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PM instructs to suspend issuing excise licenses in Maharagama Div.

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Prime Minister Dinesh Gunawardena has instructed all relevant officials to suspend the issuance of excise licenses for liquor sales in areas within the Maharagama Divisional Secretariat.

Prime Minister Gunawardena, who is the chairman of the Maharagama Regional Coordination Committee, had said this during a committee meeting yesterday (20).

Accordingly, the Premier instructed the officials to suspend the issuance of permanent and daily excise licenses, including those permits issued daily for events such as music shows, carnivals and various other occasions.

The relevant statement issued by the Prime Minister’s Media Division is as follows :

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CBSL updates pyramid scheme entity list

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The CID has yesterday (02) informed the Colombo Chief Magistrate that the Central Bank of Sri Lanka (CBSL) has banned 04 entities as entities that have conducted prohibited pyramid schemes.
The entities mentioned in court are : Beecoin App/Sunbird Foundation, Fast Win (Pvt) Ltd, Fruugo Online App/ Fruugo Online (Pvt) Ltd Genesis Business School/ Era Miracle (Pvt) Ltd.

In a recent public release, the CBSL previously named 08 entities including the 04 aforementioned ones, as ones that conduct / conducted prohibited pyramid schemes.

Since then, they have added the entity- Windex Trading to the list.

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Prof. Nalin de Silva no more

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Philosopher, intellectual and academician Professor Nalin de Silva has passed away at the age of 79. Prof. de Silva initially served as a professor in the Department of Mathematics and later as the Dean of the Faculty of Science at the University of Kelaniya. 

He was also a former member of the University Grants Commission (UGC).

In addition to his academic pursuits, de Silva also worked as a former Sri Lankan Ambassador to Myanmar.

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‘Company issuing visa at BIA not Indian or Indian based’

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The Indian High Commission in Colombo has issued a statement over reports of Indian companies taking over visa issuance at Bandaranaike International Airport (BIA) in Katunayake.

The statement notes “companies referred to in these reports are not India based or Indian and are headquartered elsewhere. Any reference to India in this context is unwarranted.”

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