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Pedro National Scout Activity Centre renovated
Chief Commissioner Major Gen. Milinda Peiris handing over the keys of the Pedro Centre to National Training Commissioner Nanda Fernando, the Chief Custodian of the Training Centre.
The Pedro National Scout Activity Centre in Nuwara-Eliya renovated by the Navy was handed over to the Sri Lanka Scout Association recently in the presence of officials and Commissioners and other special invitees.
Merrille Goonetilleke, President of the Sri Lanka Scout Council, delivered the welcome address and explained the initiatives taken during his period as the Chief Commissioner for the renovation of the Pedro Camp and expressed his appreciation of all officials actively involved in the renovation of the Centre which has been a great task
The Chief Commissioner Major Gen. Milinda Peiris referred to the historical background of the Training Centre since the time of Brigadier C.P. Jayawardena.
The Chief Guest Mayor of Nuwara-Eliya Chandana Lal Karunaratne congratulated and appreciated the work done by the Scout Movement to produce useful citizens and expressed his great support.
The keys of the Centre were handed over by a Sri Lanka Navy officer to the President of Sri Lanka Scout Council, Chief Commissioner, Deputy Chief Commissioner and Chairman of the Committee of the council. The Chief Commissioner. Thereafter they handed over to the National Training Commissioner Nanda Fernando, the Chief Custodian of the Training Centre.
The Training Commissioner Nanda Fernando proposed the Vote of Thanks.
Accepting deposits from political parties and independent groups who intend to contest the forthcoming Local Authorities Election ended at 12noon today [19].
Deposits were accepted at respective District Secretariats from 3rd March 2025.
The Elections Commission has announced that the deadline for the accepting of nominations for the LA poll is set to conclude at 12:00 noon tomorrow (20).
It has been reported that the former Inspector General of Police (IGP) Deshabandu Tennakoon has appeared before the Matara Magistrate’s Court this morning (19),
The former IGP had been evading arrest after the Matara Magistrate’s court had ordered his arrest regarding a shooting incident that took place in front of the W15 Hotel Pelena, Weligama, Matara, in 2023.
The government has begun recovering funds obtained by former Lands and Land Development, Environment and Wildlife Resources Minister SM Chandrasena for the Janatha Lanka Chilli Marketing Limited (JLCML), which he headed, Parliament was informed yesterday.
Agriculture, Livestock, Land, and Irrigation Minister Namal Karunaratne said that as the Chairman of JLCML, Chandrasena had obtained a loan of Rs. 1,275,000 from the Mihintale Govijana Seva Bank in 2001.
The principal of the loan had not been repaid until the end of last year. “After we came to power, we demanded that the loan be settled. Then, we discovered that the interest on the loan had not been paid for the past 24 years, and attempts had been made to have the loan written off. We stopped that and are now in the process of recovering the interest of Rs. 1,975,233 on the loan,” Karunaratne said.
Karunaratne added that JLCML was registered as a company with the Registrar of Companies on March 21, 2001. As Chairman of the company, Chandrasena requested a loan of Rs. 10 million on April 19, 2001, for the purpose of purchasing chillies from farmers in 12 farmer colonies in the Mihintale Agrarian Service area.
The request was approved by the Mihintale Agrarian Service Committee on the same day and referred to the Anuradhapura District Agrarian Operations Committee, which approved it on April 23, 2001. However, the Agriculture Development Commissioner General recommended that a loan of Rs. 1.2 million would suffice for this purpose. JLCML took the loan and failed to repay it until the end of last year. When the matter was raised, the principal was paid, and we are now in the process of recovering the interest that was not paid for the past 24 years,” Karunaratne added.
By Saman Indrajith
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