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A/L paper marking hampered!

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2 years ago

March 4, 2023

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General Secretary of Ceylon Teachers’ Union – Mr. Joseph Stalin says that A/L candidates are seriously inconvenienced due to the delay in paper marking.

He has also disclosed that the Ministry of Finance has decided to reduce Rs. 1,000 from the payments recently proposed by the Minister of Education for paper marking.

Meanwhile, Mahinda Jayasinghe, the General Secretary of the Ceylon Teacher Service Union, says that although two weeks have passed since the end of the A/L examination, it has not been possible to start the paper marking process.

Approval had been received for a daily payment of Rs. 2,000 for teachers attending paper marking.

Also, the Department of Examinations had stated that they would continue to recruit Marking Examiners through an online process until March 08.

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Ex-chairman of Lindula-Talawakelle UC, remanded

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2 hours ago

June 2, 2025

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Former chairman of the Lindula-Talawakelle Urban Council – Asoka Sepala has been arrested today (June 02).

The Colombo Chief Magistrate has ordered to remand the suspect until June 11.

The former chairman has been arrested by the Commission to Investigate Allegations of Bribery or Corruption (CIABOC) for causing a loss of Rs. 2.38 million to the government, during the issuance of a tender to lease stall belonging to the Urban Council.

It is said that instead of awarding the tender to the highest bidder, it was given to a lower bidder, resulting in the aforementioned loss.

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Halloluwa further remanded

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3 hours ago

June 2, 2025

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Former Director of the National Lotteries Board (NLB) – Thusitha Halloluwa, has been further remanded until June 04, by the Fort Chief Magistrate’s Court.

Halloluwa remains in custody over alleged misappropriation of government assets belonging to the NLB.

He was previously arrested and released on bail on May 02 over the alleged misuse of a computer and a mobile phone valued at over Rs. 470,000 during his tenure as the Acting Director of the National Lotteries Board.

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Electricity (Amendment) Bill challenged

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3 hours ago

June 2, 2025

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The Electricity (Amendment) Bill, which was recently tabled in Parliament, has been challenged in the Supreme Court.

Accordingly, the Supreme Court today (June 02) ordered that the petition filed by the Ceylon Electricity Board Engineers’ Union requesting a ruling that certain provisions of the Electricity Bill are unconstitutional be taken up for hearing on June 06.

The order was issued when the petition was taken up before a three-member Supreme Court bench comprising Justice A.H.M.D. Nawaz, Arjuna Obeyesekere and Priyantha Fernando.