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Banking system won’t be burdened further – CBSL governor

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3 months ago

June 29, 2023

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Central Bank Governor Dr. Nandalal Weerasinghe said the banking system would not be burdened any further as it already contributes to the Treasury & economy through taxes of over 50%.

Addressing a media briefing at the Presidential Media Centre today (29), he assured that the 57 million depositors would be protected.

The CBSL Governor also assured that the EPF funds already accumulated would not be touched and also guaranteed a minimum 9% interest for EPF.

Responding to a question posed by a journalist, Dr. Weerasinghe said Friday (30) was declared a bank holiday to prevent any speculation, until parliament approval for domestic debt restructuring is obtained.

He also said it was vital to protect the banking sector as a collapse of the country’s banking sector would have catastrophic consequences.

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Video of Cargills staff brutally assaulting female goes viral

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3 hours ago

September 22, 2023

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A video showing a group of staff members from a Cargills supermarket outlet brutally assaulting a female customer is circulating on social media.

The incident is reported to have occurred at the Cargills outlet in the Hanwella area. However, police have launched an investigation to confirm the location and identify the suspects.

CCTV footage captured multiple male and female employees from the outlet brutally assaulting the customer, allegedly in response to suspected theft.

Mr. Ranjith Page is the chairman of the Cargills supermarket chain.

Meanwhile, a statement issued by the Cargills management on the incident is as follows:

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Injunction on new SLFP General Secretary, extended

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8 hours ago

September 22, 2023

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The Colombo District Court today (22 Sep.) ordered that the interim injunction preventing Sarath Ekanayake, who was appointed as General Secretary of the Sri Lanka Freedom Party (SLFP) after Dayasiri Jayasekara’s expulsion, from serving in his new position, be further extended.

Accordingly, the interim injunction was extended until 06 October, as per an order issued by Colombo District Judge Sandun Vithana this morning, after taking into consideration a petition filed by Jayasekara challenging SLFP leader and former President Maithripala Sirisena’s decision to suspend his party membership.

Appearing on behalf of the accused former President Sirisena, President’s Counsel Faizer Mustapha informed the court that he opposes the relevant extension order, after which it was ordered that the objections be filed on the next court date.

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SLCERT in talks with Anti-Virus developers over wiped email data

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8 hours ago

September 22, 2023

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The Sri Lanka Computer Emergency Readiness Team (SLCERT) said that the assistance from international antivirus development agencies will be obtained to recover the emails that were lost following a ransomware attack that targeted multiple government websites recently.

Charuka Damunupola from SLCERT said that exchanges in this regard are already underway.

Sri Lanka’s government email network was hit by a ransomware attack that wiped months of data from thousands of email accounts.

The attack affected nearly 5,000 email addresses using the gov.lk email domain.