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People’s Bank in danger! ; Depositors continue to withdraw money

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The heads of all government corporations and departments have informed the Ministry of Finance that they will immediately transfer the existing accounts at the People’s Bank to other banks, the state-owned ‘Dinamina’ newspaper reported. 

In addition, many businessmen have also informed President Ranil Wickremesinghe as the Minister of Finance that they will have to withdraw their accounts from the People’s Bank.

They have informed the President that they would take this decision with regret since their businesses may be affected if protests and strikes continue to hamper the performance of the bank. 

The heads of corporations and departments have informed President Wickremesinghe that they had to face many inconveniences since the employees of the People’s Bank also joined the strike on Wednesday (15).

The heads of public corporations and departments have explained to the Ministry of Finance that the employees could not withdraw money for their needs, and therefore the clients were inconvenienced by having to find alternatives.

Therefore, they have requested the Finance Ministry to take necessary steps to remove their accounts from the People’s Bank and transfer them to other banks.

Meanwhile, President Wickremesinghe has informed the relevant authorities at the Finance Ministry yesterday (16) to pay special attention to the request made by the heads of government corporations and departments.

Only 113 People’s Bank branches were closed – PMD

However, the President’s Media Division quoted People’s Bank Acting CEO/GM Clive Fonseka and said that 272 Branches out of the 340 were fully functional with attendance reported at over 75% as at 10.30 AM on the 15th.

Depositors withdraw money

Meanwhile, economic experts pointed out that due to this situation, the customers of People’s Bank will probably be tempted to withdraw their money from the bank.

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Special commodity levy on imported onions & rice, slashed

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The special commodity levy on imported onions and rice has been reduced with effect from yesterday (March 27).

Thereby, the Special Commodity Levy of Rs. 65 per 1kg of rice has been dropped to Rs. 1 until April 03, 2024.

In addition, the tax levied from imported Rose Onions have been slashed to Rs. 10 per kilogram until April 30, 2024.

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McDonald’s local franchisee not under our group – Abans

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Abans PLC has stated that the local franchisee of McDonald’s is not under their group of companies.

The company had made the clarification in a letter to the Colombo Stock Market.

The letter notes that the local franchisee of McDonald’s is International Restaurant Systems (Private) limited incorporated under the Companies Act No. 7 of 2007. The majority shareholder of the said company is Mr. Rusi Pestonjee who owns a 98.73% stake in that company, and who is also the Managing Director of Abans PLC.

“International Restaurant Systems (Private) Limited is not a subsidiary nor an associate of Abans PLC or its parent company Abans Retail Holdings (Private) Limited. Due to the said reason, the financials of International Restaurant Systems (Private) Limited are not consolidated with the financials of Abans PLC,” the letter adds.

The letter is as follows :

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Court issues enjoining order against Abans MD

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Japanese investor steps in for floating market project

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A Japanese investor has entered into an agreement with the Urban Development Authority (UDA) the revive the Floating market in Pettah, Colombo.

A Memorandum of understanding was signed between the Japanese investor Akira Hirose and UDA Chairman Nimesh Herath for the maintenance and management of the Floating Market.

Under the MOU the location is to be developed as a floating market complex aimed at attracting tourists within a six month period.

The floating market project was opened in 2014 by the then Secretary of the Defence and Development Ministry Gotabaya Rajapaksa and Rs 352 million was spent on the project with the objective of recovering 50 per cent of the expenses within five years, but the project failed.

It was reopened in April 2021 when Gotabaya Rajapaksa was the President, after Rs 25 million was spent on the project, but it was a failure again.

(sundaytimes.lk)

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