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Only meaningful devolution will help usher in development – CVV

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Development would continue to elude Sri Lankan until state power was meaningfully devolved to the provinces, Tamil People’s National Alliance (TPNA) Leader, C. V. Vigneswaran said on Wednesday night.

Addressing the media in Jaffna on his party’s constitutional proposals, Vigneswaran said that as things stood, the power was centralised in Sri Lanka, and it was impossible to find solutions to the problems the provinces were faced with.

“Sri Lankan economy is stagnant. Economic growth has dropped because Sri Lanka has become an authoritarian state. We need to devolve power to the provinces and the government must seriously look into this. Our constitutional proposals are based on this.”

The TPNA leader said that when the occasion demanded it, leaders of the country called it a pluralistic, multi ethnic and multicultural country. But the reality is far from it. “The rights of those in the periphery are being suppressed,” he said.



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Navy rescues 38 persons stranded on grounded trawler at entrance of Delft Jetty

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The Sri Lanka Navy successfully rescued 38 individuals who were stranded on a grounded trawler at the entrance of Delft Jetty this morning (07th June 2023).

The timely intervention of the Navy prevented a significant loss of life and property. Had the trawler sunk at the entrance of Delft Jetty, it would have posed significant challenges to the island’s administrative operations and transportation.

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Rear Admiral Hiran Balasuriya assumes duties as Director General Civil Engineering of Navy

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Rear Admiral Hiran Balasuriya assumed duties as Director General Civil Engineering at the Office of Director General Civil Engineering at Navy Headquarters on 06th June 2023.

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Digital Promotion Agency to be established – President

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President Ranil Wickremesinghe during a meeting with Governing and Opposition Members of Parliament held at the Parliament Complex, announced plans to establish a Digital Promotion Agency aimed at developing computer applications for the collection and monitoring of data from various government entities in Sri Lanka.

Previously, private companies had been responsible for creating such applications for government organizations and the President emphasized the need for a dedicated agency to carry out this task in the future.

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