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PM to start work on biggest EPZ in Bingiriya today (4 March 2019)

Construction work on the country’s largest export processing zone (EPZ) in Bingiriya will be commenced today by Prime Minister Ranil Wickremesinghe.

It will be the first EPZ to be commenced in 15 years. Located on a 12,000 acre site, the Bingiriya Export Processing Zone will be developed in three stages with the first focusing on 164 acres to house 25 enterprises. The second phase will span 282 acres, followed by a third phase, which will develop the remainder of the space.

According to Strategic Development and International Trade Deputy Minister Nalin Bandara, the zone, once fully developed in an estimated eight to 12 years, will generate 75,000 jobs.

- http://www.ft.lk/front-page/PM-to-start-work-on-biggest-EPZ-in-Bingiriya-today/44-673933

 

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Solar Rooftop Power Generation Project (RSPGP)

- https://www.facebook.com/solarforhome/photos/a.789295444546543/1463907870418627/?type=3&theater

 

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ගම්පහ දිස්ත්‍රික්කයට දශක ගණනාවවක සිට විශාල අඩුවක්ව පැවැති දිස්ත්‍රික් පරිපාලන සංකීර්ණයේ ඉදිකිරීම් ආරම්භ කිරීම ශ්‍රී ලංකා ප්‍රජාතාන්ත්‍රික සමාජවාදී ජනරජයේ ගරු කථානායක දේශමාන්‍ය කරු ජයසූරිය මැතිතුමාගේ ප්‍රධානත්වයෙන් අද සිදුකෙරිණි.
අභ්‍යන්තර හා ස්වදේශ කටයුතු සහ පළාත් සභා හා පළාත් පාලන අමාත්‍ය ගරු වජිර අබේවර්ධන මැතිතුමාගේ මෙහෙයවීමෙන් ක්‍රියාත්මක මෙම ව්‍යාපෘතිය සඳහා රජය වැයකරන මුදල රුපියල් මිලියන 3054කි.

- https://www.facebook.com/wajiraabey/posts/1696654440437575?__tn__=C-R

 

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ළඟම පාසල හොඳම පාසල' සංකල්පය යටතේ නාබිරිත්තවැව මහා විද්‍යාලයේ දෙමහල් ද්විතීක කනිෂ්ඨ විද්‍යාගාර ගොඩනැගිල්ල අධ්‍යාපන අමාත්‍ය අකිල විරාජ් කාරියවසම් මහතාගේ සුරතින් සිසු අයිතියට පත් වූ අවස්ථාව.

- https://www.facebook.com/akilavirajk/posts/10157278240774060?__tn__=C-R

 

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Bond Scam: Mr. Prime Minister, Facts Are Stubborn!


CHAPTER 26

THE HON. PRIME MINISTER’S ROLE IN MATTERS RELEVANT TO OUR MANDATE

Mr. Arjuna Mahendran was appointed the Governor of the CBSL, on 23rd January 2015.

Thus, the appointment of Mr. Mahendran was made before the period of our Mandate commenced and we have no jurisdiction to determine the merits or demerits of that appointment.

However, we cannot be insensible to the fact that, there have been concerns expressed in the public domain with regard to the propriety of Mr. Mahendran’s appointment following reports of his alleged intervention in the Treasury Bond Auction held on 27th February 2015 and his relationship with Mr. Arjun Aloysius who has close connections with Perpetual Treasuries Ltd, which obtained the lion’s share of the Bids accepted at that Auction.

Concerns have also been expressed in the public domain, with regard to whether the fact that, Mr. Mahendran is not a Citizen of Sri Lanka, made it unlawful or unsuitable for him to have been appointed the Governor of the CBSL.

Therefore, we decided to briefly look at these issues, though we will not, in view of the confines of our Mandate, venture to arrive at any determination on these issues.

When Mr. Mahendran gave evidence before us, he stated that, he had been working in Dubai in January 2015 and that, he had received a telephone call from the Hon. Prime Minister, Ranil Wickremesinghe, MP, who had invited Mr. Mahendran to accept appointment to the office of the Governor of the CBSL.

In these circumstances, the Commission of Inquiry asked the Hon. Prime Minister whether he had invited Mr. Mahendran to accept appointment as the Governor of the CBSL. In reply, the Hon. Prime Minister stated, “Yes. It is correct that sometime in January 2015, I Invited Mr. Arjuna Mahendran to serve as the Governor of the CBSL of Sri Lanka (CBSL).”

In this connection, we note that, the Hon. Prime Minister is also the Minister of National Policies and Economic Affairs under which the CBSL has been placed.

Next, in view of the requirements of Section 12 (1) of the Monetary Law Act which states that, an appointment of the Governor of the CBSL has to be made by the President on the recommendation of the Minister of Finance, the Commission of Inquiry asked the Hon. Prime Minister whether Mr. Mahendran was appointed on recommendation made by the then Minister of Finance and/or on a recommendation made by the Hon. Prime Minister, as the Minister of National Policies and Economic Affairs under which the CBSL has been placed.

The Hon. Prime Minister replied, “Upon the formation of the new Government in January 2015 there was a general consensus within the Government that Mr. Mahendran should be appointed to the post of Governor of CBSL. I discussed the proposed appointment with the then Minister of Finance who agreed that Mr. Mahendran was the most suitable candidate. Accordingly, the then Minister of Finance with my concurrence recommended to His Excellency the President that Mr. Mahendran should be appointed. His Excellency the President acting upon the said recommendation appointed Mr. Arjuna Mahendran as the Governor of the CBSL.”

Thereafter, the Commission of Inquiry asked the Hon. Prime Minister the reasons why he considered Mr. Mahendran to be a fit and suitable person to be appointed the Governor of the CBSL.

In reply, the Hon. Prime Minister stated, “Mr. Mahendran was selected for appointment in view of his professional qualifications and experience in the field of banking and investments. He had functioned as the Chairman of the BOI during the period 2002 to 2004. He has also held senior positions in the banking industry in Middle East and Singapore. The previous incumbent lacked comparable qualifications and experience and the administration of the CBSL during his tenure of office had been subject to severe criticism. Hence, prior to the General Election of 2015 there was a general demand from our political allies that a competent person versatile in banking and International finance should be appointed to the post of Governor of the CBSL.”

In these circumstances, it is apparent that, the question of whether or not the fact that, Mr. Mahendran was not a Citizen of Sri Lanka precluded him from being appointed the Governor of the CBSL was not a “Question of Law”. Instead, it was a “value judgement” which had to be made by those who considered the wisdom of appointing Mr. Mahendran, who was not a Citizen of Sri Lanka, as the Governor of the CBSL.

In passing, we would also mention that, prior to 2015, the CBSL was placed under the Ministry of Finance. In 2015, the CBSL has been brought under the Minister of National Policies and Economic Affairs.

That is a decision taken by the Executive which is entirely outside the scope of our Mandate.

The question of conflict of interest was another matter dealt with in detail by the Commissioner of Inquiry.

The Hon. Prime Minister said he was aware that, Mr. Aloysius was the Chief Executive Officer and Director of Perpetual Treasuries Ltd and stated that, “When Mr. Mahendran was offered the post of the Governor of the CBSL, I insisted that he should ensure that Mr. Aloysius would resign as a Director of Perpetual Treasuries Ltd and not involve himself in the business activities of that company in anyway. I also strongly recommended that the best course of action would be for Mr. Aloysius to divest himself of his shares in the company. This was conveyed by me to both Mr. Mahendran as well as to Mr. Aloysius. Subsequently, I became aware that Mr. Aloysius had in the month of January itself resigned from the post of Chief Executive Officer and Director of Perpetual Treasuries Ltd. I also became aware that he remained a Shareholder of that company and he intimated that he would divest himself of the shareholdings as soon as possible. On expressing my concerns on this account, Mr. Mahendran reassured me that Mr. Aloysius would not under any circumstances play any role in the business activities of the company. I had every confidence in the assurances given by Mr. Mahendran and as such I had no reason to apprehend that any conflict of interest would be faced by Mr. Mahendran in functioning as the Governor of the CBSL.”

When the Commission of Inquiry asked the Hon. Prime Minister whether he subsequently inquired from Mr. Mahendran with regard to a potential conflict of interest, the Hon. Prime Minister replied, “I did on several occasions convey to Mr. Mahendran my concerns about a possible conflict of interest arising from his son-in-law Mr. Aloysius having a connection with a Primary Dealer. Mr. Mahendran as set out above reassured me that Mr. Aloysius would not engage in the activities of the company as indicated above. In view of the circumstances, I was confident as set out above that a situation of a conflict of interest would not arise.”

The Commission after considering all above facts have determined as follows:

The issue of whether a conflict of interest, in fact, arose as a result of Mr. Mahendran’s son-in-law, Mr. Arjun Aloysius, being closely connected to Perpetual Treasuries Ltd, has been considered in Chapter 25 of this Report. We have determined that, there was a conflict of interest which prevailed during Mr. Mahendran tenure as the Governor of the CBSL because Mr. Aloysius did, in fact, continue to remain actively engaged with the operations of Perpetual Treasuries Ltd, contrary to the assurances which Mr. Mahendran has repeatedly given the Hon. Prime Minister.

Commission has also expressed the following as a view point in the report:

We consider that, the confidence which the Hon. Prime Minister states he placed in the assurances given to him by Mr. Mahendran, was misplaced. We are of the view that, the more prudent course of action would have been for the Hon. Prime Minister to have independently verified whether Mr. Mahendran was, in fact, honouring the assurances he gave the Hon. Prime Minister. We regret that, the Hon. Prime Minister did not take that course of action.

The Hon. Prime Minister’s act of appointing an Investigation Committee of his choice has been critically viewed by many including the Members of Parliament. The Commission has stated as follows:

We consider that, the position may have been different if the Committee or other body which carried out this Inquiry had the benefit of members who had knowledge and experience in the technical and practical aspects of the matter being inquired into.

Commission has made the following observation about a statement made by the Prime Minister in the Parliament on 17th May 2017.

Next, with regard to the Statement made in Parliament by the Hon. Prime Minister on 17th March 2017, in which he states, inter alia, that, Mr. Mahendran had not interfered in the Treasury Bond Auction of 27th February 2015, we have held that, the evidence establishes that, Mr. Mahendran and Deputy Governor Samarasiri, deliberately and mala fide, misled the Hon. Prime Minister and suppressed material facts and misrepresented the factual position when they reported the events relating to the Treasury Bond Auction held on 27th February 2015, to the Hon. Prime Minister and also when they submitted a Briefing Note to the Hon. Prime Minister, with regard to the events of that Auction.

While we do not, for even a moment, presume to make any pronouncement on events that transpired in Parliament, we consider that, the Hon. Prime Minister would have been better advised, if he had independently verified what had happened at the CBSL on 27th February 2015, before making any statement, instead of relying on the Briefing Note and report submitted to him by Mr. Mahendran and Deputy Governor Samarasiri.

Now the country is awaiting to see who would take the responsibility for

1. The fleeing away of Arjun Mahendran

2. The accusations, allegations against MPs some of which have been admitted by MPs and Ministers for accepting gratifications from the principal accused parties of the scam.

3. For the colossal loss to the CBSL and to the continuing adverse effects to the economy of the country.

4. The various recommendations made by the Commission against several parties for the need of initating legal action. Eg. The former Minister Ravi Karunanayake.

5. The fate of upright, conduct and behavior expected by the voters who elected these people under a democratic system to uphold and maintain principles of good governance.

6. The statement of the Prime Minister to the Parliament without verifying the facts independently.

https://www.colombotelegraph.com/index.php/bond-scam-mr-prime-minister-facts-are-stubborn/

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ළඟම පාසල හොඳම පාසල' සංකල්පය යටතේ තක්සලා මහා විද්‍යාලයේ දෙමහල් ද්විතීක කනිෂ්ඨ විද්‍යාගාර ගොඩනැගිල්ල අධ්‍යාපන අමාත්‍ය අකිල විරාජ් කාරියවසම් මහතාගේ සුරතින් සිසු අයිතියට පත් වූ අවස්ථාව.

- https://www.facebook.com/akilavirajk/posts/10157278263264060?__tn__=C-R

 

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ළඟම පාසල හොඳම පාසල' සංකල්පය යටතේ පුස්සැල්ල ප්‍රාථමික විද්‍යාලයේ ප්‍රාථමික ඉගෙනුම් සම්පත් මධ්‍යස්ථාන ගොඩනැගිල්ල අධ්‍යාපන අමාත්‍ය අකිල විරාජ් කාරියවසම් මහතාගේ සුරතින් සිසු අයිතියට පත් වූ අවස්ථාව.

- https://www.facebook.com/akilavirajk/posts/10157278278954060?__tn__=C-R

 

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ළඟම පාසල හොඳම පාසල' සංකල්පය යටතේ රිදී විහාර මහා විද්‍යාලයේ දෙමහල් ද්විතීක කනිෂ්ඨ විද්‍යාගාර ගොඩනැගිල්ල අධ්‍යාපන අමාත්‍ය අකිල විරාජ් කාරියවසම් මහතාගේ සුරතින් සිසු අයිතියට පත් වූ අවස්ථාව.

- https://www.facebook.com/akilavirajk/posts/10157278300184060?__tn__=C-R

 

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Construction Progress Package A
මීරිගම (Ch 37+090 km) සිට
රිල්ඔලුව (Ch 46+800 km)දක්වා
කොන්ත්‍රාත්කරු ICC- ACCESS- (NAWALOKA-KDESH JV) බද්ධ ව්‍යාපාරය

- https://www.facebook.com/cep2rda/posts/2292063291046728?__tn__=C-R

 

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redi angadenada ban umba mewa post karanne ? apita ithihase thawama amathaka wune naha.

https://youtu.be/dr9PPFCjDU8?t=62 <-------------- menna me thappara gaana wadagath

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බිංගිරිය අපනයන සැකසුම් කලාපයේ මූලික ඉදිකිරීමේ කටයුතු අරඹන මහෝත්සවය

- https://www.facebook.com/akilavirajk/posts/10157279366689060?__tn__=C-R

 

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Japan to grant Rs. 20 b in aid for development of Sri Lanka’s health services

The Government of Japan has decided to grant Sri Lanka Rs. 20 billion to improve the country’s health sector, the Japanese Ambassador to Sri Lanka Akira Sugiyama has informed Minister of Health, Nutrition and Indigenous Medicine Dr. Rajitha Senaratne.

The Ambassador of Japan recently met with the Minister of Health for discussions. During the meeting the Ambassador has informed that the aid will be provided under a Japan International Cooperation Agency (JICA) grant.

He said Japan has decided to provide a state-of-the-art operating theater to Sri Lanka before 2020 assured that Japan will continue to provide support to enhance health services in Sri Lanka.

The Health Minister expressed his appreciation to Japan for the support given to uplift Sri Lanka’s health sector.

- http://www.ft.lk/news/Japan-to-gran...ent-of--Sri-Lanka-s-health-services/56-674011

 

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Access Engineering assigned for civil works of 100MW Mannar island wind farm project

Sri Lanka boosted its national electrification from 29% in 1990 to more than 99% in 2016. Yet the power sector continues to struggle in order to meet the growing demand for an affordable and reliable electricity supply.

With the share of thermal (coal and oil-fired) power still accounting for two-thirds of power generation in 2016, there is an urgent need to develop clean energy sources such as wind and solar energy in order to reduce the losses in the system and thereby to boost energy efficiency. While the remaining third of total generated power in 2016 was from renewable sources, most of this was accounted for by large hydropower facilities. Only about 8% comes from nonconventional renewable energy sources such as mini hydro, wind, solar, and biomass.

With a national goal to increase the share of the nonconventional energy in Sri Lanka by about 20% of the total generated power by 2020, Ceylon Electricity Board initiated the construction and operation of a semi-dispatchable wind farm of 100MW capacity along with the financial assistance of ADB funding.

Launched as the first phase of harnessing the wing electric potential in the Mannar region, this electrical power generating project of 375 MW capacity will be developed under four phases. The engineering, procurement and construction (EPC) of the project was awarded to Vestas Wind Systems A/S; a Danish manufacturer, seller, installer, and servicer of wind turbines. Vestas is to provide the delivery, installation and commissioning of 30 V126-3.45 Mw wind turbines as well as civil and electrical works.

And the civil works of the plant is subcontracted to Access Engineering PLC by Vestas and the scope of the project includes dilapidation survey and geo-technical investigations, architectural and structural design of buildings, roads and tower foundation, pilling, construction of foundation for wind turbines, installation of medium voltage cables, design, supply and installation of optical fibre cables, CCTV and intercom systems, road infrastructure works, etc.

The construction works of the project is to commence in early 2019 and is expected to be completed by late 2020.

- http://www.ft.lk/propertyconstructi...-Mannar-island-wind-farm-project/10516-673956

 

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Aqua Vista, the pinnacle of luxury vertical living in Galle

The dream of living in an idyllic, private haven in one of the country’s most prestigious property developments, located just a five-minute drive from the iconic Galle Fort, is fast becoming a reality. The process of obtaining the necessary approvals for Fairway’s Aqua Vista luxury oceanfront apartment project from the Galle Municipal Council and all other statutory authorities – including the Central Environmental Authority, the Coastal Conservation Department and the Urban Development Authority – has been completed within the projected time frame of two years. Now homeowners can anticipate experiencing an exclusive lifestyle in a spectacular location in Galle – the focal point of the Southern Riviera, with its unique blend of charm, culture and oceanfront living.

Inspired by the magnificent Galle Fort – which is listed as a UNESCO World Heritage Site – Fairway’s Aqua Vista, which is located atop a cliff, offers state-of-the-art living spaces carefully positioned to highlight breathtaking views of the ocean and sunsets that will never lose their appeal. Efforts have been made to provide a comprehensive range of facilities including an infinity swimming pool and kids’ pool, a poolside lounge, a fully equipped gym, a rooftop terrace, a drivers’ rest room, a yoga room, a multi-functional hall, a meeting room and several recreational areas together with access to the Fairway Beach Clubhouse at Unawatuna. Living at Aqua Vista will offer ample opportunities to indulge one’s senses and at the same time maintain one’s peace of mind.

Designed by the renowned architect Murad Ismail – a student of the legendary Geoffrey Bawa – Aqua Vista is being constructed by MAGA Engineering on 225 perches of prime land that borders the ocean and comprises a 20 level high-rise tower with penthouses and apartments of two, three and four bedrooms. All efforts have been made to minimise the environmental impact with the use of eco-friendly materials. The apartments will be provided with energy-efficient LED lights and water saving systems.

More:
http://www.ft.lk/propertyconstructi...-luxury-vertical-living-in-Galle/10516-673958

 

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Progress Video of Extension of Southern Expressway Project Section-1 Matara to Beliatta. Overall achieved physical progress of this Project as at the end of February 2018 is 88.89%. The project will be completed before end of the year 2019.

 

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NKB site works and Progress on January 2019

- https://www.facebook.com/NewKelaniBridge/posts/2113506782043729?__tn__=C-R

 

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උද්ධමනය ඉහළට

ජාතික පාරිභෝගික මිල දර්ශකයේ (2013 = 100) ලක්ෂ්‍යමය වෙනස මගින් මනිනු ලබන මතුපිට උද්ධමනය 2018 දෙසැම්බර් මාසයේ පැවති සියයට 0.4 හි සිට 2019 ජනවාරි මාසයේ දී සියයට 1.2 දක්වා ඉහළ ගියේ ය. 2019 ජනවාරි මාසයේ දී ලක්ෂ්‍යමය උද්ධමනයේ දක්නට ලැබුණු ඉහළ යෑම සඳහා පදනම් බලපෑම සහ ආහාර නො වන කාණ්ඩයේ අයිතමවල මිල ගණන් ඉහළ යෑම හේතු විය. ආහාර නො වන කාණ්ඩයේ ලක්ෂ්‍යමය උද්ධමනය 2018 දෙසැම්බර් මාසයේ දී වාර්තා වූ සියයට 4.7 හි සිට 2019 ජනවාරි මාසයේ දී සියයට 6.5 දක්වා ඉහළ ගියේ ය. කෙසේ වුව ද, ආහාර කාණ්ඩයේ ලක්ෂ්‍යමය උද්ධමනය 2018 දෙසැම්බර් මාසයේ දී වාර්තා වූ සියයට -4.5 හි සිට 2019 ජනවාරි මාසයේ දී සියයට -4.8 දක්වා තවදුරටත් පහළ ගියේ ය.

වාර්ෂික සාමාන්‍ය පදනම මත මනිනු ලබන ජාතික පාරිභෙෘ්ගික මිල දර්ශකයේ වෙනස, 2018 දෙසැම්බර් මාසයේ දී වාර්තා වූ සියයට 2.1 සිට 2019 ජනවාරි මාසයේ දී සියයට 1.8 දක්වා පහළ ගියේ ය.

2019 ජනවාරි මාසයේ දී ජාතික පාරිභෙෘ්ගික මිල දර්ශකයේ මාසික වෙනස්වීම සියයට 0.2ක් විය. ආහාර නො වන කාණ්ඩයේ අයිතමවල මිල ගණන් ඉහළ යෑම මේ සඳහා ප්‍රධාන වශයෙන් හේතු වූ අතර, නිවාස, ජලය, විදුලිය ගෑස් සහ වෙනත් ඉන්ධන උප කාණ්ඩය (නිවාස කුලී) වැඩි ම ඉහළ යෑම වාර්තා කළේ ය. තව ද, මාසය තුළ දී මද්‍යසාර පාන වර්ග සහ දුම්කොළ; රෙදිපිළි සහ පාවහන්; සහ ගෘහ භාණ්ඩ, ගෘහ උපකරණ සහ ගෘහ ඒකක නඩත්තුව උප කාණ්ඩයන්හි අයිතමවල මිල ගණන් ද ඉහළ යෑමක් වාර්තා කළේ ය. මේ අතර, ආහාර කාණ්ඩයේ අයිතමවල මිල ගණන් පහළ ගිය අතර එළවළු, පොල්, දෙහි, ලොකු ලූණු, අර්තාපල් සහ අමු මිරිස් ඒ අතර ප්‍රමුඛ විය.

ආර්ථිකයේ යටිදැරි උද්ධමනය නිරූපණය කරන ජාතික පාරිභෙෘ්ගික මිල දර්ශකයේ මූලික උද්ධමනය, ලක්ෂ්‍යමය පදනම මත 2018 දෙසැම්බර් මාසයේ දී වාර්තා වූ සියයට 3.1 හි සිට 2019 ජනවාරි මාසයේ දී සියයට 5.1 දක්වා සැලකිය යුතු ලෙස ඉහළ ගියේ ය. මේ අතර, වාර්ෂික සාමාන්‍ය මූලික උද්ධමනය ද 2018 දෙසැම්බර් මාසයේ දී වාර්තා වූ සියයට 2.4 හි සිට 2019 ජනවාරි මාසයේ දී සියයට 2.7 දක්වා ඉහළ ගියේ ය.

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[Opinion]

Prices charged for the issuing of passports to be increased

1 day service to increase by Rs 5,000

Regular service increased by Rs 3500


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