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Navy takes lead in conserving sea turtles and releases 97 hatchlings

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Naval personnel releasing turtle hatchlings

The Sri Lanka Navy released 97 sea turtle hatchlings at the Panama beach on 11th April 2023.

Deputy Area Commander Southeastern Naval Area, Commodore Ruwan Rupasena was also present on the occasion. As part of the Turtle Conservation Project of the Sri Lanka Navy, turtle eggs were protected.

Under the guidance of Navy Commander Vice Admiral Priyantha Perera, the Navy is running the Turtle Conservation Project.

Apart from the navy-managed Turtle Conservation Centre in Panama, similar initiatives are being conducted along the Western, Southern and Eastern shorelines by the Sri Lanka Coast Guard.

The eggs of released sea turtle hatchlings were conserved by the Turtle Conservation Unit at SLNS Mahanaga in the Southeastern Naval Command. Further, the unit has thus far released 15019 sea turtle hatchlings to the ocean, since its establishment.



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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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