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CAA to regulate e-commerce activities

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2 years ago

May 19, 2023

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The Consumer Affairs Authority (CAA) has issued a special gazette notification to regulate the activities of online sellers and sellers operating on digital platforms.
The relevant directives are intended to protect the consumers, according to the communiqué issued by the CAA chairman Shantha Niriella on May 17.

The CAA notes that e-commerce entities or platform operators engaged in marketing and selling of any goods should comply with the conditions set out in the gazette notification when carrying out any activity specified under the three stages of a transaction; pre-purchase stage, purchase stage and post-purchase stage.

During the pre-purchase stage, the e-commerce entities or platform operators are required to abide by fair business, advertising and marketing practices. They must refrain from making any representation or omission, or engaging in any deceptive, misleading, or anti-competitive practices when advertising any goods.

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Nishantha Wickremesinghe remanded (Update)

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8 hours ago

June 27, 2025

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Former Chairman of SriLankan Airlines Nishantha Wickremesinghe has been remanded until July 01.

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(Previous News : June 27, 2025 4.41pm)

2 ex-heads of govt. institutions, arrested

The Commission to Investigate Allegations of Bribery or Corruption (CIABOC) has arrested two former Chairmen on corruption charges.

Former Chairman of the Fisheries Corporation – Upali Liyanage and former SriLankan Airlines Chairman – Nishantha Wickremesinghe have been arrested in this manner.

However, Liyanage, who was produced before Colombo Chief Magistrate Thanuja Lakmali Jayathunga, was released on three sureties amounting to Rs. 5 million.

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Body of undergrad who went missing at Port City beach, found (Update)

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11 hours ago

June 27, 2025

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The body of the undergraduate who had gone missing at the Port City beach, has been found.

The body was found during a search by divers.

(Previous News on 27th June 2025 at 10.06 am)

Undergrad goes missing at Port City beach while snorkeling

A 24-year-old university student from Asgiriya, Gampaha, has gone missing yesterday morning (June 26) while swimming in the sea off the Colombo Port City beach.

According to the police, the student, a resident of Gampaha, was part of a group of students from the Universities of Colombo and Moratuwa who had visited the artificial beach and engaged in snorkelling.

The student failed to resurface, prompting a complaint to the Colombo Port Police.

Lifeguards later recovered the snorkeling gear believed to be belonging to the missing student.

A joint search operation involving Navy divers from the Colombo Port and Rangala Navy Division is currently underway. Further investigations are underway by the Colombo Port Police.