)
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