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Six CID teams fail to arrest Bathiudeen
By A.J.A. Abeynayake
Police had not been able to arrest former minister and SJB MP Rishad Bathiudeen, at the time of going to press, despite Attorney General Dappula de Livera’s order that he be taken into custody and produced in court forthwith.
Police spokesman DIG Ajith Rohana, yesterday, said that six CID teams had been deployed to arrest MP Bathiudeen following the Attorney General’s directive. .
A police constable attached to MP Bathudieen’s security detail was taken into custody on the charge of helping the MP evade arrest, police said.
Accountant Alagethram Manoranjan, allegedly involved in transporting IDP voters to Mannar was taken into custody, police said.
CID teams had visited MP Bathuideen’s Colombo and Mannar residences but he had not been there, police said.
Attorney General Dappula de Livera, on Tuesday, directed the Acting IGP to obtain a warrant from court and arrest MP Bathuideen on charges of criminal misappropriation of public funds and violation of election laws with regard to the transportation of IDPs in CTB buses to vote at the 2019 presidential election.
Fort Magistrate Priyantha Liyanage, on Tuesday, told the CID that it did not need a warrant from a court to arrest Bathiudeen and two others, based on the nature of the charges proffered against them.
State Counsel Nishara Jayaratne, the Coordinating Officer to the Attorney General told The Island that Fort Magistrate Liyanage had ordered the CID to act accordingly and report facts to the court.
The Sri Lanka Navy conducted a beach cleaning programme today [14] at Dewata in Galle and Hambantota, in parallel with the International Coastal Cleanup Day (21st September).
The beach cleaning efforts were organized by SLNS Dakshina and SLNS Kawantissa, under the supervision of Commander Southern Naval Area, Rear Admiral Chandima Silva.
A large amount of plastic, polythene and solid waste from the coastal environments.
In the year 2016, Cabinet approval was granted for the establishment of a National Trade Felicitation Committee for the empowerment of the Trade Felicitation Agreement (TFA) of the World Trade Organization (WTO) and the inter-coordination of institutions in respect of the implementation of 36 obligations included therein. Sri Lanka has committed to implement the plan for implementation of trade facilitation during the period 2017-2030 thereunder.
Even though countries in the region have fulfilled a higher percentage of the overall commitment, Sri Lanka has only fulfilled about 37.4% of
the total commitment. Taking into consideration the prevailing situation, technical assistance has been requested from the Japan International Coordination Agency with the technical expertise of the International Trade Center to provide independent recommendations enabling the implementation of priority activities on a speedy basis after completion of the assessment of the trade facilitation measures.
Accordingly, “Roadmap for trade facilitation in Sri Lanka” and “Trade Facilitation Action Plan 2025-2028” have been prepared with the participation of about 200 public and private stakeholders.
The Cabinet of Ministers has approved the proposal presented by the
President to follow the said roadmap and implement the action plan.
The Cabinet of Ministers has approved the proposal presented by the President in his capacity as the Minister of Investment Promotion to sign the proposed non-financial Memorandum of Understanding between the Sri Lanka Export Development Board and the International Trade Center to commence an ‘ITC She Trades Hub’ in Sri Lanka to increase the participation and competitiveness in the businesses operated by women.
Once the ‘ITC She Trades Hub ‘ is established, the women entrepreneurs in Sri Lanka will be able to obtain the necessary training in the relevant topics, such as market and investment opportunities and the required technical assistance.
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