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Doctor wanted for importing jeep worth Rs.80mn during ban

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The officers of the Central Anti-Corruption Task Force in Walana seized a luxury jeep worth over Rs.80 million which was illegally imported to Sri Lanka and obtained registration certificates from the Motor Traffic Department based on fake documents.

The vehicle was seized while it was being taken to sell in Kurunegala yesterday (12).

Investigations revealed that a famous doctor based in Colombo has illegally imported the luxury jeep and a millionaire businessman residing in Kurunegala has arranged to sell the jeep.

Police have launched investigations to arrest the doctor and the Kurunegala millionaire businessman who forged documents and imported the jeep.

According to the information received by the Director of the Central Anti-Corruption Task Force, Assistant Superintendent of Police Udaya Kumara, a group of officers under the leadership of its SOIC Chief Inspector Indika Weerasinghe were able to seize this jeep following an investigation conducted for almost a month.

It has been revealed that the jeep was imported in 2020 when the import of vehicles was banned.

It was revealed that even the Customs officials were misled when the jeep was imported.

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Gota’s national schools project, scrapped

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The government has decided to abolish the project launched under former President Gotabaya Rajapaksa to upgrade 671 provincial schools as national schools.

Under the project, each school was allocated Rs.02 million – totaling over Rs.1340 million – for emergency renovations and new national school name boards, with some costing over Rs.500,000.

Schools have now been instructed to remove these boards, along with the “National School” title, official seals, and letterheads, and revert to their previous identities.

The initiative aimed to increase the number of national schools to 329,000, but only 05 schools in the Western Province were converted.

Professor Kapila Perera, Secretary of the Ministry of Education at that time, now serves as Secretary to the Ministry of Transport and Highways.

(Source: Aruna)

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Gazette issued on 2026 Public & Bank Holidays

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The Government of Sri Lanka has officially declared the list of Public and Bank Holidays for the year 2026, through an Extraordinary Gazette issued on Tuesday, May 27, 2025.

The gazette issued is as follows : 

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Postal strike ends

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The Union of Postal and Telecommunications Officers says postal services will operate as usual today (May 31).

Secretary Manjula Jayasundara stated that striking union members returned to work from yesterday (May 30) afternoon, and distribution of over 2,000 delayed mail bags has begun.

This strike, launched over 10 demands including delays in recruitment, has reportedly drawn the attention of the relevant authorities.

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