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Bangladesh parliament dissolved ; Yunus agrees to be chief adviser : reports

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Bangladesh’s parliament has been dissolved, according to a statement from the president’s office.

It was a key demand made by student protest coordinators, who had set a deadline of 15:00 local time (09:00 GMT).

Student protesters have said they will not accept a military-led government.

Meanwhile, Nobel Peace laureate Muhammad Yunus has agreed to a call by students in Bangladesh for him to be chief adviser to an interim administration promised by the military following Sheikh Hasina’s resignation as prime minister.

“When the students who sacrificed so much are requesting me to step in at this difficult juncture, how can I refuse?” Mr Yunus said.

Mr Yunus, who is in Paris at the moment, will head back to Dhaka shortly, Lamiya Morshed, the executive director of the Yunus Centre, told the BBC.

Also, a picture is starting to emerge of how Sheikh Hasina came to be in Delhi on Monday, with Indian Foreign Minister S Jaishankar revealing she had made a request to come to India at “very short notice”.

“She arrived yesterday evening in Delhi,” Jaishankar confirmed in his first public statement since Hasina’s resignation.

Exactly when she made that request was not clear.

He also did not elaborate on what the next steps would be, or how long she would be staying in India. He simply said it was “for the moment”.

The minister added that India remained “deeply concerned till law and order is restored” in Bangladesh.

“Our border guarding forces have been instructed to be exceptionally alert in view of this complex situation. In the last 24 hours, we have been in touch with authorities in Dhaka,” he said.

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Committee to submit recommendations to GoSL on new US tariff system

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President Anura Kumara Disanayake has appointed a committee to conduct an in-depth study on potential issues that may arise due to the new reciprocal tariff system introduced by US President Donald Trump and to submit recommendations to the government.

Accordingly, the committee includes the Secretary to the Ministry of Finance, the Governor of the Central Bank, the Chairman of the Board of Investment of Sri Lanka, the Chairman of the Sri Lanka Export Development Board and the Director General of Economic Affairs at the Ministry of Foreign Affairs.

Additionally, Senior Economic Advisor to the President Duminda Hulugamuwa, Chief Economic Policy Advisor to the Ceylon Chamber of Commerce Shiran Fernando, as well as Ashroff Omar, Sherad Amalean and Saif Jafferjee have also been appointed to the committee.

(President’s Media Division)

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Ex-chief minister SM Ranjith files appeal against prison sentence

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Former Chief Minister of the North Central Province, S.M. Ranjith, and his Private Secretary – Shanthi Chandrasena have filed an appeal, challenging the Colombo High Court’s judgment, which convicted them and imposed 16 years of rigorous imprisonment over a case filed by the Bribery Commission.

Ranjith and Mrs. Chandrasena, (who is also the spouse of former Minister S.M. Chandrasena) was sentenced to 16 years of rigorous imprisonment on corruption charges.

In addition to the prison sentence, Colombo High Court Judge Aditya Patabendige had also fined them Rs. 200,000 each , with an additional prison term imposed in case of default.

Through their appeals, the two appellants stated that they were seeking the jurisdiction of the Court of Appeal to review and set aside their convictions and the sentences imposed by the Colombo High Court. The two appellants are also seeking an order to acquit and release them from the indictments. In their appeal applications, the appellants alleged that the High Court judge had failed to duly consider several pieces of evidence, including documentary evidence presented before the court.

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3 including ex- Minister Mervyn Silva further remanded

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Three persons including former Minister Mervyn Silva, who was arrested for allegedly selling state-owned land to a private party by forging documents, have been further remanded.

They have been remanded until April 09 after being produced before the Mahara Magistrate’s Court this morning (April 03).

Meanwhile, during the trial, the Criminal Investigation Department (CID) has requested the court to confiscate the property of 03 individuals, including former State Minister Prasanna Ranaweera, who are currently evading arrest in connection with the incident.  Accordingly, the court has scheduled the consideration of CID’s request for April 09.

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