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Govt.’s approval rating increased to 21% in June

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3 months ago

July 6, 2023

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The approval rating of the Government has increased to 21% in June 2023 from the 10% that was recorded in February 2023, a Gallup style ‘Mood of the Nation’ poll carried out by Verité Research has revealed.

The survey showed satisfaction with the state of the nation increased only to 12% in June.

The Mood of the Nation poll is conducted periodically by Verité Research and is based on an island wide nationally representative sample of responses.

To the question, “Do you approve or disapprove of the way the current Government is working?” 21% said they approve.

Further, 18% said that they do not have an opinion on the way the current Government is working.

To the question, “In general, are you satisfied or dissatisfied with the way things are going in Sri Lanka?” only 12% said they were satisfied.

This rating was at 4% in February 2023 and 7% in October 2022.

The Mood of the Nation survey is designed to assess the approval, satisfaction, and confidence of the nation in relation to the Government, the country, and the economy.

The poll is based on a country-wide nationally representative sample of responses from 1,008 Sri Lankan adults, conducted in June 2023.

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Fmr. SDIG gets 5-yr. jail term

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2 hours ago

September 25, 2023

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The Ratnapura High Court has sentenced former Senior DIG Lalith Jayasinghe for five-year imprisonment for intimidating Kahawatte OIC not to arrest MP Premalal Jayasekera over a shooting incident.

Ratnapura High Court also ordered the convict to pay a fine of Rs. 20,000.

The shooting incident took place during the 2015 Presidential election campaign.

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Notice on issuing revenue licenses in WP

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5 hours ago

September 25, 2023

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The Department of Motor Traffic has decided to temporarily suspend the issuing of revenue licenses in the Western Province due to a system update.

According to the department, the services will be unavailable from this Wednesday (September 27) to next Monday (October 02).

The Motor Traffic Department said in a statement that vehicles of which revenue licenses are expiring from Tuesday, September 26 can be renewed until October 10, without fines.

Meanwhile, the online service for revenue licenses was temporarily suspended from midnight yesterday (September 24) and will remain so until Friday, October 06.

The department added that the temporary service suspension was due to an update on the system maintained by the Information and Communication Technology Agency of Sri Lanka.

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CID ordered to hand over Schaffter’s remains to family

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5 hours ago

September 25, 2023

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The Colombo Additional Magistrate has ordered the Criminal Investigation Department (CID) to hand over the remains of late businessman Dinesh Schaffter to his family as postmortem examinations have been concluded.

The specialist doctors’ committee appointed to compile a report on Schaffter’s death had informed the courts that the relevant investigation activities have been concluded, and that the remains of the late businessman can be released.

Furthermore, Additional Magistrate Rajindra Jayasuriya, also pointed out that the five-member expert committee headed by Prof. Asela Mendis, which was appointed by the court to compile a report on Schaffter’s death has informed the court that their judicial investigations have been completed.

Accordingly, the Additional Magistrate, who stated that the expert committee has requested the court to issue an order for the release of Schaffter’s remains, ordered the CID to hand over the body to his family under the supervision of Prof. Clifford Perera and Judicial Medical Officer P.R. Ruwanpura.

Later, the case was also ordered to be recalled on October 09, 2023.

(Source : adaderana.lk)