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Milan & Madura against spa regulation

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SLPP MPs Milan Jayathilake and Madura Withanage had opposed a proposal made by State Minister for Tourism Diana Gamage to regulate spas in the country.

The State Minister has submitted the proposal to the President at the ruling party parliamentary group meeting held last Monday.

Mr. President, there are endless spas in and around Colombo and everywhere else in the country. We need to regulate these,” said State Minister Gamage.

Objecting to the proposal, Milan and Madura said, “No… No… Mr. President, don’t do such a thing at this moment. People will lose their jobs. It can lead to a major issue.”

However, Diana retorted, “Look, Mr. President, there are 625 spas around Parliament.”

She has also requested to appoint an Ayurvedic doctor to each ‘spa’ in order to improve the quality of their services.

Responding to the suggestion, Indigenous Medicine State Minister Sisira Jayakody has said that doctors are not needed for spas and that they are being operated by trained staff members.

The President has slowly joined this debate by saying, “Even our MPs can go…right?

However, he has also told Diana that closing spas could cost thousands of jobs.

It was reported that the President has avoided this dispute by saying that there is no need to create unnecessary issues.

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Ex-SLTB Vice Chairman granted bail

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The former Vice Chairman of the Sri Lanka Transport Board (SLTB), L.A. Wimalaratne, who was arrested by the Criminal Investigation Department (CID) earlier today (April 29), has been released on bail.

He was arrested in connection with an investigation into a house in Kataragama, allegedly linked to the family of former President Mahinda Rajapaksa.

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Franchise agreements of Colombo Strikers & Jaffna Kings terminated

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Sri Lanka Cricket (SLC) in collaboration with the event rights holder of the Lanka Premier League (LPL) – the IPG Group, has officially announced that the franchise partnerships of the ‘Colombo Strikers’ and ‘Jaffna Kings’ have been terminated.

According to a statement issued today (April 28), the terminations were made due to the respective franchises’ failure to fulfill contractual obligations outlined in their agreements with the IPG Group, which were established at the commencement of their participation in the league.

Accordingly, the forthcoming edition of the Lanka Premier League will feature franchises representing Colombo and Jaffna under new ownership, the statement notes.

As the event rights holder, the IPG Group retains the exclusive rights over the LPL franchise teams and, accordingly, is vested with the authority to transfer and/or assign the ownership rights of the said franchises to interested parties.

Sri Lanka Cricket and The IPG Group remain committed to upholding the integrity, standards, and success of the Lanka Premier League and look forward to an exciting upcoming season with renewed participation.

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This week’s Cabinet decisions

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A number of decisions have been taken at the Cabinet meeting held yesterday (April 28).

The decisions taken by the Cabinet of Ministers are as follows :

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