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UGC chairman & members resign

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The Chairman and members of the University Grants Commission (UGC) have resigned from their positions. 

The resignations were submitted on Monday (14) following a notification from the Presidential Secretariat requesting their departure.

Senior Prof. Sampath Amaratunga, UGC Chairman, Vice Chairman Senior Prof. Chandana P. Udawatte, and the commissioners tendered their resignations in writing to President Anura Kumara Dissanayake. 

The members, appointed in 2020, were initially set to serve until March 2025.

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SL – India govt talks soon on fishing row – Minister

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Days ahead of Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s visit to his country, Sri Lankan minister for fisheries, aquatic and ocean resources Ramalingam Chandrasekar has said that govt level talks on the fishing dispute between Sri Lanka and India would be held soon in the presence of fishermen. 

He issued the statement on Sunday after a delegation of fishermen from Rameswaram held a meeting with him in Jaffna on Saturday evening.

The delegation, led by fishermen leader R Sahayam, appealed to the minister to initiate talks between fishermen of the two countries. The last ministerial level talks on the dispute were held in 2016. Calling for a lasting solution to the problem, the delegation pleaded with the minister to secure the release of Indian fishermen and their fishing crafts held in the island nation’s custody.

Prime Minister Narendra Modi is slated to visit Sri Lanka on April 4, and the fishermen row is likely to be one of the issues that will figure in his meeting with his Sri Lankan counterpart.

Meanwhile, the delegation from Rameswaram met fishermen lodged in Sri Lankan prisons, and took stock of the fishing crafts confiscated by the authorities on charges of poaching in Sri Lanka’s territorial waters. The fishermen leaders had met their counterparts at Vavuniya on March 26 and discussed the issue. The Indian side sought time to stop trawling but the Sri Lankan fishermen made it clear that trawling won’t be accepted in their waters, though they are ready for an amicable solution.

Reiterating this stand, leaders of the Northern Province Fisher People Unity, an umbrella forum of fishermen associations of the northern provinces of Sri Lanka, told reporters on Sunday that Indian trawlers should stop coming to Sri Lankan waters. Else, their country’s law should find its course to stop it. They are determined that their people should fish in their waters independently and leave the marine resources for future generations, said forum spokesperson Annarasa Annalingam.

(TOI)

(Except for the headline, this story, originally published by TOI has not been edited by SLM staff)

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Tiran Alles appears before CID

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Former Minister of Public Security Tiran Alles has arrived at the Criminal Investigation Department (CID) this morning (March 31).

He was summoned before the CID to record a statement regarding the death of a police sergeant attached to the Colombo Crimes Division (CCD) during a shooting incident near the W15 hotel in Weligama, Matara in 2023.

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Shammi Silva re-elected as SLC President

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Shammi Silva has been re-elected uncontested as the President of Sri Lanka Cricket (SLC) for the 2025–2027 term.

His re-election was confirmed uncontested during the 64th Annual General Meeting of Sri Lanka Cricket, with the Election Committee overseeing the process.

This marks his fourth consecutive term in office, and for the third time, he has secured the position without opposition.

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