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India offers a series of capacity building training to SL Police

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1 week ago

June 22, 2024

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The Indian High Commission in Sri Lanka says that they have been facilitating tailor made capacity building training courses for police personnel at several police training institutions.

A statement by the Indian High Commission says :

On the request of the Sri Lanka Police, the High Commission of India has been facilitating tailor made capacity building training courses for the personnel of the Sri Lankan Police at the premier police training institutions viz. Central Detective Training Institute (CDTI), Jaipur; CDTI, Hyderabad; CDTI, Kolkata and National Security Guard (NSG), Manesar in India.

India regularly offers fully funded training slots to Sri Lankan Police personnel for various training courses to enhance the skills of the officers. Since the beginning of year 2024, over 60 police personnel, including junior, mid-level and senior officers, have benefited from the high-quality training courses on various subjects such as crime scene management, artificial intelligence and cyber crime investigation, and VIP security training. These courses are offered by Government of India (GoI) under the Indian Technical and Economic Cooperation (ITEC) and the “Aid to Sri Lanka” programme. More than 130 Sri Lankan police officers are expected to be trained in India this year.

A batch of 23 senior police officers recently left for New Delhi to attend a specially designed two-week course starting on 18 June. Before leaving for the course, the officers interacted with H.E. Shri Santosh Jha, High Commissioner of India to Sri Lanka on 13 June 2024. Currently they are undergoing training in NIA in various subjects such as terror financing, internal security dynamics, Islamic and other religious fundamentalism etc.

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Bomb scare at Kandy Court complex

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1 hour ago

July 2, 2024

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A tense situation has arisen at the Kandy Court complex this morning (July 02) over a bomb scare.

Accordingly, the bomb disposal unit of Sri Lanka Army together with Sri Lanka Police commenced a special security operation within the court premises.

According to reports, all cases that were scheduled to be heard and the delivering of verdicts fixed for today at the Kandy Court complex have been postponed until July 16, 2024.

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Litro Gas reduces prices again

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1 hour ago

July 2, 2024

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The price of Litro domestic LP gas cylinders has been reduced with effect from midnight today (July 02), Chairman of Litro Gas – Muditha Peiris has said.

Accordingly, the price of the 12.5 kg cylinder has been reduced by Rs. 100 to Rs. 3,690.

The 05 kg cylinder has been reduced by Rs. 40 to Rs. 1,482

Meanwhile, the price of the 2.3 kg cylinder has been reduced by Rs. 18, bringing the new price to Rs. 694.

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WFP provides 55,000 MT of MOP fertiliser free to farmers

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July 2, 2024

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Under the guidance of UNCTAD (United Nations Conference on Trade and Development), the World Food Programme has arranged to provide 55,000 metric tons of MOP fertiliser to the farmers of Sri Lanka free of charge, said Agriculture and Plantation Industries Minister Mahinda Amaraweera.

This stock of fertiliser is to be given for paddy cultivation in the next two cropping seasons. The Government will receive this stock of fertiliser from the World Food Programme.

The Minister emphasized this in a discussion held at the Agriculture and Plantation Industries Ministry regarding the National Fertiliser Programme, yesterday (01).

Due to the non-application of MOP fertiliser, which is an essential fertiliser for paddy cultivation, yellowing of the paddy cultivation occurs; also, the panicles fail to grow properly. It has been found that many farmers do not use MOP fertiliser for paddy cultivation and only 400 metric tons have been sold in this Yala season.

The price of MOP fertiliser was at a high level of Rs. 14,000 and Minister Amaraweera was advised to reduce this price to Rs. 9,000 by the government owned fertiliser companies. Accordingly, since the last Maha season, MOP fertiliser has been sold at the price of Rs. 9,000.

However, it is estimated that Rs. 3.5 billion will be spent on VAT and operational fees for the fertiliser distribution. Of this, Rs. 1.1 billion will have to be spent as utility costs and Rs. 2.4 billion as VAT. Minister Amaraweera said that the approval of the Cabinet has been obtained to receive this amount.

(dailynews.lk)

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