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(APSEZ Consortium) and ‘Hope india will vote in inveStorS from india, jaPan for WCt the Sri Lanka Ports Authority (SLPA). Sri lanka’s favour at In line with this decision, bot baSiS for 35 yearS Cabinet approval has been granted to develop the WCT Ishara MudugaMuwa UnHrC’: foreign Secretary of the Colombo South Port as The Cabinet of Ministers has a public-private partnership in Sri Lanka’s Foreign approved a proposal made by collaboration with the SLPA Secretary Admiral Ports and Shipping Minister and parties nominated by Indi- (Retd) Jayanath Colom- to develop the West Container an and Japanese Governments bage on Monday said Terminal (WCT) of the Colom- and also to appoint a negotia- that he expects India bo Port on a Build, Operate tions Committee and a project to stand by and vote and Transfer (BOT) basis for a committee to evaluate the pro- in favour of Sri Lanka period of 35 years as a public- posals in this regard. Accord- ahead of next week’s private partnership with Adani ingly, the BOT plan approved UNHRC sessions on the country’s rights Ports and Special Economic by the Negotiating Committee and accountability record. Zone Ltd (APSEZ Consorti- has been forwarded to the High In an interview to India Today TV, he um) and its local representa- Commission of India and the said “Abstention will not hamper ties.But tive John Keells Holding PLC Embassy to PaGe 02 India’s great leader speaks of ‘Neighbour- hood First’.We are immediate neighbours,” Jayanath Colombage said. to PaGe 02 sLaF pays tribute to all who saved iranativu set apart Woman who beat infant held in jaffna the Nation marking 70 years to bury Covid dead Ishara MudugaMuwa shavINI Madhara The Iranaitivu Island in the North has been iden- The woman who inhumanely beat her infant tified as the site to bury COVID-19 victims in Sri son, as witnessed in a video currently circu- Lanka, Co-Cabinet Spokesman Mass Media lated in social media, was arrested yesterday Minister said. morning in Jaffna. Police Media Spokesper- Speaking at the media confer- son DIG Ajith Rohana said the beating was ence held yesterday at the Govern- carried out by a 24-years-old woman from ment Information Department to Navaldi area in Ariyalai, Jaffna. The infant inform the decisions taken at this was taken under police custody for his future week’s Cabinet meeting, Minister care and attention, DIG Ajith Rohana said. Rambukwella to PaGe 02 It was revealed that the arrested woman had arrived in the country with the infant over a month ago from Kuwait. Police initiated an investigation into this aG gets 65 volumes of brutal act of the woman after video footage on social media brought the incident to light. easter attacks PCoi report 22 volumes not given Woman’s headless body dILshaN tharaKa Air Force Commander Air Marshal Attorney General Dappula de Livera received 65 carried from Hanwella Sudharshana Pathirana address- volumes of the proceedings of the Presidential Com- ing the 70th anniversary event at The march past held at the SLAF Base in Katunayake to mark the 70th anniversary of the Sri mission to Inquiry (PCoI) probing Easter Sunday Police seek assistance the SLAF Base in Katunayake. Lanka Air Force yesterday. Pictures by Kelum Liyanage. Attacks from the Secretary to the President yesterday. Attorney General’s Coordinating Officer State to trace murder suspect CaMeLIa NathaNIeL 2, 1951, over a period of seventy years, personnel who sacrificed their lives in Counsel Nishara Jayaratne said that there are 87 The Sri Lanka Air Force 70th Anniver- the Sri Lanka Air Force has been serv- active duty, and those who are today volumes of proceedings of the PCoI and 22 volumes shavINI Madhara sary celebrations began at the Katunayake ing the country and protecting its third disabled having given their all to protect were not handed over to the Attorney General due to The bus which was used to carry the Air Force Base yesterday morning under dimension while maintaining territorial our motherland. the sensitive nature of evidence pertaining to national headless body of a woman found in a suit- the patronage of the 18th Air Force integrity and unity. Coinciding with the 70th Air Force security. case left behind in Dam Street in Colombo Commander Air Marshal Sudharshana During the Air Force Commander’s Anniversary celebrations numerous On a previous occasion, Attorney General Dappula on Monday (01), was taken into police Pathirana. address to the troops, he made it a point events have been organized including de Livera received the report (Volume 1) of the PCoI custody, Police Media Spokesperson DIG From its humble beginnings on March to pay tribute to all the brave Air Force religious observances, to PaGe 02 from the Secretary to the President. Ajith Rohana said. to PaGe 02 Corruption PCoI recommends ‘White van’ press con; Case against Strictures against ranil, CoPa committee probes irregularities rajitha, rumi fixed for april 28 in registering dual-purpose vehicles LaKMaL soorIyagoda connection with the controver- former ministers The case filed against former sial ‘White Van Press Confer- dhaNushKa godaKuMbura Health Minister Rajitha Sena- ence’ during the 2019 Presi- ratne and former State Phar- dential Election was yesterday The Presidential Commission of Inquiry (PCoI) maceuticals Corporation (SPC) fixed for April 28 by Colombo that probed the allegations of corruption and fraud Chairman Rumi Mohammed in High Court. to PaGe 02 in public institutions between 2015 and 2018 had recommended taking action against former Prime Minister , former Ministers , , Dr Rajitha allegations of match fixing during LPL 2020 Senaratne, , Duminda Dis- sanayake and P. Harrison for misuse of public funds and other offences. COPA Chairman Prof.. The PCoI final report was presented to the Cabinet Cricketer Sacithra’s anticipatory on Monday.The report has also recommended action The Committee on Public Accounts yawanna was appointed Chairman of against several public officials and Ministerial staff (COPA) Chairman Prof. Tissa Vitarana the Sub Committee and State Minis- members. has appointed a special sub-committee ters Dr. and bail application rejected The Commission was appointed by former Presi- to investigate into the loss of revenue to , MPs Ashok dent on January 14, 2019. The the Government in registering vehicles Abeysinghe, Dr. shavINI Madhara to the Cabinet approved to present the report to Parliament imported for special purposes as dual- and Weerasumana Weerasinghe were The anticipatory bail applica- 2020 tournament, was for further action. President Gotabaya purpose vehicles. appointed members. tion filed by former Sri Lanka rejected by Colombo Additional informed the Cabinet that the copies of the report He took this initiative at the COPA The committee drew attention to the cricketer Sachithra Senanayake Magistrate Kanchana Neranja- were went to the Attorney General and Commission meeting held in Parliament recently. Special Purpose Vehicle Identification to prevent him na Silva yesterday. to Investigate Allegations of Bribery and Corruption This meeting was convened to review Codes (HS Code) used by the Sri Lanka from being taken The Magistrate made this to implement the recommendations of the PCoI. the Auditor General’s Reports for the Customs and the changes that can be into custody over order as the facts of the antici- The report has recommended action against the year 2017-2018 and the current perfor- seen in the identification of vehicles for a match-fixing patory bail application have not above mentioned politicians for obtaining a private mance of the Customs. special purposes by the Motor Traffic incident linked been completed. to PaGe 02 building for the Agriculture to PaGe 02 State Minister Lasantha Alagi- Department. to PaGe 02 DN page 2 news wednesday, march 3, 2021

cabinet nod for colombo... From page 01

of Japan requesting them to nominate investors. Single dose of AstraZeneca The proposal presented by Adani Ports and Special Economic Zone Ltd has been approved by the Indian High Commission. No investor has been named by the Japanese govern- ment so far. jab reduces hospitalisations The Government had called on the Japanese Govern- ment to collaborate in the development project. The Cabinet appointed Negotiating Committee has Matt Hancock, the UK health secretary, that data on individuals aged over 70 Hancock ended the press conference by will be able to break the link from cases presented its recommendations based on the discus- has described as “extremely good news” showed that for both Pfizer and the Astra- saying the link between COVID infections through to hospitalisations and to deaths, sions held between the two parties. data showing that a single dose of the Zeneca jabs there was vaccine effectiveness and deaths had now been broken. He said: and until now in the pandemic that link Earlier, based on several factors, the Government Pfizer or AstraZeneca vaccine reduces risk against illness of approximately 60% after “The effectiveness of the vaccine on pro- from cases through to hospitalisations and decided to develop the East Container Terminal (ECT) of hospitalisation in over-80s by more than one dose. Van-Tam went on: “This shows tecting people, and on reducing transmis- deaths has been unbreakable. And we have of the Colombo Port through the SLPA instead of the 80%. He announced the findings at a No 10 us how, if we are patient and we give this sion, is critical to the roadmap [for lifting demonstrated with the data today that the proposed tie-up with Indian and Japanese investors, press conference. Describing it in more vaccine programme time to have its full lockdown restrictions] ... The data that vaccines can break that link, and that is who were to get a 49% share of the project while the detail, Prof Jonathan Van-Tam, the deputy effect, it is going to hopefully take us into a we’ve published today shows that the road- down to the power of science. So it’s good SLPA held 51%. chief medical officer for England, also said very different world in the next few months. map is achievable, because it shows that we news for everybody.” (Guardian) It will now be a 100% SLPA venture. Colombo Port is ranked among the top 25 Ports in the world but is hampered by lack of capacity. The twin ECT-WCT projects will enable it to accommodate big- Botanical Garden boundaries to be redefined under new Act ger ships and increase shipment volumes. DiLShaN Tharaka Department. “The Botanic Gardens had stalled. Ordinance No. 31 of 1928 Botanical Gardens Ordinance No. 31 of The Botanical Gardens Act No. 31 of Ordinance, which is more than 90 years covered only the Peradeniya, Haggala 1928. The Minister said it has been 1928 will be amended to redefine the old, was slightly amended in 1973 under and Gampaha Botanical Gardens. Cur- decided to include it in the first schedule boundaries of all botanical gardens in the the new Republican Constitution and no rently, the Hambantota Dry Zone Botani- of the Botanic Gardens Ordinance and to strictures against ranil,... From page 01 country to stop illegal settlements and other amendments have been made to cal Gardens and the Avissawella Wet include it in the new Ordinance as well constructions. date. Zone Botanic Gardens are open. The as in connection with the gazette notifi- Ministry for lease at a higher price, over recruit- Tourism Minister , then Minister of Eco- boundaries of the Peradeniya, Haggala cation of the boundaries of dry zone and ment of workers to the National Housing Development said that the new Bill has already been nomic Development, had made some and Gampaha Botanical Gardens will be wet zone botanical gardens which were Authority, appointment of consultants to the Road submitted to the Legal Draftsman’s attempt in this regard in 2010 but it too included in the First Schedule of the initiated later,” he said. Development Authority violating the stipulated circu- lars and procedure, misappropriation of public funds from the project to distribute tablets to Advanced Level students, importation of dairy cows from New SJB complains to CJ against cOPa committee probes irregularities... From page 01 Zealand and Australia and spending public funds for the Neville Fernando Private Hospital. Special Presidential Commission The committee emphasized tance of amending the relevant Ministry, the Customs and the that due to the non-compliance laws for the Customs and the Motor Traffic Department LakmaL SooriyagoDa retired Supreme Court Judge Upali of the HS Code issued by the Motor Traffic Department to should work together to expe- The Abeyratne, retired Court of Appeal Sri Lanka Customs with the implement the recommenda- dite the installation of this sys- ‘white van’ press con;... From page 01 (SJB) yesterday made a complaint Judge Chandrasiri Jayatilake and Department of Motor Traffic tions of the relevant committee tem to avoid many irregulari- to the Chief Justice urging to insti- former IGP Chandra Fernando to when registering vehicles, the were also discussed at this ties. The COPA also drew When the case came up before High Court Judge tute Contempt of Court action inquire into and report on allega- government would lose a large meeting. attention to the use of finger- Damith Thotawatte, the Attorney General sought further against the commissioners of the tions of victimisation of public offic- amount of revenue due to the The committee Chairman print machines by Sri Lanka time to tender several documents listed in the indict- Presidential Commission of Inquiry ers, employees of public corpora- registration of such vehicles in inquired as to why the HS Customs officers to enter and ments to the defence. appointed to probe incidents of tions and members of the armed another form. Code introduced by the Cus- exit office. Customs officials The Attorney General had filed indictments on four- political victimisation. forces and the police during the The COPA also focused on toms for imported vehicles is pointed out that there are cer- teen counts against two accused in connection with The complaint consisting of 40 period from January 8, 2015 to the recommendation made by not used in the same way for tain sections in the Customs organising this press conference on November 10, 2019, signatures of SJB Parliamentarians November 16, 2019. the committee appointed to the registration of the relevant where the fingerprint machine ahead of the Presidential election. including its leader Sajith Prema- The MPs alleged that although resolve this issue at the COPA vehicle by the Motor Traffic can be used practically and the The indictments had been filed against Rajitha Sena- dasa, General Secretary Ranjith the report was not officially pub- meeting held on September 20, Department. fingerprint machine cannot be ratne and Rumi Mohammed under fourteen counts Madduma Bandara, Tissa Attanay- lished, it is currently in the public 2019, to obtain a certificate The COPA Committee also used. The Committee on Pub- including giving false statements in relation to the per- ake, Lakshman Kiriella and Sarath domain. The complainants said the from the Import and Export noted the lack of an automated lic Accounts directed that these sonal character of SLPP Presidential candidate Gotabaya Fonseka was handed over to the report has been submitted and dis- Control Department when computerised computer com- sections be sent to the Com- Rajapaksa. registrar's office of the Supreme cussed by the Cabinet of Ministers importing such vehicles. parison system between the mittee separately. Treasury Sakalavalli Arachchige Sarath Kumara and Watareka Court. who have decided to implement the In addition, the importance Customs and the Motor Traffic Secretary S.R Attygalle and Sri Gamage Athula Sanjeewa Madanayake who were present The President had appointed a recommendations of the commis- of making this committee Department. The Committee Lanka Customs officials partici- at the controversial press conference had been named as Commission of Inquiry chaired by sion. report a law and the impor- emphasised that the Finance pated in the meeting. the witnesses in the case.

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said health authorities will announce the Ministry and this is not a political deci- guidelines to be followed in this regard. sion. This is implemented in accordance Responding to a question by a journalist with instructions given by the health sec- Minister Rambukwella said that the Ira- tor with a scientific basis. naitivu an island in the Gulf of Mannar and He said land preparations have already part of Kilinochchi District within the been completed and burial of remains of Northern Province has been identified by COVID-19 victims can commence at any the Technical Committee of the Health time.

‘hope India will vote in sri Lanka’s favour... From page 01 “We understand that the Tamil Nadu elec- UNHRC neither were we influenced by Imran tions are coming up and Sri Lanka is always Khan’s visit. We were very conscious of an issue. So we understand. India is a great India’s concerns and ensured New Delhi is friend. We expect India to stand by Sri not embarrassed by the Pakistan Prime Min- Lanka. ister’s visit. Sri Lanka’s soul will not be India is against country specific resolu- allowed to be used against India or to attack tions. They are against so-called rapporteurs India.” “Like farmers’ protests in India, our being around to judge human rights situa- trade union protested against a deal. As a tions in other countries. I think India is mov- democratically chosen government we had to ing a resolution in that regard.” listen to them. We have offered India the Speaking of the Pakistan PM’s visit to Sri West Container Terminal. Lanka he said:”It was a bilateral visit. We did I think they are happy with our offer and not visit [Pakistan] to garner OIC votes at might even accept it.” (www.indiatoday.in)

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It was revealed that the body had been Releasing several video footage, Police brought to Colombo from the Hanwella area Spokesperson DIG Ajith Rohana urged the by the suspect on a route 143 Hanwella- public to assist in identifying the perpetrator Colombo bus. He said statements were and the victim. recorded from the driver and the conductor “If you have any information about this of the bus regarding the incident. perpetrator, contact the Dam Street OIC on He said the remains have been moved to mobile no 0718-591557.One can also contact the Colombo Police Mortuary for the post- the Colombo Emergency Centre on mortem examination on a court order. The 0112433333. If you have information about post-mortem examination was to be conduct- this perpetrator or a missing woman, kindly ed yesterday (2) following confirmation of provide such information to the above men- the identity. tioned numbers,” DIG Ajith Rohana noted.

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war hero welfare programs and the very ering all Air Force camps. I proudly popular cycling event ‘Guwan Hamuda Pape- announce that construction of a modern Air di Savariya’ which is the grandest cycling Force Hospital has been initiated complete event to be held in the country. Further, the with all modern facilities for the benefit of all Commander’s Cup seven-a-side rugby tourna- Air Force personnel and their family mem- ment has also been organized for the first bers. time. Further, the renovation of the long overdue The Commander also thanked all those married quarters for Air Force Officers and a who are engaged in the development of the housing project for Air Force personnel have Kanugahawewa Village in Kebithigollewa, also been initiated with the aim of improving which was entrusted upon the Air Force by the infrastructure facilities for all personnel,” the President. Air Marshal Pathirana said. “I solemnly pledge to further develop the He added that the Sri Lanka Air Force has housing projects that were initiated over the a honourable history and called on all Air past few years, semi-housing projects, schol- Force personnel to render their fullest com- arship programmes for children of war mitment in taking it to the next level as a heroes, welfare projects for retired Air Force glorious and productive force to serve the personnel and all other welfare projects cov- country even better in the future.

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The Sports Crime Investigation Police ates.The accused former Sri Lanka cricketer informed the Magistrate that they are con- is now reported to have returned to Sri ducting further investigations pertaining to Lanka from overseas. Police further informed the incident. The Police also stated that two the court that investigations have com- statements were obtained from two cricket- menced following information given by the ers who had participated in the LPL T-20 two cricketers. matches. The Police further stated that the accused The former test cricketer is reported to had reportedly handed over two of his mobile have attempted to approach two cricketers phones for investigations through an attorney participating in the LPL 2020, via phone but it was later revealed that the two phones calls from Dubai, in the United Arab Emir- do not belong to him. WEDNESDAY, MARCH 3, 2021 NEWS page 3 DN Easter attacks: COVID jabs for 509,275 Cardinal calls for more persons to date comprehensive probe Colombo Archbishop Malcolm Car- Bishops and priests have declared The Health Ministry Epidemiolo- India donated 500,000 doses of ers and members of the Security vaccines was arrived in Sri Lanka dinal Ranjith yesterday called for Black Sunday since justice has not gy Unit yesterday said that 509,275 COVISHIELD vaccine manufactured Forces. The vaccination pro- on February 25. more comprehensive investigations been achieved for victims of the atroc- persons had been vaccinated against by the Serum Institute of India to Sri gramme was extended to persons It was purchased from India as into the 2019 Easter Sunday bomb ity. “Black Sunday has been declared COVID-19 since the inoculation Lanka in January as part of its “Vac- over 60 years and the workforce per an agreement between the attacks. as a protest against the lack of justice drive began on January 29. cine Maitri” programme. later. The Parliamentarians were State Pharmaceutical Corporation Cardinal Malcolm Ranjith told a for all the lives lost and victims of the Issuing a press release, the Epide- The consignment arrived on also given the vaccine. and the Serum Institute of India to media briefing that the Terrorist attacks,” said Father Ranjith Terry miology Unit said that 42,925 people January 28. The priority was given The second consignment of buy 10 million doses of the vac- Investigations Division, Criminal Fernando, parish priest of St. Mary’s were vaccinated on Monday. to vaccinate frontline health work- 500,000 doses of COVISHIELD cine. Investigations Division and State Church in , where one of the Intelligence Service must investigate churches was targeted by a suicide the bombings further. bomber on that fateful day. Father The Sri Lankan Catholic Church Fernando invited all Catholics to dress has declared March 7 as a “Black Sun- in black when they attend Sunday day” to demand justice for victims of services to show solidarity with the Central Bank urged to formulate Strategic Plan the 2019 Easter Sunday terror attacks. victims of the bombings to mark the Catholic leaders are unhappy with the protest on March 7. report of the Presidential Commission A group of suicide bombers affiliat- The Committee on Public Department of Import Con- Rs. 20 billion, of which Rs. 4 of Inquiry as it has failed to identify ed to local Islamist group National Finance informed Central trol should be able to submit billion has been spent on set- the real culprits behind the attacks, he Thowheed Jamath targeted three Bank officials that the Cen- analytical comments with tlement payments to a said. churches and three luxury hotels, kill- tral Bank should come up data on these gazette amend- Malaysian company. The The Commission, which heard from ing at least 279 people, on Easter with an innovative strategic ments. State Minister said that the 440 witnesses, said the Attorney- Sunday in 2019. plan for the betterment of The Committee approved hotel, which has only 16 Ggeneral should consider instituting The Catholic Church has also said it the public and the country. the regulations issued on floors, would cost at least criminal proceedings against former is considering staging a black flag The Committee also recom- that day regarding the issu- another Rs 40 billion to use President Maithripala Sirisena and protest on Easter Sunday if steps are mended not to act like the ance of brown sugar licences and could not be expected to his intelligence chiefs for failing to not taken to identify the main perpe- State or commercial banks, and recommended that a full be successful. prevent the bombings. trators behind the 2019 bombings. which are pursuing the profit The Committee Meeting in progress. explanation be given on The Committee stated and ratings. March 9 with the participa- that the then management The Committee Chairman The instructions were deposits, which is beneficial tion of all relevant Ministries of the Sri Lanka Insurance on Public Finance Anura given when the bank officials to the country and Sri Lan- and Institutions. Corporation was directly Pradharshana Yapa said that said at the meeting that the kans abroad. The Committee approved responsible for the 4–5 year the Monetary Board should Central Bank has recently State Minister Vidura two Extraordinary Gazette delay in the construction of Cancellation of VIP kits for SriLankan fulfill its responsibilities managed to maintain a large Wickramanayake and MP Notifications regarding the the Sinolanka Spa Hotel, properly and that maintain- savings balance of USD 323 also said extension of the duration of which caused this surplus ing financial discipline is a million by February 21 that the harsh criticism lev- two projects under the Stra- cost. The Committee Chair- fundamental factor for any under a scheme to open a elled at the Government over tegic Development Act No. man said that the Board of Country incurs USD 22 m loss country. special deposit account to the losses incurred due to 14 of 2008 submitted by the Investment should have paid The Chairman, therefore, protect local cash reserves in the sugar tax revision meas- Finance. Ministry. One such attention to this matter and directed the Central Bank the face of COVID -19 pan- ures has been a black mark project is a 75-room city requested that a feasibility DHANUSHKA GODAKUMBURA cancelled the agreement misinterpreting officials to submit new devel- demic situation. on the Government and did hotel at No. 116, Galle Road, study report on this hotel The cancellation of the agreement on that it was a luxurious aircraft ordered by opment strategies to the The Committee said that not benefit the consumers as Colombo 3. State Minister project be submitted to the the VIP conversion kit for the SriLankan former President and incumbent Prime Committee on Public such deposit schemes intro- expected. The Committee said Committee soon.State Min- Airlines, which was to be received as a Minister Mahinda Rajapaka. Finance, to uplift the local duced by the Central Bank Chairman said that the Com- that the project had failed at isters Susil Premajayantha, gift, has resulted in a loss of USD 22 mil- The Government had to pay compen- entrepreneurs, when the should be publicised as this mittee had not yet received the outset. Sri Lanka Insur- Vidura Wickremanayake, lion as at October 30, 2020. sation when cancelling this agreement Committee on Public savings special deposit the report called by the Pub- ance Corporation, Litro Gas Parlimentarians Prof. Ran- The VIP Kit was to be received as a and the then Prime Minister Ranil Wick- Finance met in Parliament account earns an interest of lic Finance Committee in and the Employees Provi- jith Bandara and Nalin Fer- gift for the purchase of four A350 air- remesinghe had paid off this money recently. 2 per cent per annum on this regard and that the dent Fund have spent about nando were present. buses. However, the former Government without Cabinet approval. DN page 4 feature wednesday, march 3, 2021

in 2014, the united nations declared July 15 as the world skills sri lanka: youth skills day on a resolution moved by the sri lankan Government under the leadership of President transformation for the future , at the un

Dr. T.A. PiyAsiri General assembly. During the two decades, kills development in Sri Lanka from 2000 – 2020, the larg- evolves from ancient times where est ever investment in the skills skills were taught by father to son or sector took place for the benefit of Sby elder relative to a younger one to those who seek vocational education and ensure a regular supply of skilled artisans for training in our country. Apart from young society. Sri Lanka had high standards of people, those with employment experience skills in construction, crafts, architecture were given the opportunity to obtain certifi- and hydraulic technology during that time. cation through Recognition of Prior Learn- This harmonious system that prevailed for ing within the NVQ system. centuries was disturbed during the period Sri Lanka came under colonial rule. With World youth skills Day the passage of time, requirements emerged VTA Centre, Batticaloa for skills in manufacturing, construction, In 2014, the United Nations declared July machinery maintenance, etc., with the pro- the fishing industry as a for- 45 National Competency 15 as the World Youth Skills Day on a reso- gress of industrialization. Against this back- eign exchange earner and standards with curricula lution moved by the Sri Lankan Government drop, formal vocational training had its supply of nutritious food to were designed to trans- under the leadership of President Mahinda beginnings in 1893 when the first Technical the nation is enormous. form the courses into Rajapaksa, at the UN General Assembly. College at Maradana in Colombo was estab- Mahinda Rajapaksa as the NVQ system in Since then, this day is commemorated world- lished to train skilled workers needed for the then Fisheries 2004 which by now wide by organizing various events related to development works. and Aquatic has grown to nearly skills promotion and the day provides inspi- The period after independence (1948) saw Resources Minister, 400 standards in key ration to youth to acquire skills for employ- a renewed interest in the development of noting the need to occupations in the ment. State Minister for Skills Development, skills required for achieving the development develop human industry sectors. Vocational Education, Research and Innovation objectives of a newly emerging nation. resources for a Since 2005, the Vistas of Prosperity Accordingly, actions had been taken to modern fishing skills sector was and splendour establish a network of technical colleges and industry, took given the priority 2025. The government has several strategies many other autonomous Vocational Training steps to establish the in the ‘Mahinda Chin- A new era of skills development of Sri to achieve these targets despite the COVID Institutes under different ministries. The National Institute of thana’, the then Lanka has dawned with the new Govern- pandemic and slow economic recovery. The company-based apprenticeship training sys- Fisheries and Nauti- Government’s ment coming into power with a vision of ‘Vistas of Prosperity and Splendour’ envi- tem was re-organized by establishing the cal Engineering national policy strat- skilling Sri Lanka with Technocrats as sions a ‘One TVET’ concept where all the National Apprenticeship Board (NAB) in (NIFNE) in December egy, with resources spelled out in the ‘Vistas of Prosperity and skills training providers will be brought into 1971. The Tertiary and Vocational Education 1999. The institute offered being allocated for expan- Splendour’ development policy framework of the NVQ framework so that all those who (TVE) Act No. 20 of 1990 (amended by Act training to fishing communi- sion of the sector especially the present Government. It envisions ena- follow vocational and technical training will No. 50 of 1999) established the Tertiary and ties on various trades and con- targeting the youth as well as bling the workforce of Sri Lanka with skills receive standardized and quality assured Vocational Education Commission (TVEC) ducted certificate, diploma and degree adults by providing skills training courses for a technologically driven economy. The NVQs with national and international recog- as the regulatory body in the vocational level courses in fulfilling the original objec- within the NVQ system. The Technical and Government appointed a Presidential Task- nition. It is expected that the ‘One TVET’ training sector and re-established NAB as tive of developing a modern fishing industry. Vocational Education and Training (TVET) force to look into further reforms needed in will also penetrate into all livelihood and the National Apprentice and Industrial NIFNE was transformed into the Ocean system was to provide qualifications upgrad- the education sector, and the Taskforce rec- community-based training conducted in rural Training Authority (NAITA). University of Sri Lanka by Act of Parliament ing pathways from certificate to diploma and ommended that the decade 2021 – 2030 be and semi-urban areas in the country. in 2014 enhancing its scope for ocean and from diploma to degree, breaking the barri- declared the ‘Decade of Skills Development’. Increasing enrolment of trainees for train- recent development initiatives maritime related education and research. ers for entry to higher education through The Decade of Skills Development would be ing in occupations with high labour market The Ocean University of Sri Lanka now vocational training. Nine Colleges of Tech- built around the success of the previous demand, commencing from 2021, is a prime When progressive developments were tak- offers postgraduate and undergraduate pro- nology were established under the Depart- achievements in the skills sector under- target and additional funding has been allo- ing place in the vocational training sector, grammes under two faculties and diploma, ment of Technical Education and Training pinned by the NVQ framework of Sri Lanka. cated to enhance the training facilities and the Labour and Vocational Training Ministry, certificate and skills upgrading programmes for diploma-level education and the Universi- Further, the Decade of Skills Development support students. In order to ease the eco- the first ministry with the specific mandate under its Vocational Division. The Vocation- ty of Vocational Technology (Univotec) by would take into account the Sustainable nomic burden of parents, it has been decided for vocational training, was formed in 1994 al Division consists of eight training centres an Act of Parliament in 2008. This was the Development Goals of the United Nations. to give a stipend of Rs. 4,000 per month for and Mahinda Rajapaksa was appointed the serving the coastal areas around the country. landmark reform in vocational education in Continuous improvement of relevance and trainees in NVQ certificate level courses of Minister. He created a new vocational train- the history of the skills sector of the country. quality of skills training is the prime target high labour market demand. Soft skills and ing institution – the Vocational Training Establishing NVQ Framework The workmen and women with experience of the skills sector. Based on the labour entrepreneurship competencies are being Authority of Sri Lanka (VTA) in 1995 by in various trades were given the opportunity market behaviour and esource availability, included in course curricula to increase bringing the training centres of the Vocation- With the dawn of the 21st century, there of earning degree-level qualifications the is being rationalized to make it employability and quality of trainees of the al Training arm of the then Manpower Divi- were renewed efforts to modernize the voca- through this historic measure. more focused and responsive to the needs of skills sector. sion of the Labour Ministry under its pur- tional training sector by way of addressing The ADB and World Bank assisted project the industry and training seekers. There are Promotion of innovations in the training view and establishing new training centres the skills needed in the labour market and – Skills Sector Development Programme many systems that have to work in harmony delivery and assessment processes will be with regional and rural focus. The main improving the quality of training delivery in (SSDP) came into effect in 2012 to consoli- to train and certify a trainee acceptable to given priority and thus a new mode of skills objective of establishing the VTA was to keeping with international standards. Inter- date the skills development drive and estab- the industry. acquisition has been introduced, titled ‘Flexi- bring the rural communities, especially the national agencies such as the Asian Develop- lished University Colleges in six major loca- Building and infrastructure, equipment, ble Learning Mode’ (FLM) where ‘Nano young people, into the mainstream of eco- ment Bank, ILO, GIZ, JICA, KOICA, etc., tions in the country to award diploma-level qualified trainers, quality assurance and Qualifications’ are awarded in ‘Narrow Skill’ nomic development which would result in supported these efforts with their technical qualifications in new technology sectors. In accreditation systems, assessment and certi- areas for employed persons. This step is eradicating poverty in rural areas. Then the expertise and funding. The result was the addition, VTA, NAITA, the Ceylon German fication are the main systems and they expected to make a significant impact in the VTA was tasked with consolidating skills establishment of the National Vocational Technical Training Institute, etc., were require continuous review and improvement industry sectors where thousands of workers training further in rural, semi-urban and Qualifications (NVQ) system for training assisted to expand the institutional infra- to stay abreast with world trends. Computer- who work without proper qualifications will urban areas with rapid expansion. and certification of competencies and equip- structure for them to be able to provide based technologies are to be introduced have the opportunity of obtaining national Sri Lanka as a tropical island nation had ping the training centres for delivery and quality courses in the NVQ system. The where possible to improve the efficiency and qualifications. traditional fishing methods and slow trans- assessment of such skills. The main opera- Korean government assisted project funded accuracy of system operations. A nationally recognized and international- formation was taking place with new fishing tion centre, ‘Nipunatha Piyasa’, the Secretar- through the KOICA was also in effect during In line with this initiative, TVET online ly understood ‘Record of Achievement’ techniques and with the introduction of mul- iat for Vocational Training, was opened in this period to further strengthen the skills system re-engineering is in the process (RoA) will be awarded to those who qualify ti-day fishing boats. The potential of 2005. Mahinda Rajapaksa oversaw these sector. where he digitalization of skills assessment in units of competencies of a given training developments as the Prime Minister during system and institute registration and course programme in the FLM. The Sri Lanka skills the period. accreditation processes are underway. This sector is used to provide packaged qualifica- Reforming the entire skills sector of will make the training delivery and assess- tions over the years in the NVQ system During the two decades, the country with the unified NVQ ment processes user-friendly and the paper- mostly for six months to one-year duration. from 2000 – 2020, the system was a challenging task. work would be reduced to a greater extent Nevertheless the FLM will give the opportu- largest ever investment in The vocational training pro- which eventually increases the efficiency nity for training providers to provide module grammes and qualifications and accuracy of processes and service based short courses related to units of com- the skills sector took issued by various institutes quality. petencies on part-time basis. This will expect place for the benefit of in the public as well as to give opportunities to employed persons to those who seek private sector during New initiatives for obtain national qualifications for the work vocational education that period were expect- training expansion they do in industry. As they gradually ed to transform into the acquire RoAs over time, they will be able to and training in our NVQ system. Initially, Successive governments have secure full packaged qualifications in the country. highlighted how skills development NVQ framework. can make direct contribution to eco- Increasing the access to higher education nomic development and change the for those qualifying the GCE Advanced lives of citizens for better. ‘Vistas of Level is one of the top priorities of the gov- Prosperity and Splendour’ places ernment and this issue is addressed in many great emphasis on skills development fronts. The Skills Development, Vocational and sets targets for reducing the Education, Research and Innovation Minis- unskilled workforce to 10 percent by try is entrusted with the development of a new network of universities working in close collaboration with industry, offering employ- ment oriented higher education leading to degree-level qualifications. It is planned to establish 10 universities in identified 10 administrative districts initially and expand the system in future. The Sri Lanka skills sector is now focused to be responsive to the needs of the industry sectors and as well as to fulfill aspirations of the youth and employed persons. Sustained efforts of all – government, private sector training providers, industry, employees and trainees – will ensure the achievement of goals and a skilled nation. (The writer is Acting Vice Chancellor, Ocean Uni- versity of Sri Lanka) WEDNESDAY, MARCH 3, 2021 NEWS page 5 DN Opponents of elections then, proponents of them now – Minister Dinesh Those who raised hands during the previous government to post- pone the Provincial Council Elec- tions are asking now at the Geneva Commission, to hold them. We at that time opposed the postpone- Ambassador of Sri Lanka to China Dr. Palitha Kohina handing a consignment of ‘Ceylon Tea’ ment of the Provincial Council Elec- over to Party Secretary of the China International Chamber of Commerce for the Private tions while the Tamil political par- Sector (CICCPS) Wang Yanguo recently. ties in the North joined hands with the then government and voted in favour of the postponement,” Min- ister Dinesh Gunawardene said. A religious book, Buddha Vandana Minister Gunawardena was and Bodi Vandana, was launched addressing a meeting after opening on February 4 at the Mihilaka a road in Madiwela, Maharagama. Medura, BMICH by the Chief “When we were in the Opposi- Incumbent of Maithri Monastry, tion, we were committed to protect No. 88, Nagarukkarama Rd, Kale- democracy. After the Presidential gana, Galle, Ven. Darangala Man- Election 2019, this Government gala Thera in the presence of has been elected through fair elec- Most Ven. Prof. Vijitha Walpola tions and winning the goodwill of Thera, Rural and Local Water the world. The Government is now Development Project State Minis- taking steps to provide drinking ter Perera and water, electricity and other facilities distinguished guests. Here the to the people. All should work Thera presenting the book to together to get the maximum ben- Southland College Galle Principal efit of the development,” the Minis- Sandaya Irani Pathiranawasam. ter said. Minister Dinesh Gunewardene addressing the meeting. Colombo Archbishop seeks protection for Muthurajawela

Archbishop of Colombo Malcolm Cardi- and adjoining villages to the Urban Develop- promised not to carry out any project or already caused to the Wetland and I nomi- nal Ranjith requested to declare the Muth- ment Authority (UDA). allow any destructive activity in Muthura- nated two members to the Committee as urajawela wetland as a protected area He said that Environment Minister jawela. He said that this promise had not requested by the Minister,” he added. under the Wildlife Conservation Depart- , Wildlife State Minis- been kept and expressed his displeasure for He said that a certain private company had ment. ter and Central failing to take necessary steps to protect forcefully removed the signboard at the site Issuing a press statement on Monday, the Environmental Authority Chairman Siripa- the Muthurajawela ecosystem. claiming ownership to the land. Cardinal expressed his objections to the pro- la Amarasinghe in a meeting held at the “The Minister also promised to appoint posal to take over the Muthurajawela wetland Archbishop’s residence on January 21 a Committee to look into the damage Ministry to identify areas with sensitive eco-systems The Environment Ministry per cent by 2025. But some has launched a programme to racketeers with the connivance identify areas with sensitive of government officials and ecosystems in the country, some local politicians are dam- Environment Minister Mahin- aging the environment. These da Amaraweera said. He said illegal activities are a great that Ministry Secretary Dr. obstacle to increase the forest Anil Jasinghe has been tasked cover of our country,” he said. to initiate the project. The Minister was address- “When implementing devel- ing the gathering when he vis- opment projects, trees are ited the seven-acre Root Ball felled first. Because of this, Tree Park run by Janaka Jayalal many valuable trees have been of Suriyawewa. lost to the country. A forest is a “Janaka has so far planted natural ecosystem. If such eco- about 102 varieties of seedlings systems are destroyed, artifi- using the Root Ball system. cial forestation is impossible. Instead of cutting down trees The people will have to suffer in the name of development the consequences at some projects, Janaka has used new point in the future,” he said. technology to remove trees and “According to the Paris plant them elsewhere. He also Agreement, we must increase transplanted a 110-feet tall Bo- our forest cover to 32 per cent tree in Halpanwila in Chilaw in by 2030. This target goes hand Rasnayakapura, Nikaweratiya. in hand with the Saubagyaye The tree had now grown about Dekma Policy, which aims to two more feet,” the Minister Minister Mahinda Amaraweera inspecting plants during his visit to the Root increase the forest cover to 30 said quoting a press release. Ball Tree Park in Suriyawewa. Sri Lanka Press Association Prasanthan further remanded SIVAM PACKIYANATHAN, holds 65th AGM Batticaloa Special Corr. Tamil Makkal Vidu- thalai Pulikal (TMVP) General Secretary and former Eastern Provin- cial Councillor Poo- palapillai Prasanthan, who is remanded for allegedly intimidating witnesses in the dou- ble murder case in Arayampathy, Kattankudy, was further remanded till March 15. The case was taken up for hearing through Zoom at the Batticaloa Magistrate’s Court. Prasanthan was arrested on November 23, 2020 for his alleged involvement in the Arayampathy double murder in 2008. While on bail, he was ordered to be re-arrested by Standing from left are Daminda Harsha Perera, Sandun Yapa Karunaratne, Pani Wewala, the Attorney General’s Department for Saliya Fonseka, Cyril Ariyapala, Kumudu Upul Shantha, Sriyanjani Lokuliyana, Krishna D. intimidating witnesses in the case Edirisinghe, Maalee Yasantha Gabriel, Shakya Sheshadi, Anura C. Perera, Thilanka Kanakar- Magistrate A.C.Rizwan on Monday gave athna, Rohitha Wickramasinghe, Ananda Kannangara and Yohan Perera. the order to remand him for another 14 days.

The Sri Lanka Press Association held the 65th Annual General Meeting (AGM) at the Western Province Aesthetic Resort Auditorium in Colombo 7 last month. The Office Bearers and the Executive Committee for 2020 /2021 gathered for a group photograph after the meeting. Here seated from left are National Organ- iser Nimanthi Ranasinghe, Treasurer Cha- minda Karunaratne, Chief Patron Muditha Kariyakarawana, Guest of honour and Sri Lanka Press Complaints Commission Complaint Official Kamal Liyanarachchi, President Dharman Wickremaretne, Secre- tary General Kurulu Koojana Kariya- karawana and Dep. Sec. Gen. Tilak Sena- nayake. DN page 6 NEWS WEDNESDAY, MARCH 3, 2021 Presidential Investigation SIO course Passing Commission to probe fraud, corruption Out ceremony Final report to Parliament The Special Infantry ments in the Army such the supervision of the Operations (SIO) Course as Signal, Engineers, Sri Commanding Officer ISHARA MUDUGAMUWA an Extraordinary Gazette No - 70 commenced on Lanka Army Medical (Training) Colonel Anu- The Cabinet approved a notification on January 9 January 4 at the Army Corps, Sri Lanka Air rudda Solangarachchi and proposal by President Gota- last year announcing the Training School (ATS), Force, Marksmanship and the Chief Instructor, Lieu- baya Rajapaksa to submit appointment of the Com- Maduruoya with 14 Offic- Sniper Training Schools tenant Colonel the final report of the Presi- mission. The Commission ers and 258 Other Ranks (MSTS) and Sri Lanka R.S.A.W.A.K Abayakoon. dential Investigation Com- had been empowered to concluded on February 25 Artillery. Tactics leg of The SIO No 70, 14 mission to probe the fraud look into the alleged politi- in a Passing Out Parade the course was the critical Officers and 232 Other and corruption, which have cal revenge on government (POP). part of the SIO, which Ranks donned the SIO taken place in the govern- officials, employees of State The POP was com- took 40 working days dur- insignia on their uniform. ment instructions, to Par- corporations, members of manded by Major ing the training at the Major General Channa liament, Co-cabinet Spokes- the armed forces and the V.A.D.J.D Vithana, Senior ATS. Weerasuriya, Commander man Mass Media Minister police, who held positions Air Force Commander Air Marshal Sumangala Dias receiving the stamp from Postmaster Instructor Combat Train- The course was Security Forces East Keheliya Rambukwella said. prior to the 2015 Presiden- General Ranjith Ariyaratne. ing Group (CTG) and the designed on the directions graced the POP as the He was speaking at the tial Election and the Gen- SIO course consisted of of the Commandant ATS Chief Guest and adorned weekly Cabinet media brief- eral Election in August, several segments in differ- Maduruoya, Brigadier the uniform with the ing. The Minister said that from January 8, 2015 to Special stamp for 70th ent training establish- Anil Samarasiri and under insignia. the Presidential Commis- November 16, 2019. sion was appointed on Jan- The Commission was uary 14, 2019 to investigate chaired by retired Supreme the incidents of fraud and Court Judge Upali Abey- Air Force Anniversary corruption, which have ratne and it comprise- allegedly taken place at dRetired Appeal Court CAMELIA NATHANIEL the Air Force Base in the theme song sung by public institutions from Judge Daya Chandrasiri The Postal Department Katunayake subsequent to the popular duo Bathiya January 14, 2015 to Decem- Jayatilleka and Retired IGP issued a special stamp in the initial parade. Jayakody and Santhush ber 31,2018. Chandra Fernando as mem- view of the 70th Air Force The theme song for the Weeraman, better known The President has issued bers. Anniversary yesterday. Air Force 70th Anniversa- as BNS, was handed over Postmaster General Ran- ry was also released dur- to the Air Force Com- jith Ariyaratne issued the ing the ceremony. The mander Air Marshal stamp at a ceremony at original CD containing Sumangala Dias. Wages Board approves Rs. 1,000 daily wage for estate workers The proposal to increase A meeting of the Wages the minimum daily wage of Board held at the Labour Project to develop infrastructures estate workers to Rs. 1,000 Department. was approved by the This was a long standing Wages Board, Labour Min- demand of the Estate work- in Judicial Sector ister Nimal Siripala De ers. Previously, the Cabinet Silva said. He said the approval was given to ISHARA MUDUGAMUWA lion from the Budget Wages Board approved the increase the daily wage of The Cabinet approved 2021 to implement a Major General Channa Weerasuriya, Commander Security Forces East providing the proposal despite objections the plantation workers to the proposal e by Justice three-year plan for insignia. from Estate Owners. Rs 1,000. Minister Ali Sabry to enhancing infrastructure implement a project to facilities of the sector. develop infrastructure The unusual delay in facilities in the Judicial the justice mechanism Sector, Co-cabinet has become a challenge Spokesman Mass Media for ensuring the Rule of ary Sector, introduce International Organisations silent Minister Keheliya Ram- Law in the country. This novel technology, bukwella said. exhibits in many interna- strengthen a remedial He was addressing the tional indicators affecting conflict resolving mecha- over Tiger atrocities media yesterday at the foreign investments as nism and introduce legal – State Minister Gamalath Government Information well, he said. reformations to resolve It is regrettable that certain murdered 290 innocent residents of Department. “Therefore, it is of vital the issue. Considering International Organisations have the adjacent village, Palliyagodalla Minister Rambukwella to supply sufficient this, the decision to allo- come to wrong conclusions about at that time. Nobody came forward said that it was proposed human and physical cate Rs 20,000 million Human Rights in Sri Lanka, to protect the rights of the brutally to allocate Rs 20,000 mil- resources to the Judici- was made,” he said. Mahaweli Zone Canals and Settle- killed villagers. Therefore, nobody ment Infrastructure Development is allowed to bully a sovereign State Minister State on some ill-conceived statis- said. tics provided by a group of extrem- He, however, said that many of ists," he said. Plans afoot to dislodge micro these organisations kept silent "President when the rights of Sinhalese, Tam- has taken measures to rehabilitate ils, and Muslims were violated by all the irrigation tanks to strength- finance trap – State Minister Semasinghe the Liberation Tigers of Tamil en the agricultural sector to Eelam (LTTE) terrorists for nearly improve the living conditions of the , President and the Prime community based organi- three decades. farmer community. The President Anuradhapura Additional District Minister have instructed zations to operate in a The State Minister said that the aims to build an export-oriented Group Corr. the management of the interactive manner. development in the LTTE threat- economy instead of an import-ori- An islandwide aware- State Ministry to inter- He said that it was so ened villages in the North Central State Minister Siripala Gamalath inaugurating the rehabilitation of ented one. ness programme has been vene in resolving the ille- easy to warn the public and the Eastern Provinces had to Patholakotuwa Irrigation tank. The Government provides launched for saving rural gal micro financing sys- not to be a prey to the be halted for many years. water, fertiliser, and land free, and folk from the micro tems. irresponsible lending State Minister Siripala Gamalath responsible for the rehabilitation of again on Sri Lanka. Those who are the farmer has a responsibility to finance trap. A study conducted by agencies but there was no was participating in the inaugura- the tank and the funds are provided interested in our human rights had use such subsidies properly and Samurdhi, Household the Samurdhi Develop- recognised rural money tion of the rehabilitation of the by the Mahaweli Zone Canals and not had such interest nor raised a take a high yield," he said. Economy, Micro Finance, ment Department has lending mechanism to ful- Patholakotuwa Irrigation tank at Settlement Infrastructure Develop- voice when the rights of the people "Plans are afoot already to select Self Employment, Busi- found that a majority are fill their money transac- Vedikachchiya in Medirigiriya ment State Ministry. State Minister in these areas were violated by the 500 competent farmers from Medi- ness Development and not aware of the creden- tions. Bisopura in the Mahaweli D Zone Siripala Gamalath said that the res- terrorists at that time. We cannot rigiriya and set up an agricultural Underutilised State tials of the micro financ- ''We are planning to recently. The tank is rehabilitated idents of this area were affected by accept the statistics the UN Human project using modern technology. Resources Development ing or lending agencies. amend the Micro Financ- under the Wari Saubahgya pro- the LTTE terrorism. Rights Commission has projected. We expect a high yield of paddy State Minister Sehan Their only need an ing Act shortly. A Cabinet gramme. "The UN Human Rights Com- It is harassing Sri Lanka based on from the 10 Mahaweli Zones this Semasinghe has initiated instant loan. A majority paper has been submitted The Mahaweli Authority is mission has drawn its attention false information. LTTE terrorists year," he said. aprogramme from the of these lending agencies to increase the loan facili- Anuradhapura District. are not lawfully regis- ty of Rs 40,000 to Rs Rural women from 54 tered, nor legally recog- 1,00,000. A strong Samur- Samurdhi Zones have nised. dhi Movement sans politi- been educated about ille- The State Minister said cal interferences and any gally operating micro that the only solution is discrimination will be set Rise2theChallenge financing agencies. the revamping of the up for achieving the State Minister Semasin- Samurdhi banking system vision and the mission of to empower women ghe referring said that the and restructuring rural the concept,'' he said.

M.A.PHAKURDEEN, a third of the world’s Addalaichenai Group Corr. private businesses, The Rise2theChal- are half the popula- Zero Draft of Resolution on SL does lenge Campaign by tion and they make the WEConnect or influence 85 per- not meet basic expectations - TNPF International urges cent of all purchasing RASULA DILHARA GAMAGE, Zero Draft of the Resolu- against the Sri Lankan its 110+ multination- decisions,” saidEliza- Northern Provincial Special Corr. tion on Sri Lanka does not Government in relation to al buying organisa- beth A. Vazquez, The Tamil National Peo- meet the basic expecta- international accountabili- tions to publicly com- CEO and Co-Founder ple's Front (TNPF) led by tions of the Tamil people. ty for alleged violations of mit to a specific of WEConnect Inter- MP Gajendrakumar Pon- The letter, undersigned international humanitari- spend target or rele- national, a non-profit nambalam has written to by TNPF President MP an law. vant project to that helps women- the Heads of Missions in G. G. Ponnambalam and The TNPF has stated advance opportuni- owned businesses Geneva Core Group on Sri its General Secretary MP that the right to self-deter- ties for women- compete in the global Lanka on Monday stating S. Kajendren, has called mination of the Tamils owned businesses marketplace by con- that the content in the for tougher actions must be accepted. around the world in necting them with honour of Interna- large organizations tional Women’s Day. that can buy their WEConnect Inter- products and servic- Crudia Zeylanica to be conserved national’s 110+ mem- es. bers include large “We must all act IRANGIKA RANGE at the Royal Botanical ism Minister Prasanna corporate, multilater- with urgency to con- Saplings of the endan- Gardens, Peradeniya, Ranatunga, the Director- al and government nect more buyers gered Crudia Zeylanica and six are in conserva- General of the Depart- organizations that with women suppli- plant, which was recently tion at the Henarathgoda ment of National Botanic collectively source ers and measure our found in Gampaha, Botanical Garden, Gardens has mentioned over $1 trillion worth impact and share the Daaraluwa, will be grown Gampaha. that one large and small of products and ser- quantifiable, bold and conserved in Botanic Spoksman from The Crudia Zeylanica trees are vices annually. The actions that will yield Gardens and various Department of National in Daraluwa. #Rise2theChallenge results for decades to other suitable environ- Botanic Gardens said the It has also mentioned campaign gives mem- come.” ments. According to The plant has been included in The similar species has bers one year to set WEConnect Inter- Department of National the IUCN Red List of aldo been found in six their commitment national research has Botanic Gardens, 20 sap- threatened species. other locations across the level. documented that lings are in conservation In a report to the Tour- country. It will track, aggre- while one-third of all gate and share the privately owned busi- commitment amounts nesses in the world periodically through- are owned by women, Navy seize 18 kg of Kerala cannabis out the year and cele- those same business- brate the final es earn less than one Navy personnel in Uru- parcels from bushes in amounts next year on percent of large cor- malai, Talaimannar seized Urumalai stuffed with International Wom- porate and govern- over 18kg of Kerala canna- about 18.505g of Kerala en’s Day, March 8, ment spend with sup- bis on Monday. cannabis. 2022. pliers on average The North Central Naval The substances were “Women represent globally. Command in coordination handed over to Talaiman- with the Talaimannar nar Police. Investigations Police seized 10 suspicious are continuing. The parcels of Kerala cannabis. wednesday, march 3, 2021 news page 7 DN Vasavilan Quarantine centre Premier inaugurates discharges 132 expatriate workers One hundred thirty two Sri Lankan expatriate workers from Dubai, Kuwait, Qatar and Japan completed their two-week quar- antine at the Vasavilan Centre in nonagama Jaffna on March 2 and left for homes. They received quarantine cer- tificates by Brigadier Admin and Quartering - Security Force Headquarters (Jaffna), Brigadier Hiran Drahiem, Commander 521 Infantry Brigade and Colonel General Staff 52 Infantry Divi- water Park sion. They appreciated the com- mitment and dedication of the RAJA WAIDYASEKERA. have been overgrown with shrub was army troops at the Centre. Tissamaharma Special Corr. renovated to set up the Water Park. They have been facilitated to Prime Minister Mahinda Raja- Rs. 5.8 million has been spent by reach their destinations in Mata- paksa inaugurated the Water Park in the Ruhunu Tourism Bureau and the ra, Baddulla, Ampara, Rathnapu- Nonagama, Ambalantota accompa- Ambalantota Pradesheeya Sabha ra, Hambantota and and nied by Irrigation, Internal Security (PS) in this regard. The Park also Ajith Rajapaksa, Southern Province given packets of meals, snacks and Disaster Management Minister comprises a Children’s’ Park and a Governor Willie Gamage, Provincial and bottles of water before the and Sports Minis- Jogging Track. Council Chairman Somawansa Koda- journey back home. ter Namal Rajapaksa recently. State Minister D.V. Chanaka, Par- goda and PS Chairman Dharshana Receiving the Quarantine Certificate. The ancient Nonagamawewa that liamentarians Upul Galappaththi, Sanjeewa were present.

cabinet decisions made on march 1 • Muslim Marriage and Divorce Bill these projects and although approximate- (Amendments) ly Rs. 8 billion has been spent on addi- Final report of Presidential Investigation • Amendments to the Penal Code {19th tional staff allocated for the projects, the Chapter} (Protect the Human Pride and expected results have not been achieved commission to probe into fraud Social Unity, Fake News and Malicious within the approved cost and timeframes Speech) for some of theprojects. and corruption • Amendments to the Code of Criminal • Some weaknesses are observed The final report of the Presidential Com- Procedure No. IS of 1979 (Protect the from the pre-preparation stage of some mission, which was set up on January 14, Human Pride and Social Unity, Fake News projects and delays in obtaining the 2019 and chaired by retired Supreme Court and Malicious Speech) required approvals from Government Judge Upali Abeyrathne has been handed ing services. It operates as an independent ment a project to develop infrastructures in institutions have been sometimes become over to the President. The Cabinet has authority under Sri Lanka Atomic Energy the Sector under six subject areas utilising an issue in the implementation of pro- granted their approval to the proposal the Board for certifying non-destructive experi- the provisions. recruitment to sri Lanka jects. President to submit the report to Parlia- mental qualifications and personnel in terms Principals’ service Taking into consideration the informa- ment. of the international standards. A Non- There are about 4,600 vacancies in the tion contained in the report by the Prime Destructive amending Procurement committees’ Sri Lanka Principals’ Service in Grade Minister as the Finance Minister, the Testing Certification National Institute authority limits 1.2 and 3 and it has been observed that it Cabinet decided to appoint a committee customs activities between sri Lanka and should be established by every country to The Cabinet has approved the proposal will take more than a year to conduct a chaired by the Money and Capital Mar- Turkey obtain an international recognition for Non- by Prime Minister in his capacity as the competitive examination and structured ket and State Enterprise Reforms State Sri Lanka has already entered into agree- Destructive Experiments Training and Cer- Finance Minister, to increase the contract interview and make formal appointments Minister and consisted by the Senior ments with several selected trade partner- tification. The Cabinet, therefore, approved awarding authority limits of the Ministries in the COVID pandemic. Taking these Secretaries to conduct monthly reviews ship countries including India, Pakistan and the resolution by Electricity Ministry for of Highways, Water Supply, Irrigation, facts into consideration, the Cabinet on resolving issues arising out of large- China in association of the Customs activi- changing the name of the Non-Destructive Power, Port, and Urban Development ena- approved the proposal by the Education scale capital budget projects and to ties and mutual administrative cooperation. Testing Certification Institution as the bling them to implement various projects Minister to take necessary measures to obtain the necessary assistance from the It has been proposed to enter into a similar National Institute for Certification of Non efficiently. select and appoint qualified candidates relevant parties in an optimal and timely agreement Destructive Testing. to the Sri Lanka Principals’ Service by manner. between Sri Lanka and Turkey to facili- contract to rehabilitate, develop and giving opportunity to qualified officers of tate legal trade across recognised committee to develop rubber cultivation, the Teaching Service who have been act- colombo south Port Project procedures with transparency, minimising maintain Kekirawa-Thalawa-Ganewalpola- ing and covering the duties of principals the cost for trade between the two countries affiliated industries for a long term and other officers who The Cabinet approval has been grant- and preventing drug trafficking. The Cabi- The global demand for sanitary devices dawhalmillewa road meet the qualifications according to the ed on February 1 to develop the West net, therefore, approved the proposal by the including rubber gloves has been greatly Competitive bids have been called for six service minute by a structured Container Terminal of the Colombo Prime Minister as the Finance Minister for increased because of the COVID pandemic work contract packages to rehabilitate, interview instead of conducting a South Port as a Public-Private Limited signing the agreement between the two par- and therefore, to manufacture raw rubber develop and maintain the Kekirawa-Thala- competitive examination which only con- Company in collaboration with the Sri ties. locally for catering to the demand has been wa-Ganewalpola- Dawhalmillewa Road, fined to this occasion. Lanka Ports Authority and Parties nomi- identified. A coordinating committee, there- under the Asian Development Bank funded nated by Indian and Japanese Govern- fore, was implemented comprising planters Combined Road Investment Project. ments, and also to appoint a Cabinet administering temporary centres to and industrialists to encourage the local The Cabinet, therefore, approved the Line ministries’ Progress development Appointed Negotiation Committee and a protect harassed women rubber industry in a joint endeavour of the proposal by the Highways Minister to award Projects report 2020 Project Committee to evaluate the pro- Temporary centres for women have been State and private sector institutions. The the contracts as recommended by the Cabi- According to the Cabinet decision on posals in this regard. The Build, Operate set up in the Northern, Eastern, Cabinet, therefore, approved the proposal by net Appointed Standing Procurement Com- April 25, 2018, the Finance Ministry and Transfer Plan approved by the Nego- Western and Sabaragamuwa Provinces the Plantation Minister to maintain value mittee. should submit a report to the Cabinet tiating Committee have been forwarded for harassed women and their children. addition of the rubber sector in Sri Lanka once a quarter on the physical progress to the High Commission of India and the Agreements have been signed with the with proper operation, solve the issues in of the projects implemented by the line Embassy of Japan Women In Need (WIN) and the Jaffna Social the sector through discussion for providing new act abolishing Botanic Gardens Ministries through the Capital Budget. requesting them to nominate investors. Action Centre (JSAC) from 2018 to admin- policy recommendations to the Government Ordinance no 31 of 1928 The Finance Minister, therefore, submit- The Proposal by Adani Ports and Special ister these centres in Jaffna, Mulathive, Bat- and to appoint a “Inter-Institutional Coordi- The Botanic Gardens Ordinance No. 31 ted the Progress Report on large-scale Economic Zone Limited (APSEZ Consorti- ticaloa, Colombo and Matara are among nation Committee for the Development of of 1928 as amended by Act No. 32 of 1973 projects implemented in 2020.The um) has been approved by the Indian High them. The Cabinet approved the proposal by Rubber Cultivation and Industries com- is mainly applicable to the functions of the Report in this regard was submitted to Commission. the Education Minister for obtaining the prised of relevant Ministries and institu- Department of National Botanic Gardens. the Cabinet. No investor has been named by the Japa- service of the non-government organisations tions headed by the Plantation Ministry The Cabinet approved the proposal by Tour- • 289 development projects, which nese Government. The Cabinet appointed in 2021, too. Secretary. ism Minister to amend the provisions of the exceeding the estimated cost of Rs. I bil- Negotiation Committee has presented their Ordinance, which is about 90 years old to lion have been implemented under 40 recommendation based on the discussions meet with the present requirements. line Ministries in 2020. between the two parties and the Cabinet Transferring nhda land and buildings in mangrove Botanical Garden in • Approximately Rs.710 billion has approved the proposal by Ports and Ship- Thammennagama, aanamaduwa to sLGTTI akmeemana, Galle been allocated for these projects and ping Minister to develop the West Container The ‘Gam Udawa’ premises and its build- A Mangrove Botanical Garden of 26.71 repealing youth corps act financial progress of them is 72 per cent. Terminal on Build. Operate and Transfer ings in Thammennagama, Aanamaduwa hectares will be set up by the National The Cabinet approval has been granted • Approximately another Rs. 2.9 tril- basis for a 35 years as a public-private part- (3.585 hectares) have been transferred to Botanical Gardens Department near the to draft a Bill to set up a Youth Corp Author- lion will be allocated for the future activi- nership with Adani Ports and Special the National Expressway access point of Pinnaduwa in ity after repealing the Youth Corps Act No. ties of 289 such development projects. Economic Zone Limited (APSEZ Consor- Housing Development Authority the Nugaduwa Grama Niladhari Division of 21 of 2002. • It has been observed by the report tium) and its local representative John Keels (NHDA) through a special grant. The Sri the Although Legal Draftsman has drafted that various issues and obstrucles have Holding PLC (APSEZ Consortium) and Lanka German Technical Training Institute Akmeemana Divisional Secretariat Divi- the Bill, no further action has been taken in been arisen in the implementation of the Sri Lanka Ports Authority. (SLGTTI) has made a request to transfer sion. This garden will cater the long-stand- this regard. The Cabinet, therefore, the land and its buildings for inaugurating ing shortage and would uplift the Tourism approved proposal by Youth and Sports the SLGTTI Aanamaduwa Regional Centre Industry and assist the national and interna- Minister to instruct the Legal Draftsman whereas the NHDA has given its consent. tional researches on mangrove species. to expedite the Bill including further The Cabinet has approved the resolution by Therefore, the resolution to establish the amendments to establish the Youth the Education Minister to transfer the land garden by the Tourism Minister has been Corps Authority by repealing the Youth and buildings back to the Government and approved by the Cabinet. Corps Act No. 21 of 2002. entrust to the SLLGTTI. amending swashakthi Loan scheme repealing section 285, 286 and 286 constructing watthegedarawewa Approval has been granted to implement (a) of the Penal code in matale the Swashakthi Loan Scheme under the The Cabinet approval has been grant- It was decided at the Gama Samanga Youth and Sports Ministry with necessary ed on October 29, 2020 to draft a Bill to Pilisandara programme in Himbiliyakada amendments to facilitate loans for small and prohibit obscene publications. After in the Divisional Secretariat Division of medium scale entrepreneurship develop- passing the Bill, the Obscene Publication Wilgamuwa in Matale to secure a good ment and the generation of employments. Act of 1927 will be repealed and execu- income for the poor farming community by Fifty eight per cent of the loans have been tion of Article 285,286 and 286 (a) of the supplying water for 1,I0 acres of lands and granted for the ongoing enterprises whereas Penal Code will not be required. The 1,300 acres from the Himbiliyakadawewa. 42 per cent been awarded to new enterpris- Cabinet, therefore, approved the pro- The Irrigation Department has designed a es. The Cabinet has approved the proposal y posal by Justice Minister to prepare a project to supply water by constructing the Youth and Sports Minister to provide Bill to repeal the articles of the Penal Watthegedarawewa and Dodamgollawewa loans under the Swashakthi Loan Scheme Code. across Gemburu Oya and supplying water to and to release Rs. 2 million under the Watthegedarawewa and Himbiliyakad- Scheme. awewa through a 1,800 metre long tunnel Plan to enhance Judicial Sector infra- cabinet sub-committee report on from the right bank main channel of the structures January 12 constitutional Kalu Ganga Reservoir. The estimated cost The unusual delay in the justice mecha- for the project will be Rs. 7,155 million. The nism has become a challenge for affairs meeting construction has been planned to be com- ensuring the Rule of Law in the country. The submitted concept papers rele- pleted in three years from 2021 - 2023. The This exhibits in many international indica- vant to drafting of the Bills have been Cabinet approved the proposal by the Irriga- tors influencing the foreign investments as referred to the Cabinet Sub-Committee tion Minister to inaugurate the Watthege- well. Therefore, it is of vital importance to on Constitutional Affairs as recommend- darawewa construction work in 2021 with supply sufficient human and physical ed by the Cabinet for review and render the resources to the Judiciary Sector, introduce recommendations. The Cabinet approved use of machinery of the Irrigation Depart- novel technology, strengthen a remedial the proposals contained in the Cabinet ment and labour from the Army and the vil- conflict resolving mechanism and introduce Memorandum by the Education Minister lagers and to allocate the provisions from legal reformations to resolve the issue. as the Cabinet Sub-Committee on Con- the medial budget for 2021 - 2023. Therefore, it has been proposed to allo- stitutional Affairs Chairman to draft the Re-naming Centre for Non-Destructive cate Rs. 20.000 million from the budget Bills by taking into consideration the Testing as National Centre for Non-Destruc- 2021 to implement a three-year plan to recommendations of the Sub-Commit- tive Testing enhance infrastructures in the Judicial Sec- tee. The Institute of Non-Destructive Testing tor. • Imposing a new legislation instead Certification carries out Non – Destructive The Cabinet, therefore, approved the of Assistance and Protection of Victims Experiment Training while promoting test- proposal by the Justice Minister to imple- and Witnesses Act. DN page 8 edITOrIaL wednesday, march 3, 2021

w ednesday, m arch 3, 2021 An unpardonable act he high-handed act of the Karuwalagaswewa Pradeshiya Sabha (PS) Chairman in assault- ing a person who brought up the issue of a Cardinal Malcolm Ranjith receiving the Easter Sunday PCoI report. Speaker receiving the Easter Sunday PCoI report. T dilapidated road with President Gotabaya Rajapaksa during a “Gama Samaga Pilisandarak” (Conversation with the Village) programme in the area last week should be extensively investigated and the full force of the law brought to bear on the suspect. Such thuggery on the part of politicians in The east speaks the periphery should not be condoned. The assault triggered a protest opposite the PS prem- ises by its members across political party lines urg- ing the authorities to bring the errant Chairman to book. A complaint was lodged with the police by the victim leading to the arrest of the Chairman who was up for Sri Lanka subsequently released on Police bail. The assaulted victim, a retired Army Major, had apprised the Presi- “diplomacy is to do and dent that the road in question had been in a state of say the nastiest things neglect for over 50 years and pleaded with the latter to make early arrangements to repair it. in the nicest way” The victim alleged that the Chairman carried out the – Isaac Goldberg, attack on him because the Chairman was angry that American Critic (1887 –1938) he brought this matter to the attention of the Presi- lot had been said on Sri dent. It is not clear if the victim had spoken out of Lanka as the country came turn and invited the wrath of the Chairman, because under the microscope at it is alleged that many villagers attending the pro- Athe 46th United Nations gramme have been instructed to put only those Human Rights Council (UNHRC) questions to the President that are scripted by the session that kicked off with virtual contributions last week. local politicians themselves. If this is indeed the The latest report on Sri Lanka by case, the entire programme will be undermined United Nations Human Rights High since the whole purpose of the President visiting Commissioner Michelle Bachelet drew both favourable and critical these village outposts is to learn firsthand the prob- A session of UNHRC in progress lems of the people from the people themselves so remarks by Foreign Ministers and that effective and lasting remedies could be found. envoys of about 30 countries and 10 The PCoI report was tabled in Hence MPs and local politicians should be kept out of Non-Governmental Organizations Parliament last week and the copies that took part in the debate. of the PCoI report were handed over the whole process if the villages are to benefit Deciphering the messages behind to the Ven. Mahanayake Theras and because it is also known that the local politicians get the decorated and guarded diplo- Archbishop of Colombo His Emi- people to pose questions that would only accrue matic language of those speakers nence Malcolm Cardinal Ranjith on benefit to the politicians themselves rather than to would help identify their real inten- Monday. the poor villagers. It is well known that various ruses tions and foretell the fate of the The outspoken Cardinal ques- are adopted by Local Government (LG) politicians to country in the face of another West- tioned the rationale of appointing a ern bloc-sponsored Resolution at the ministerial committee comprising line their pockets at public expense. Most LG heads Geneva-based Council. political members to study the are today a law unto themselves and ride roughshod UN Human Rights Chief Michelle report. His irritation was palpable over the people. That the victim in this instance was Bachelet, opening the interactive when he openly complained on the a retired Army officer mattered little to the Chairman dialogue on Sri Lanka, reiterated qualifications of some Committee whose inflated ego may have been hurt by this per- her position that domestic initia- Members appointed to study a hefty son ‘jumping the gun’. tives have repeatedly failed to ensure Foreign Minister Dinesh Gunawarde- report produced by an erudite team The Karuwalagaswewa incident was just one instance justice for victims and promote rec- na speaking at the UNHRC Interac- The Chinese envoy joining in the of Justices. onciliation. tive Dialogue on Sri Lanka recently. UNHRC debate on Sri Lanka. However, the Government where LG bigwigs had taken the law into their own “For these reasons, I call on the responded that the Committee Mem- hands. Numerous are the instances where grass- Council to explore new ways to bers were appointed based on their roots level politicians have gone berserk harassing advance various types of accounta- experience. The Government will the people and engaging in unlawful activities such bility at the international level, for determine the future course of action as illegal sand mining, destruction of forests and all parties, and seek redress for vic- with regard to the PCoI report fol- illegal reclamation of lands, etc. The Police usually tims,… as well as to support relevant lowing the submission of Commit- judicial proceedings in Member tee’s observations which are due by turn a blind eye to these depredations fearing reper- States,” she noted. March 15. cussions. Foreign Minister Dinesh Guna- Former President Maithripala LG politicians ought to be reined in and cut down to wardena, in the five minutes allotted Sirisena was in trouble following the size. In any event a majority of Provincial Council to him, took great pains to enlighten release of the PCoI report, as it has (PC) and LG members are biding their time waiting the Member and Observer States on recommended instituting criminal their turn to enter Parliament with the development the Council’s discriminatory charges against him. He has now of the villages and the people’s welfare furthest from approach toward Sri Lanka and turned to legal advisers to decide invited them to see the big picture how best to defend himself. At the their minds. One recalls the numerous foreign trips United Nations Human Rights High The Indian Representative joining in before coming to conclusions. Commissioner Michelle Bachelet the UNHRC debate on Sri Lanka same time, the Sri Lanka Freedom undertaken by PC and LG members at tremendous “Sri Lanka rejects the High Party (SLFP) came forward to cost to the taxpayer on so-called study tours includ- Commissioner’s Report which gave birth to the Provin- defend its Leader and collectively ing to educate themselves on garbage disposal which has unjustifiably broad- cial Councils as a result of the decided to repudiate the report. methods. But the country is still grappling with the ened its scope and mandate Indo-Sri Lanka Accord in Some SLFP Members commented garbage problem with no manifest signs of coming to further, incorporating many 1987. that the PCoI report was an attempt grips with it apart from a Waste to Power initiative in issues of governance and mat- As expected, a number of by the ruling party to push the SLFP ters that are essentially influential countries in the to the wall. The Sri Lanka Podujana Colombo. domestic for any self-respect- Western bloc spoke for the Peramuna (SLPP) frontline mem- The President has hit the right note on venturing out ing, sovereign country. OHCHR report on Sri Lanka bers were quick to point out that the to the far-flung villages and personally obtaining “Sri Lanka calls upon the while complaining of “the SLFP’s argument did not hold water knowledge of the problems and hardships faced by members of this Council that reversed progress” on the as the Commission and all its Mem- the poor marginalized villagers. It was witnessed by any resolution which is based fronts of justice and accounta- bers were appointed by the former all how the President utilized his powers to deliver on this Report, be rejected by bility for the alleged past President himself. In a twist of fate, the Council and be brought to the Commission has boomeranged instant solutions in a majority of instances even human rights violations and a closure. We remain open to engag- words of solidarity by the world “the risk of their recurrence” in the on former President Sirisena after insisting on dispensing with the mostly obsolete ing constructively with the UN, powers of the Eastern bloc came at a country. Not all of them are Member about 18 months. Government circulars with his own instructions given including this Council, and the time the Government was very much States of the UNHRC, but global Observing that only the first Vol- full weight. Hence, in this whole exercise PS Chair- international community in mutual- in need of solidarity. powers such as the US can make an ume of the report was available for men and their ilk should be kept out of the equation ly agreed areas, in conformity with Pakistan, in the spirit of renewed impact on the voting through its perusal, Opposition Leader Sajith and not made to interfere with the smooth process the Constitution and in keeping cordialities and mutual bond follow- proxy States. Premadasa demanded that all six since ‘Gama Samaga Pilisandarak’ means just that with domestic priorities and poli- ing Pakistani Prime Minister Imran In the meantime, the zero draft of Volumes of the report be presented cies,” he remarked. Khan’s two-day visit in Colombo the Resolution by the Core Group on in Parliament. The United National – a dialogue with the people where no other interfer- that coincided the UNHRC forum, Sri Lanka, which consists of the Party (UNP) was at ease that the ence should be tolerated from whatever quarter. Showing solidarity also stood by the side of Sri Lanka. United Kingdom, Germany, Canada, PCoI has not recommended legal Obviously the PS Chairman’s ire would have been At the same time, Pakistan did Montenegro, North Macedonia and action against its Leader former raised by the fact that he was exposed as a non- According to the analysts who not forget to call for an immediate Malawi, has now been uploaded to Prime Minister Ranil Wickremesin- performer before the President. It is also common closely followed the debate, about policy change of the Sri Lankan Gov- the UNHRC web portal. ghe but has only censured his lax knowledge that LG heads and their functionaries 21 countries commented in favour ernment to allow burial of those who Discussions on this draft are now attitude towards extremism. only opt for projects that have potential side earnings of Sri Lanka including about a dozen die of COVID-19, an issue that had on and it is expected to be put to a However, all parties across the Member States which are entitled to been dragging on for months earn- vote on March 22. The content and political divide were in agreement for themselves and repairing a road would have not vote at the Council. During the ing the ire of not only the Muslim wording of the draft Resolution may that the report was inconclusive and brought in the desired returns for this particular LG interactive dialogue last Wednesday, brethren in the country but also the be subject to changes over the next that it does neither reveal the mas- head. Sri Lanka received the full backing entire Muslim population around the couple of weeks. Foreign policy ana- terminds behind the attacks or their It is also being alleged that certain LG politicians are of Russia, China and Pakistan, and globe. lysts observe that the proposed Res- real motives. They complained that exploiting the recent Presidential order to permit vil- no doubt the Government looks to Ending the impasse, the Govern- olution, in its current shape, poses a the Commission had failed to meet lagers to use peripheral forests for cultivation pur- these countries to whip up support ment last Thursday gazetted the challenge to the sovereignty and the expectations of the public and revised Regulations to the Quaran- independence of the country. the report that runs to 472 pages had poses, to grab these forest lands for themselves for at the 47-Member UN Inter-Govern- mental body to defend the country’s tine and Prevention of Diseases It also shatters hopes of any clo- only repeated what is already visible. other commercial ventures which should be looked position. Ordinance to allow cremation or sure to the 12-year-long scrutiny of They pointed out that questions into by the authorities. The Government is being The Chinese envoy in Geneva told burial of those who succumb to Sri Lanka at the UN Human Rights such as whether there was a foreign unfairly blamed for allowing such forest destruction the Council that the Office of High COVID-19. The health guidelines body. The available copy of the draft hand behind the attacks and whether when in fact it is the local politicians who should be Commissioner for Human Rights and suitable dry and isolated lands Resolution requests the OHCHR to there was a tier above ring-leader hauled over the coals. It is such acts by local politi- (OHCHR) should “respect the sov- for the purpose are expected to be present a written update to the Zahran Hashim from whom he cians that make Governments unpopular with the ereignty and political independence announced shortly. Council at its 49th session (March received instructions have been left of all nations,” adding that, “It is the next year), and a comprehensive unanswered by the report. people. Hence the need for remedial measures to be consistent stand of China to oppose Core Group’s Resolution report at its 51st session (Septem- Having said that, it is imprudent taken before it is too late. politicization and double standards ber 2022) on the country’s situation. to belittle the report’s findings. Inde- on human rights, as well as using Needlessly to say, many interna- pendent analysts opine that it will be human rights as an excuse in inter- tional actors were keenly waiting for Easter Sunday report wise to give the Attorney General a fering in other countries’ internal India’s position on Sri Lanka, its free hand to extract whatever evi- THOUGHT fOr THe day affairs.” immediate neighbour, to take a clue While the Government was dence is needed from the report and Bolstering this stance, the Rus- on how to react at the Council. Inter- focused on the UNHRC, the political proceed onto legal action. In the sian representative stressed that Sri estingly, India remained more or less pot was boiling at home over the meantime, the investigative bodies Conversation is the most human and humanizing Lanka must itself without external neutral in its stance, but used the recently released report of the Presi- will have to dig deeper to ascertain thing that we do. - Sherry Turkle pressure determine the priorities for forum as an opportunity to call for dential Commission of Inquiry the truth behind the Easter Sunday action and the areas which require the full implementation of the 13th (PCoI) into the Easter Sunday carnage that shook the nation on international assistance. These Amendment to the Constitution, attacks. April 21, 2019. wednesday, march 3, 2021 OPInIOn page 9 DN PM Khan and his political lessons for Arjuna

Former Minister Pakistani Prime Minister Imran khan

Rajpal abeyNayake probably believes in his own lie that he did all that he did as Foreign Minister akistani Premier Imran Khan for the longer term interests of the apparently had a message for nation and its people. At best, he did P his former cricketing col- what he did because he thought that is league Arjuna Ranatunga. Take the the easier option — the cushier path of knocks he said, and learn from least resistance. them. How did that turn out? This is the He also said that Arjuna instilled a problem with the opinion makers of sense of self-confidence in Sri Lan- this country too. There was this ode kan cricketers who were always that Victor Ivan the journalist had writ- abundantly talented, but never had ten about a beautiful country in the that one quantity — self-belief. future, because according to him, No argument with the legendary “extremism’ would soon be defeated. Prime Minister on that one. It was In many people’s view, Aung San Su Ki Ranatunga’s chutzpah and his sense was extremist too. But it appears she of can-do that won us the World cannot be defeated, not even by a Cup, a feat so far not emulated. marauding military. This is not a cricket column, but worth mentioning that the country Outsiders reached two subsequent World Cup finals, one under the captaincy of arjuna Ranatunga with the 1996 World Cup Imran khan with the 1992 World Cup Lee Kwan Yew, wasn’t ‘extremist’ by Mahela Jayewardene and the other any stretch. He was known for his best under that of . say ‘hi’ to his political rivals, Mahi- Colonial times would have been a great Governor Samaraweera’s ‘performance’ in Gene- efforts to foster racial amity. That is Arguably, both had more talented nda and Gotabaya Rajapaksa in General. No doubt the Queen would va. He would say he made those moves despite agreeing to constitutionally teams to lead than Arjuna had in Medamulana. This writer saw the But I digress. Despite these quali- have appointed him to that decorated that were ridiculously inimical to this allocate a special place for Malays, 1996, but they couldn’t win the video — where he is shown to drop ties, Samaraweera will never be a poli- sinecure without batting an eyelid. But country’s interests, in the interests of Singapore’s indigenous people. But clincher. On the given day only one in, and say “Me yanagaman nikan tician in the mould of Aung San Su Ki, sadly for him, these are not colonial this country’s minorities. Nice try, but despite his moderate stand on race, he team can win, and so this is not to aawa” (Dropped by for no reason). Imran Khan, Lee Kwan Yew, or Mahin- times. As much as he wishes this was, the people would never buy that. Least was Singaporean first. Refer that take anything away from Mahela’s or When he is invited to a Rajapaksa da Rajapaksa. That is because, essen- this country is no colony, not of the of all, the minorities. famous speech, in which he said the Sanga’s feats — but both probably family , he is there, some- tially, he does not work for the people British — not of any other power, The people of this country, though CIA tried to bribe him and he spurned lacked that one ingredient, Arjuna’s times in the teeth of unfair criticism of this country. He is free to disagree, period. generally passive and unengaged in the the lot. Cool chutzpah, his sense of, by sections of his constituency over and he probably would stand on his What goes for Samaraweera, goes for political whirligig, have keener That is where Victor Ivan gets it “We don’t care who you are, because the mere act of attending a family head and say, no, he does work for “we, Wickremesinghe, and Ranatunga as instincts than Samaraweera thinks they wrong. He conflates ‘extremism’ with we are going to wallop you right function out of goodwill, forgetting the people”. “We the people” maybe, well. As long as these folks primarily do. He cannot dupe them, and claim working in the interests of the country, here before you can say Darrell bitter political rivalries for a moment but not “we the people of our country”. work for outsiders, they would not suc- that what he did for expediency was and not in the interests of outsiders. Hair.” on the happy occasion. If he lived in colonial times, he ceed. The people are aware of done in their interests. By now, he He thinks people can be roused to Many hats came off to salute Arju- be ‘racist’ but people are in their grain na for that quality. amicable, and they want to co-exist Politics is a different game though. with those of other races, religions, Imran Khan apparently had some sexual orientations, what have you. He words for Arjuna Ranatunga on that seems to underestimate the innate too. goodness in people, however acrimo- There is one thing this writer nious the ‘mob’ may seem at times. thinks, that Imran Khan did not say. But he underestimates something He is a kind of politician who won in more than that. He underestimates the the end because he had his country disdain people have for those who at heart. Yes, he possessed other work in collaboration with the outsid- qualities, but he had his people’s er. He cannot hide it — he hates the interests uppermost. Government in power, and worships the Wickremesinghe, Samaraweera Humane qualities and Premadasa type of ‘liberals’. He is unaware that the people know The same could be said of any those of the aforementioned ilk work number of successful Asian politi- with the outsider, the interloper — cians, and politicians from anywhere even when they try their best to hide around the world. But to confine it that fact. They also try other tactics to Asians for sake of example, Aung such as claiming “this (current) Gov- San Su Ki, Imran Khan, Lee Kwan ernment is making the country a Chi- Yew, Mahinda Rajapaksa, etc., were nese colony, and they are outsiders all in the same mould — even though too.” The people know that what is their political backgrounds were damaging is when Samaraweera vastly different. They worked for turned against us in Geneva, and not their people and only their people. when the Chinese lent us a little Politics rewards only those who money. work for the people of the country, Politicians who go against these and though that should be axiomat- fundamentals may succeed in duping ic, it would be surprising, the num- the people in the short term — but ber of folk who do not understand they cannot sustain that gig. It is also that. Politics may temporarily extremely unlikely that they can reward those who work for other repeat-dupe the people as they did in people — for other countries, and 2015. There was nothing beautiful for outside interests, to put it as about that. It was as ugly as hell, and crudely but credibly as possible. But the people learnt a bitter lesson from politics rewards on a tangible, not Samaraweera’s antics in Geneva, and accidental basis, those who work for the raw deal they got due to the neo- their people and their people alone. liberal economics, also recommended Ask Ranil Wickremesinghe, he to us by outsiders and ‘experts’. learnt that the hard way. Ivan can try, but he cannot conflate Politics does not reward the Man- that sort of disloyalty to the people, gala Samaraweeras of this world. with what he thinks is a ‘beautiful’ This writer knows Mangala counter reaction to extremism. Just so Samaraweera, or at least had known he understands, people will go to him — met and spoken to the gentle- ‘extreme’ lengths to save this country man, on many an occasion in the from inimical, non-Sri Lankan, patent- past. Make no mistake, he is no ly alien influences. ogre. He is at a personal level, genial, As for Arjuna Ranatunga, even as a humane and better than most. After bit player in the political game as of all, he is the type who even in the now, he can take note and learn some- middle of a most acrimonious politi- thing from his younger brother cal climate, drops in on his way to arjuna Ranatunga and Imran khan with Indian Cricket legend kapil Dev Prasanna Ranatunga.

e have received the follow- in his clarification that “at no time ing response to the Right Right of reply have we approached a member of W of Reply (ROR) written the Cabinet” is spurious. He has by Ranga Suriarachchi which was himself confirmed “appealing” to published in these spaces on Feb- Minister Karunanayake, who was ruary 8, 2021, regarding the arti- the subject minister at the time. cle headlined “COPE: Coping Muttukumaru responds to Printcare Secure Why did it take Printcare Secure with Corruption” written by more than two months to respond Amrit Muttukumaru, which was to the exposé in the of published in the Daily News in fully owned subsidiary of ‘Printcare Although I only referred to the defamed anyone let alone Suriar- settlement of a Contempt of Court December 7, 2020 that COPE had these spaces on January 12, 2021. PLC’ some of whose directors are findings of COPE as reported in the achchi’s Managing Director. No issue which has nothing to do with observed that its use of political The following is Muttukumaru’s household names in the key indus- Daily News of December 7, 2020, Court has ever found me guilty of any ‘defamation’ as insinuated by influence had caused a huge finan- response to Suriarachchi’s ROR. tries of tea and tourism. The nature Ranga Suriarachchi has gone bal- defaming anyone or guilty of Con- Ranga Suriarachchi citing a Sun- cial loss to the NLB? The same “It is not surprising it has taken of the allegations contained in the listic after my article “COPE: Cop- tempt of Court. day Times news report dated exposé in the front page of The Printcare Secure Limited more Daily News news item against the ing with Corruption in the Private Although the said MD sued me November 8, 2015. It was not a Island on December 7, 2020 titled than two months to respond to the company and it being ignored for Sector” was published in the Daily for defamation and Contempt of court directive. “COPE finds Karunanayake influ- findings by Parliament’s COPE so long does no credit to the direc- News on January 12, 2021. Court after I raised matters con- Suriarachchi’s MD has apparent- enced Lotteries Board procurement against the company reported in tors concerned. Ranga Suriarachchi’s vicious cerning Rotary International, the ly breached his undertaking to causing losses” has also been the front page of the Daily News on The Annual Report 2019 of Print- attack on me is nothing but a ‘red cases were settled on his initiative. court through Suriarachchi who ignored by Printcare. December 7, 2020. I wish to set the care PLC in the section on ‘Anti- herring’ to obfuscate the COPE On the alleged defamation, after has slandered me by name. While I If Printcare Secure genuinely record straight on the slanderous Corruption’ inter alia states: “Ethi- findings. He has accused me of hav- suing me for Rs. 100 Million both place my name upfront in all I believed that the NLB had acted allegations against me by its Gen- cal practices are placed as one of ing a “personal vendetta against the cases were settled on identical write, Suriarachchi’s Managing “unfairly” and there was a “menda- eral Manager, Ranga Suriarachchi the core values of Printcare and it Managing Director of this compa- undertakings – we will both not Director has been using agents to cious award of a tender”, why is it (Ref. Daily News of February 8, maintains a zero tolerance policy ny” and being “sued for willful defa- write on any matter concerning vilify me after I raised matters con- not disclosing whether they have 2021). towards corruption and bribery in mation by our Managing Director”. each other. cerning Printcare Secure. lodged a complaint with the ‘Brib- Printcare Secure Limited is a all its transactions.” I categorically debunk that I have My payment to a charity was in In any case, Suriarachchi’s claim ery Commission’ and if not why? DN page 10 FeaTUres wednesday, march 3, 2021

Digital DiviDe: cOVId-19’s dIsprOpOrTIOnaTe ImpacT On edUcaTIOn year into the COVID-19 started in February 2020, and on closures and end up working, the start of the pandemic, pandemic, children March 11 the pandemic was pregnant or in early marriages. upwards of 15 million students across the world have declared, pushing 91 percent of He said: “I feel bad when other from kindergarten through to Alost an average of 74 the world’s learners out of school children are not going to school. high school in U.S. public schools days of education each due to at its peak. Because without education no lacked adequate internet for dis- return to school in a safe and school closures and a lack of As schools closed and remote one can get success. So, you find tance learning at home. inclusive way so the most mar- access to remote learning, Save learning was not equally accessi- that if you do not go to school, it Other wealthier countries also ginalised children, including the Children said, which is more ble for all children, the biggest will be hard on your side. You will struggled to provide equal online girls, are not robbed of a future than a third of the standard global education emergency in history not understand, you will always alternatives for school-based by this pandemic. All children 190-day school year. widened the gap between coun- be illiterate. So, you find that it’s learning. In Norway, while almost need to have access to catch In total, an estimated 112 bil- tries and within countries, Save very difficult.” all youth between 9 and 18 years up classes, so that children can lion days of education have been the Children said. The divide There have also been huge dis- old have access to a smartphone, make up for their lost learning, lost altogether, with the world’s grew between wealthier and poor- crepancies in access to learning 30 percent did not have access to while recognising the huge poorest children disproportionate- er families; urban and rural in wealthier nations during the a PC at home. In the Netherlands, emotional toll this crisis has ly affected. households; refugees or displaced pandemic, Save the Children said. one in five children does not have taken. New analysis by the child rights children and host populations; Students in the U.S. for exam- a PC or tablet for home learning. Ashing said: ‘With vaccines organisation of data for 194 coun- children with disabilities and chil- ple are more disconnected from Governments and donors need being rolled out, there is hope child-by-child process that does tries and different regions shows dren without disabilities. the internet than students in to take immediate action to pre- that we can win the battle against not add pressure.” that children in Latin America Santiago, 13, attends a school other high-income countries, vent an irreversible impact on the the virus, if all countries can Besides losing out on learning, and the Caribbean, and South for children with a profound hear- which likely also impacted their lives of millions of children who access them. But we will lose the children out of school are exposed Asia, missed out on almost triple ing loss supported by Save the access to remote learning. Only may never return to school, the war against the pandemic if we to a higher risk of child labour, the education of children in West- Children in Venezuela. The school two EU countries have lower lev- agency warned. do not ensure children get back to child marriage and other forms of ern Europe. has been closed since the start of els of internet access than the Save the Children urged them school safely, have access to abuse, and are more likely to be Broken down at regional level, the pandemic. He said: “What U.S. – Bulgaria and Romania. At to ensure that all children can health services, have enough to trapped in a cycle of poverty for the difference in lost days of edu- makes me feel sad, worried, eat and are protected. We owe it generations to come. The global cation becomes painfully clear, and scared is not being able to children to get this right.” pandemic is estimated to push an Save the Children said: (1)Both to return to school, “At the same time, we additional 2.5 million girls into in Latin America and the Caribbe- because I like school. need to recognise that chil- child marriage by 2025. an, and South Asia, children went People understand me dren need support as they Save the Children emphasised through around 110 days without there. When I can´t go As schools closed and remote learning return to school. Living that with the G7 coming up, any education; (2) Children in the to school, I cry and just was not equally accessible for all through this pandemic will world leaders need to prioritise Middle East lost 80 days of educa- want to sleep. What I have made many anxious supporting children to return to tion; (3) Children in Sub-Saharan would tell the children in children, the biggest education and they will have missed school as safely as possible – Africa lost an average of 69 days; the world who are feel- emergency in history widened the gap out on basic needs, like especially girls. Also, govern- (4) In East Asia and the Pacific, ing sad or scared or wor- playing with friends. They ments and donors must close the children lost an average of 47 ried is that they are my between countries and within countries, may also feel enormous education financing gap, with a days; (5) In Europe and Central friends. And that they pressure to make up for lost particular focus on ensuring that Asia, children lost out on an aver- are not alone.” Save the Children said. education. Children should the Global Partnership for Educa- age of 45 days; (6) In Western Jonathan, 15, a Save be able to take their time – tion achieves its replenishment Europe alone, it was 38 days. the Children child rights it should be a school-by- target of $5 billion for the next Inger Ashing, CEO of Save the campaigner in a refugee The global pandemic is estimated to school, five years (2021–2025). Children, said: “Almost a year camp in Uganda, has like after the global pandemic was many children missed push an additional 2.5 million girls into officially declared, hundreds of out on schooling over millions of children remain out of the past year. He is wor- child marriage by 2025. school. The year 2021 must be ried for his friends who the year to ensure that children he has seen drop out of do not pay the price for this pan- school permanently due demic.” to school A spike in school clo- sures

BriDging the DigitAl DiviDe in AsiA KariN HulsHof A recent UNICEF ung, a 14-year-old girl from the Hmong ethnic minority, lives in survey of youth in 10 Lao Cai province in northern ASEAN countries D Vietnam. During the COVID-19 related school closures in the country she revealed that 61 and her brother began studying at home using materials their teachers shared percent of students do through an online portal. But there is no not receive any digital internet in Dung’s home, so they walked daily to the nearest preschool, stood out- literacy education in side the gate and tried to catch its Wi-Fi to schools. download their homework. Dung and her brother are not alone. Although East Asia and the Pacific has education ministries in this region have developing transferable skills and creating the fastest growing internet penetration adopted some type of remote learning poli- access to safe digital learning opportuni- in the world, the education response to cy and are seeking to digitally transform ties for all children and adolescents. the pandemic has revealed deep digital their education systems by harnessing the With ITU (the United Nations special- divides between and in countries based power of technology. ized agency for information and communi- on gender, geography, income, and abili- Technology was used in enabling teach- cation technologies), UNICEF launched ties. ers in Malaysia to embrace new approaches GIGA, an ambitious global initiative to Before the pandemic, over 183 million and learn new skills for teaching online. To connect every school and its surrounding (or 32 percent) 3 to 17-year-old school- support children like Dung, UNICEF Viet- community to the internet. We have also aged children in the region did not have nam is rolling out the Augmented and Vir- partnered with mobile-network operators internet at home. Many students also lack estimates that 80 million children in East the workforce and will have less opportuni- tual Reality education solution for those in 100 countries to help bridge the digital devices and adequate digital literacy. A Asia and the Pacific did not access any ties to succeed in life. minority children in rural areas whose divide. recent UNICEF survey of youth in 10 kind of learning during the 2020 lock- Gender aspects of the digital divide teachers have no skills in teaching science, Providing every child and adolescent ASEAN countries revealed that 61 percent downs. With school closures returning in must not be ignored. Women and girls technology, engineering or math. In Lao access to the internet in a safe and of students do not receive any digital liter- Malaysia, Mongolia and Thailand this often have less access to technology and PDR, where internet penetration is responsible way can be a powerful equal- acy education in schools. Teachers are month, the education of millions of chil- the internet than boys, either because they amongst the lowest in the region, the gov- izer to human resource development. largely unfamiliar with new technologies dren is once again at risk. cannot afford it or because social norms ernment is introducing the Learning Pass- With growing technology and a diverse and need training to effectively utilize new If it isn’t addressed, the costs of the digi- consider ‘technology is for men’. port, a digital learning platform with both range of actors providing online learning, tools. tal divide will be high for the current gen- While COVID-19 deepened the learning online and offline access to ensure continu- together we can deliver learning opportu- Pandemic-related school closures forced eration of young people. As economies rap- crisis and exacerbated inequities in educa- ity of learning of its children. nities anywhere, at any time and to every- many students to rely on virtual learning, idly digitize with most jobs requiring digi- tion, it has also acted as a catalyst for inno- At a recent high-level meeting (October one. but for those who had no internet access, tal literacy, those unable to acquire these vation and for including technology into 2020), 10 ASEAN Ministers of Education (Karin Hulshof is the Regional Director education became out of reach. UNICEF new skills will not be able to participate in the sector in many countries.Almost all committed to fostering digital literacy, for UNICEF East Asia and Pacific.) WEDNESDAY, MARCH 3, 2021 NEWS page 11 DN National Convention on Quality and Productivity on March 9,10

The National Convention on Qual- Lanka and encourage employee held in four sessions in accordance guests of the four sessions. The mindset in the society”, “Inculcating zations. Benefits of improving quali- ity and Productivity (NCQP), an involvement and leadership roles in with the health guidelines from 9-10 Award winners of this competi- quality and productivity mindset as ty and productivity at a national annual national event organized by excellence performance. The event’s March in the Sri Lanka Foundation. tion will qualify to compete at the a social responsibility”, and “The level will include enhanced quality, the Sri Lanka Association for the theme will be ‘National Prosperity Industry and Commerce Ministry next International Convention on importance of inculcating quality greater reliability, higher margins Advancement of Quality and Produc- through World Class Quality and Secretary Anusha Palpita, Media Quality Control Circles (ICQCC) to and productivity concepts through and lower costs of production and tivity (SLAAQP), will be held on Productivity”. The event comprises Ministry Secretary Jagath P. Wijew- be held later this year in Hyderabad, school education”. services. This will drive economic March 9 and 10 at Sri Lanka Foun- a series of competitions. eera, Education Ministry Secretary India. “The NCQP is a platform for bot- growth and improve the nation’s dation Institute. About 250 teams of various com- Prof. Kapila Perera and George Special addresses will be delivered tom line associates to showcase competitiveness,” the SLAAQP said This event is organised to pro- panies participated in the competi- Steuart Group and Derana Chairman on topics of “The role of the artist in their talents and recognise their con- in a press note. The event has been mote quality and productivity in Sri tions. The Award Ceremony will be Dilith Jayaweera will participate as inculcating quality and productivity tributions to their respective organi- held since 2010.

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ABAYAKOON J. 2.61/18 HC FOR ARGUMENT LA 76/17 HCCA/Colombo DN page 12 wednesday, march 3, 2021 Russia’s Sputnik V Vaccine Scientists concerned over latest Brazilian COVID variant In just a matter of becomes an alluring weeks, two variants of the Coronavirus have become so familiar that you can hear their inscrutable alphanumeric alternative names regularly uttered W O R L D on television news. As the European Union supplied over the next three were concluded, prompting Hungary, paign to B.1.1.7, first identified struggles to ramp up its months, according to the skepticism among experts albeit indi- propagate a in Britain, has demon- rollout of coronavirus vac- Moscow Times. Hungary that it might not meet strict rectly, ‘decadent, strated the power to cines across the 27 member also approved China’s Sin- safety and efficacy stand- against the declining EU’ spread far and fast. In bloc, Russia’s Covid shot is opharm vaccine last month, ards. Some experts argued use of Russia’s and Hungary’s South Africa, a mutant proving alluring to its again going against the that the Kremlin was eager vaccine before the future in the East, called B.1.351 can dodge other places,” said Nuno tracking the coronavirus friends in Eastern Europe, grain when it comes to EU to claim victory in the race EMA has approved it. Back with Russia and China,” a human antibodies, blunt- Faria, a virologist at when it exploded in Bra- creating another potential vaccine approval. to develop a Covid vaccine. in November, a Commis- trend he said had been ing the effectiveness of Imperial College London zil last spring. Manaus, a rift in the region. On Monday, Slovakia However, interim analysis sion spokesman told Reu- ongoing for some time. some vaccines. who helped lead much of city of two million in the The Czech Republic, Aus- became the second Europe- of phase 3 clinical trials of ters that “the question Meanwhile, Daragh Scientists have also the new research. Brazilian Amazon, was tria, Hungary and Slovakia an country to announce it the shot, involving 20,000 arises whether a member McDowell, head of Europe had their eye on a third But even with the mys- hit particularly hard. At have all expressed interest had purchased the Sputnik participants and published state would want to admin- and principal Russia analyst concerning variant that teries that remain its springtime peak, the in procuring and deploying V vaccine, securing 2 mil- in the peer-reviewed medi- ister to its citizens a vac- at Verisk Maplecroft, arose in Brazil, called P.1. around P.1, experts said cemeteries of Manaus Russia’s “Sputnik V” vac- lion doses of the shot. Slo- cal journal The Lancet in cine that has not been described the geopolitics Research had been slow- it is a variant to take seri- were overwhelmed by the cine, a move that could vakia’s health minister said early February, found that reviewed by EMA,” adding around Sputnik V and the er on P.1 since its discov- ously. “It’s right to be bodies of the dead. undermine an EU-wide it won’t be administered the vaccine was 91.6% that public confidence in EU as “political theater ery in late December, worried about P.1, and But after a peak in late approach to approving and immediately, however, effective against sympto- vaccination could be dam- more than anything else.” leaving scientists unsure this data gives us the rea- April, Manaus seemed administering coronavirus because it still requires the matic Covid-19 infection. aged. “For Hungary and Aus- of just how much to son why,” said William to have gotten past the vaccines. greenlight from the coun- In an accompanying arti- “This is where the tria there is an element of worry about it. Hanage, an epidemiolo- worst of the pandemic. Czech Prime Minister try’s national drug regula- cle in the Lancet, Ian authorization process and foreign policy signaling “I’ve been holding my gist at the Harvard T.H. Some scientists thought Andrej Babis said on Sun- tor. Jones, a professor of virolo- vaccine confidence meet. If involved here, as both Kurz breath,” said Bronwyn Chan School of Public that the drop meant day that his country could The pivot towards Rus- gy at the University of our citizens start question- and Orban have generally MacInnis, an epidemiolo- Health. Manaus had gained herd use the Sputnik V vaccine sia’s vaccine comes amid Reading, England, noted ing the safety of a vaccine, had a closer relationship gist at the Broad Insti- P.1 is now spreading immunity. even without approval by widespread frustration at that “the development of should it not have gone with Putin than their Euro- tute. across the rest of Brazil Dr. Faria and his col- the EU’s drugs agency, the the slow speed of the EU’s the Sputnik V vaccine has through rigorous scientific pean peers. In the case of Now three studies offer and has been found in 24 leagues looked for coro- European Medicines Agen- vaccination rollout. It’s been criticized for unseem- assessment to prove its the Czech Republic the a sobering history of other countries. In the navirus antibodies in cy. been hampered by the bloc’s ly haste. But the outcome safety and efficacy, it will impetus seems to have been P.1’s meteoric rise in the United States, the Cent- samples from a Manaus It comes after Russian decision to purchase vac- reported here is clear and be much harder to vacci- more to demonstrate that Amazonian city of ers for Disease Control blood bank in June and President Vladimir Putin cines jointly, and its orders the scientific principle of nate a sufficient proportion the government is ‘doing Manaus. It most likely and Prevention has October. They deter- and Austrian Chancellor came later than other coun- vaccination is demonstrat- of the population,” the something’ in the face of a arose there in November recorded six cases in five mined that roughly three- Sebastian Kurz had a phone tries including the U.K. ed, which means another spokesman said, Reuters rapid rise in case numbers and then fueled a record- states: Alaska, Florida, quarters of the residents call last Friday in which and U.S. vaccine can now join the reported. in February,” he said. breaking spike of corona- Maryland, Minnesota of Manaus had been they discussed “possible Production issues and fight to reduce the inci- Hungary’s decision to go There are also doubts as virus cases. It came to and Oklahoma. infected. supplies of the Russian bureaucracy — and for dence of Covid-19.” it alone when it comes to to whether Russia has the dominate the city partly To reduce the risks of But near the end of Sputnik V vaccine to Aus- some countries, vaccine However, the Gamaleya the Sputnik V vaccine is not ability to mass produce and because of an increased P.1 outbreaks and rein- 2020, new cases began tria, as well as its possible hesitancy — have also been National Center of Epide- surprising to EU watchers, deliver its Sputnik V vac- contagiousness, the fections, Dr. Faria said it surging again. “There joint production,” the Krem- stumbling blocks to the miology and Microbiology however. The country’s cine to Europe on a larger research found. But it was important to double were actually far more lin said, noting that Austria rollout. in Moscow, which devel- right-wing leader, Viktor scale. also gained the ability to down on every measure cases than in the previ- had initiated the call. Aus- Nonetheless, the move by oped the vaccine, has not Orban — of the “strongman” “While the Sputnik vac- infect some people who we have to slow the ous peak of cases, which tria has so far indicated it some Eastern European yet submitted an applica- sort similar to Russia’s Putin cine seems to be an effec- had immunity from previ- spread of the coronavi- had been in late April,” would not bypass the EMA countries to endorse Rus- tion to the EMA for mar- — has had several disputes tive vaccine in principle, ous bouts of Covid-19. rus. Masks and social Dr. Faria said. “And that in terms of approving the sia’s vaccine unilaterally is keting authorization of the with the EU executive in Russia has great difficulties And laboratory experi- distancing can work was very puzzling to vaccine, however. bound to raise the hackles vaccine, the EU drugs agen- recent years, particularly getting the mass produc- ments suggest that P.1 against P.1. And vaccina- us.” Hungary, a country with- in Brussels as it undermines cy said in early February. over signs of the govern- tion right ... there is still could weaken the protec- tion can help drive down Dr. Faria and his col- in the EU that has fraught the EU’s wish for a unified RDIF, Russia’s sovereign ment’s increasing authori- not enough Sputnik vac- tive effect of a Chinese its transmission and pro- leagues wondered if new relations with Brussels and approach, and a sense of wealth fund that has sup- tarianism. The erosion of cine (being) produced,” vaccine now in use in tect those who do get variants might be partly whose leader, Viktor Orban, equity over the distribution ported the development of judicial independence and Gressel said. McDowell Brazil. infected from severe dis- to blame for the resur- is seen as a close ally of of vaccines. Sputnik V, indicated to freedom of the press in noted that “the issue is The new studies have ease. Your Coronavirus gence. In Britain, Putin, has shown no such There have also been con- CNBC on Monday that it Hungary is of particular con- whether Sputnik V can yet to be published in Tracker: We'll send you researchers were finding hesitation. It became the cerns about Sputnik V spe- had applied in mid-Febru- cern to the EU. Hungary’s make a noticeable differ- scientific journals. Their the latest data for places that B.1.1.7 was surging first European country to cifically, although subse- ary to the EU drugs agency government rejects such ence given regulatory authors caution that find- you care about each day. across the country. To authorize in January — quent data has backed up for a rolling review of the criticism, however. issues and existing logisti- ings on cells in laborato- “The ultimate message search for variants, Dr. bypassing the EMA — and the vaccine’s effectiveness vaccine. The EMA has not Gustav Gressel, senior cal problems, and whether ries do not always trans- is that you need to step Faria and his colleagues purchase the Sputnik V and credibility. confirmed this, however, policy fellow at the Euro- the vaccine can be pro- late to the real world, and up all the vaccination started a new genome vaccine. The vaccine was and CNBC has reached out pean Council on Foreign duced in sufficient num- they’ve only begun to efforts as soon as possi- sequencing effort in the The country reportedly approved by Russia’s health to the EMA for comment. Relations, told CNBC Mon- bers either by Russian pro- understand P.1’s behav- ble,” he said. “You need city. While B.1.1.7 had expects 2 million doses of regulator in August last The European Commis- day that Hungary’s actions ducers or under licence.” ior. “The findings apply to be one step ahead of arrived in other parts of the Sputnik V vaccine to be year before clinical trials sion has already warned were “part of Orban’s cam- (CNBC) to Manaus, but I don’t the virus.” Dr. Faria and Brazil, they didn’t find it know if they apply to his colleagues started in Manaus. (NYT) Israel urged to vaccinate Africa begins vaccinations with COVAX doses African countries are programme, said there was starting mass Covid inocu- a "huge need" to distribute lation drives using vaccines vaccines worldwide. all Palestinians supplied through a scheme "It has been rather set up to share doses fairly depressing watching rich Israeli health officials with poorer nations. nations essentially just have urged their coun- Ivory Coast is one of the clear the shelves," he said. try's leaders to help vacci- first to benefit from the "It's been absolutely a kind nate the entire Palestinian UN-backed Covax distribu- of me first, me only vaccine population against tion initiative, with injec- grab, and that's not just COVID-19, citing a public tions beginning on Mon- incredibly unfair, it's also health imperative, an out- day. terrible public health." going senior health offi- Ghana is also launching Vaccination programmes cial told NPR Monday. its vaccination drive this have been slow to get off "This is really impor- week. tial workers, such as medi- Nurse Prisca Nguessan the ground in Africa, but tant, to vaccinate the Ghana's President Nana cal professionals, teachers, told Reuters news agency the continent has reported entire Palestinian Authori- Akufo-Addo on Monday police and even some jour- she hoped vaccinations relatively few cases and ty population, and I became the first to receive nalists. would "speed up". "We deaths in comparison with believe it will go this a coronavirus vaccine But pregnant women and invite the population to many western countries. way," said Itamar Grotto, through the scheme. those under the age of 18 come and get vaccinated Ghana has reported more who helped lead Israel's Mr Akufo-Addo urged are not part of the vaccina- because to get vaccinated is than 84,000 cases of coro- pandemic response and people to get inoculated tion campaign. Authorities a way of breaking the trans- navirus and more than 600 stepped down Monday as and not to believe conspira- have said they do not have mission chain." deaths, while Ivory Coast deputy director general of cy theories casting doubt enough data on the possi- The first vaccinations in has confirmed nearly Israel's Health Ministry. li jails. "We are starting to from international and citizens and residents (of on the programme, which ble side effects of the vac- Ivory Coast and Ghana 33,000 cases and 192 "This is the recommenda- give them more and more Israeli aid groups and Israel). But in the Israeli- will see some 600,000 cines on such groups. this week are taking place deaths, according to Johns tion of all the experts, and vaccines," Grotto said. "It rights advocatesto help occupied West Bank and doses of the Oxford-Astra- In Ivory Coast, which ahead of a further distribu- Hopkins University. I believe that the politi- is an important objective, facilitate vaccines for Pal- the Gaza Strip, the vast Zeneca vaccine rolled out has a similar rollout pro- tion of 11 million doses to Nigeria is due to take cians will follow our rec- from a public health point estinians in occupied terri- majority of Palestinians nationwide on Tuesday. gramme, people began to some of the countries delivery of nearly four mil- ommendations." of view, and of course also tory, arguing Israel is have not yet been vaccinat- "It's important that I set queue at vaccination cen- signed up to the initiative, lion doses of vaccine later On Sunday, Israel said it from a humanitarian obligated to do so by the ed. the example that this vac- tres early on Monday for Covax said in a statement. this week. would vaccinate about point of view." Fourth Geneva Conven- Palestinians have cine is safe by being the their first dose of the Nigeria is due to take The Covax scheme hopes 110,000 Palestinian day He said Israel is giving tion. Israeli political lead- received small donations first to have it, so that eve- Oxford-AstraZeneca vac- delivery of nearly four mil- to deliver more than two laborers who work in Isra- Palestinians unused sup- erssay the Oslo Peace of vaccines from the Unit- rybody in Ghana can feel cine. lion doses of vaccine later billion doses to people in el. In recent days, Israel plies of the Moderna vac- Accords make the semi- ed Arab Emirates, Russia comfortable about taking A teacher in the city of this week. The Covax 190 countries in less than a has also vaccinated special cine, more of which is autonomous Palestinian and Israel. Palestinian this vaccine," he said. Abidjan, David Elo, said it scheme hopes to deliver year. Prof Gavin Yamey, categories of Palestinians, expected to arrive in Isra- Authority responsible for officials ordered larger The rollout will initially was "comforting" and "a more than two billion doses who was involved in set- such as relatives of people el. Israelis are being its own population. quantities of vaccines but focus on the most vulnera- relief" to receive the jab. to people in 190 countries ting up the programme, who live in Jerusalem. immunized with the Pfiz- Israel has already vacci- they say manufacturers ble - those aged over 60 or "If today everyone gets vac- in less than a year. Prof said there was a "huge Israel also vaccinated Pal- er-BioNTech vaccine. nated half of its popula- are delaying shipments. with serious underlying cinated, we won't be scared Gavin Yamey, who was need" to distribute vac- estinian prisoners in Israe- Israel has faced calls tion, including Palestinian (NPR) health issues - and essen- anymore." involved in setting up the cines worldwide. (BBC)

Hydroxychloroquine should not be used to prevent COVID-19 - WHO The anti-inflammatory drug ratory confirmed COVID-19 resources should be used and his supporters continu- body treatment that at the bowed to political pressure. hydroxychloroquine should not infection, it also probably to evaluate other more ously promoted it as both a time was not authorized by The authorization was eventu- be used to prevent COVID-19, increased the risk of adverse promising drugs to pre- miracle treatment for the Food and Drug Adminis- ally withdrawn in June according to a new recommen- effects. vent COVID-19," the COVID-19 and a prophylac- tration. because of serious safety dation from the World Health The WHO's recommenda- WHO said in a state- tic, despite scant evidence. The promotion by Trump issues. The agency cited clini- Organization. tion was published in The ment. Last spring, Trump said and his allies created a run on cal trial failures to show the Multiple clinical trials of BMJ, a medical journal. A The recommendations he had been taking hydrox- the drug, resulting in shortag- drug may not be effective at more than 6,000 people WHO expert panel is studying are meant "to provide ychloroquine, in combina- es for patients who needed it. treating COVID-19 or prevent- showed the drug had no mean- different drugs that could be trustworthy guidance on tion with zinc, as a way to Some states are still trying to ing it in people who have been ingful effect on death or used to prevent COVID-19 the management of prevent getting COVID-19 deal with stockpiles acquired exposed, and that the potential admissions to the hospital in infection, and the hydroxychlo- COVID-19 and help doc- after a White House aide during the height of the benefits do not outweigh the people who had no prior expo- roquine recommendation is the tors make better deci- was diagnosed with the hydroxychloroquine craze last risks. sure to COVID-19. first that the panel has pub- sions with their patients," the to treat lupus and rheumatoid disease. spring. A separate study by the The trials showed a "moder- lished. WHO said. arthritis. Trump eventually contract- The FDA issued an emergen- National Institutes of Health ate certainty" that not only "The panel considers that Hydroxychloroquine was ini- The drug gained prominence ed COVID-19 in October, cy use authorization for the found hydroxychloroquine had did hydroxychloroquine have this drug is no longer a tially approved as an anti- after former President Trump, and recovered largely through drug last March, and outside no benefit for hospitalized no meaningful effect on labo- research priority and that malaria drug, and is also used members of his administration the use of a monoclonal anti- observers felt the agency patients. (The Hill) WEDNESDAY, MARCH 3, 2021 page 13 DN France approves AstraZeneca jab for older people

The French government says was too limited. Speaking on convince people that doses remain unused. trial data to show how well it older people with pre-existing television, French Health Min- it is just as safe and The man in charge worked for this age group, com- conditions can now get Astra- ister Olivier Véran said people effective as other of France's vac- pared to other vaccines such Zeneca's Covid-19 vaccine, with pre-existing conditions - Covid-19 vac- cine rollout as the Pfizer jab. revising its stance on the issue. such as high blood pressure or cines. has also The UK, however, reasoned "People affected by co-mor- diabetes - could get the Oxford- Just backed it, say- it was highly likely it would be bidities can be vaccinated with AstraZeneca vaccine from GP 273,000 W O R L D ing it has beneficial and it was better to AstraZeneca, including those surgeries, hospitals and "within AstraZeneca unfairly vaccinate as many vulnerable aged between 65 and 74," the days" from pharmacies. doses have received a people as quickly as possible. against the virus and vaccines drivers can cross but only with health minister said. The policy would apply to been adminis- "bad press". And now real life data suggests offer a real hope of getting proof of a negative coronavirus Last month France approved those over 50, including those tered in France About three that educated judgement has ahead. France is still struggling test. Germany is also con- use of the vaccine for under- aged 65 to 75, he said. out of 1.7 million million people have paid off. to control increased infection cerned that AstraZeneca jabs 65s only, citing lack of data for Those aged over 75 will still received by the end of so far received at least According to results so far rates in some areas, despite a are going to waste and there older people. be offered either Pfizer or February, health ministry fig- one dose of a Covid-19 vaccine from the vaccination pro- continuing national night-time are calls to widen the number The Oxford-AstraZeneca vac- Moderna jabs in a vaccination ures show. in France - against more than gramme, the shot is cutting the curfew. Bars, restaurants and of priority groups who can cine is widely used across the centre, he added. Some French doctors had 20 million in the UK, which chance of people aged 80 and museums remain closed but receive it. Only 240,000 of 1.45 UK, but several EU countries In January French President spurned the vaccine, citing ini- has roughly the same popula- over from getting very sick the government wants to avoid million doses had been used are still limiting it to the Emmanuel Macron said the tial side-effects in some people tion. The world has been close- with coronavirus and needing another national lockdown, by 23 February. On Sunday, a under-65s, including Germany. AstraZeneca vaccine was "qua- and trial data suggesting it ly watching the UK's vaccine hospital care by more than resorting instead to tighter senior German immunologist, The EU drugs regulator has si-ineffective" for older age offered minimal protection rollout. Britain has vaccinated 80%, just a few weeks after a measures in some localities Carsten Watzl, urged his coun- approved it for all adults, but it groups - a claim strongly against mild disease from the more of its population than first dose. such as the southern city of try to change its mind and start is up to each member to set its rejected at the time by the UK South African Covid variant, many other countries and has England's deputy chief medi- Nice. allowing over-65s to receive own roll-out policy. officials and scientists. though the developer said it taken bold, pragmatic decisions cal officer - Prof Jonathan Van- Travel to Germany from the the vaccine. Germany's vaccine In a further development, But after a European Council still protects against severe dis- about who to offer shots to Tam - said the findings were a French Moselle region has commission is currently Canada's immunisation com- meeting on Friday, he said: "If ease. and when. clear vindication of the UK's been restricted at the request reviewing its recommendation mission on Monday advised this is the vaccine I'm offered, The MG France doctors' Some EU states were reluc- strategy and that other coun- of Germany which is con- and Chancellor Angela Merkel against giving the AstraZeneca obviously I would take it." As association has since hit back tant to use the Oxford-Astra- tries would doubtless be very cerned about the South African said last week that it was "a vaccine to over-65s, saying clin- more data has emerged, French at criticism of the AstraZeneca Zeneca vaccine in very elderly interested too. variant. Cross-border public vaccine that can be trusted". ical trial data for that age group health officials have tried to jab and the fact that many people because there was little Every nation is in a race transport is suspended, while (BBC) President Xi spearheads tech revolution

For U.S. politicians, China’s Now both countries are aiming for key technology and shoring up its ic model of China.” Global inves- potential to dominate sensitive cut- self-sufficiency in strategic areas, own supplies of strategic goods. tors are closely watching the ting-edge technologies poses one of each fueled by fear the other Last week, U.S. President Joe National People’s Congress session, the biggest geopolitical threats of wants to upend their political sys- Biden announced a wide-ranging which starts Friday and runs for the next few decades. President Xi tem: One that sees free speech and supply-chain review of semiconduc- about a week. While the Commu- Jinping is similarly worried the democracy as essential to prosperi- tors, pharmaceuticals, rare-earth nist Party has shown it can quickly U.S. will block China’s rise, and ty, and another that puts one-party and high-capacity batteries, channel billions of dollars to con- this week will unveil plans for rule above individual liberty to part of a broader plan to out-com- trol the supply chains of emerging Kidnapped greater self-sufficiency. deliver economic growth. pete China that includes $2 trillion sectors like solar power and elec- At an annual session of China’s At stake for Xi is more than just in infrastructure spending. tric vehicles, it has also swiftly legislature, top Communist Party improving the lives of China’s 1.4 “If we don’t get moving, they’re reined in the private sector if risks Nigerian schoolgirls leaders will approve a five-year pol- billion people, which is key to the going to eat our lunch,” Biden told escalate -- seen most recently by icy blueprint to cut dependence on Communist Party’s justification for reporters in February after holding the 11th-hour halt of an initial pub- the West for crucial components effectively banning political opposi- President Xi Jinping his first call with Xi. EU Trade lic offering by billionaire Jack Ma’s released like computer chips while also tion. He also wants to show the Commissioner Valdis Dombrovskis Ant Group Co. Premier Li Keqiang More than 275 Nigerian schoolgirls kid- making big bets on emerging tech- party can play a successful role in nese characteristics,” Xi said last separately highlighted concerns will outline plans Friday to keep napped last Friday have been returned safely, nologies from hydrogen vehicles to guiding the economy, particularly year. On Monday, he called the par- that Beijing was giving unfair the economy humming over the government officials say. biotech. The push to mobilize tril- after U.S. President Donald ty’s “glorious traditions” a “pre- advantages to Chinese companies, next 12 months, which may include The Nigerian government has denied pay- lions of dollars could help China Trump’s administration sought to cious spiritual treasure.” But the telling Bloomberg Television last fresh measures to boost consump- ing a ransom for the girls, and officials have surpass the U.S. as the world’s big- undermine its legitimacy to rule U.S. is now looking for allies to month that the bloc would cooper- tion even as he stops short of giv- not said who's responsible. It's unclear gest economy this decade and and destroy national champions help thwart Xi’s aspirations, both ate with the U.S. on challenges ing an official growth target for a whether the captors were arrested. cement Xi’s goal of turning the such as Huawei Technologies Co. through denying Beijing access to stemming “from the socio-econom- second straight year. (Bloomberg) The government initially said 317 girls nation into a superpower. and Semiconductor Manufac- were abducted, but today revised the number “The most important thing is the turing International Corp., to 279 without explanation. They were taken magnitude of the ambition -- this is China’s largest microchip from their beds at the Government Girls Sci- bigger than anything Japan, South manufacturer. Beijing’s confi- ence Secondary School in the town of Korea or the U.S. ever did,” said dence in its political system Jangebe. Barry Naughton, a professor at the has grown after it quickly Witnesses told reporters that gunmen — University of California, San contained Covid-19 following some wearing uniforms and disguised as Diego, and one of the world’s top delays by local officials in security personnel — arrived at the school researchers on China’s economy. sharing information that in pickup trucks and on motorcycles around “The ambition is to push the econ- allowed it to spread around 1 a.m. last Friday (7 p.m. ET Thursday). omy through the gateway of a the globe. Economists pre- They then "broke into the students' hostels" technological revolution.” dict China’s economy will and "forcefully evacuated" them. The race to develop the most expand 8.3% this year, com- The girls' kidnapping and return are the advanced technology is stoking pared with 4.1% in the U.S. latest in a string of other similar instances in U.S.-China tensions following dec- “The pandemic once again Nigeria. On Saturday, a group of 42 people ades of integration that raised liv- proves the superiority of the kidnapped last month were released by their ing standards around the globe. socialist system with Chi- captors. In December, 300 abducted school- boys were let go after negotiations. Nigerian President Muhammadu Buhari tweeted Tuesday that the Nigerian govern- Celebrating International ment is "working hard to bring an end to these grim and heartbreaking incidents of kidnapping." (NPR) Women's Day With Ancient pet cemetery Local Handicrafts Promotion program for women entrepreneurs unearthed in Egypt Excavations of the early Roman port of Berenice in Egypt have unearthed the remains of nearly 600 cats and dogs from an ancient pet cemetery thought to be the earliest known yet discovered dating from 2000 years ago. Berenice, also called Berenice Troglodyti- ca, and Baranis, was founded in 275 BC by Ptolemy II Philadelphus (285–246 BC), who named it after his mother, Berenice I of ™ Craft Stalls Egypt. From the 1st century BC until the 2nd century AD, Berenice was one of the ™ Craft Demonstrations trans-shipping points of trade between India, Sri Lanka, Arabia, and Upper Egypt. ™ Crafts Training Evidence for the cemetery was first dis- covered by Archaeozoologist Marta Osypin- ™ Cultural Show ska and her colleagues at the Polish Acade- my of Sciences back in 2011, who discov- ered remains beneath a Roman rubbish 04th March pile. In 2017, her team announced the discov- from 8.30 a.m .to 8.30 p.m. ery of 100 animals (mainly cats), but the exact nature of the bone assemblages was @ Diyatha Uyana Premises, unclear, thought possibly to simply be dis- carded rubbish at the time. Battaramulla During the latest series of excavations, Osypinska and her colleagues uncovered the Organized by remains of 585 animals buried in pits, with many covered with textiles or pieces of ceramics forming a kind of sarcophagus. National Crafts Council, A veterinarian studying the bone assem- State Ministry of Rattan, , blages has determined that most animals appear to have died from injury or disease, Pottery, Furniture and Rural with some showing evidence of fractured Industry Promotion legs and breaks in the bones. Of the 585 animal remains, more than web - www.craftscouncil.gov.lk 90% were cats (many with iron collars or made with glass and shells), with dogs making up 5%, and the rest being baboons and two species of macaques National Crafts Council native to the Indian subcontinent. 011 2785282, 011 2784424 (Heritage Daily) 14 BUsIness wednesday, march 3, 2021 feature Int’l StandardS for clImate change a major concern for businesses and protecting the planet

Dr LaLith Senaweera for third-party validation and verification bod- ies. Moreover, the skills, knowledge, experi- he world-leading standards body the ence, and qualifications of personnel is a criti- International Organization for Stand- cal aspect of verification bodies, ISO 14066, ardization (ISO), the International in turn, specifies the competency requirements TElectro-technical Commission (IEC), for such staff. Furthermore, ISO 14064-2 and the International Telecommunication describes processes for quantifying, monitor- (ITU) each year on October 14th celebrate the ing, and reporting GHG emission reductions World Standards Day to salute the collabora- or removal enhancements at the project level. tive efforts of experts who are involved in the For instance, ISO 14064-2 can be applied for formulation of voluntary standards for the bet- a project of Reforestation for offsetting CO 2 terment of the world activities paving the way emissions, in which trees are sinks or absorb- to enhancing the quality of life of people. The ers for CO2. In other words, using ISO theme declared last year was “Protecting the 14064-2 the projected CO2 can be calculated. planet with standards”. Likewise, ISO 14064-3 standard specifies I take my hat off to the presidents of the requirements and guides verifying and validat- three main standards bodies for selecting a ing reports of GHG emissions, reductions, and timely important issue as the year 2020 theme removals. Therefore ISO 1406x series of for the world standards day which reempha- standards are very logical and connected like sizes the importance of paying attention to the a chain of activities and therefore use of those climate change issues and the value of use standards pave the way to tackle climate standards in addressing such issues. change issues in a very systematic and scien- Now a day’s world community has given tific manner. considerable attention to address climate change effects as the future of the planet a way forward depends on how the present generation takes steps to control climate change issues. One of All sectors of the economy require to take the major concerns that all of us in the world appropriate actions to reduce GHG emissions face is to control the rising temperature level even though a considerable amount of GHG of the planet, which is known as Global emissions are coming from the industry and Warming. The world leaders agreed to reduce agriculture sectors. Not only reducing or miti- the global emission especially to limit the gating actions, but it is also very much impor- cumulative emissions of long-lived green- are ISO 15839 Water quality, ISO 20325 tant to take adaptation measures and those house gases, including carbon dioxide and Service activities relating to drinking measures can be categorized as ‘soft” and nitrous oxide, and considerable reductions in water supply and wastewater systems, “hard” measures. The soft measures include other climate forcers. Even US President Joe ISO 24516-1 Drinking water distribution setting appropriate policies, training, develop- Biden announced a sound plan to tackle cli- networks and ISO 14046 Water footprint. ing early warning systems, or adopting new mate change and he signed an executive order In the same manner for SDG 10- Reduce insurance policies. Also, hard measures deals with climate change that is a very posi- inequality also one of the famous ISO include product, process changes, and infra- tive and welcome move towards addressing standards is ISO 26000-Social Responsi- structure changes. We as Sri Lankan’s also can this global issue. During the fifty years due to bility. In the same manner, IEC has also initiate adaptation measures depending on the improper human behaviour, the experts in the introduced standards that are not situation in addition to the mitigation meas- world indicated that greenhouse gases (GHG) addressed by the ISO. For instance, SDG ures to address the GHG emission issues by such as carbon dioxide, methane, and nitrous 4 –Quality Education, IEC has introduced using relevant appropriate standards. In this oxide were produced leading to the increase standards for hardware such as computers, connection it is worthwhile to indicate ISO is of Earth’s temperature. We have evidenced mobile phones, displays, printers, etc. in the process of formulation of the following about the rise of Earth’s temperature as we Moreover, SDG 6- Water and Sanitation standards to address the adaptation measures; experienced more intense heat waves, IEC standards cover water extraction, ISO 14090, Adaptation to climate change – droughts, floods, wildfires, etc. causing much desalination, purification, distribution, and Principles, requirements, and guidelines damage to the quality of life of the people and use and wastewater management. ISO 14091, Adaptation to climate change – the economic growth of the countries as those contributions are relatively important as those In furtherance, the International Tele- Vulnerability, impacts, and risk assessment, activities, in turn, makes losses in biodiversity, are also contribute considerably to increasing communication Union (ITU) has pub- and crop failures, and infrastructure-related dam- the Earth’s temperature. In other words, even lished a broad set of ITU-T Recommen- ISO 14092, GHG management, and related ages. though CO2 is a highly released GHG gas to dations, which are usually implemented, activities: requirement and guidance of adap- According to the fourth assessment report the atmosphere other gases also important to because they guarantee the ensuring of tation planning for organizations including of the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate consider due to the contributory effect of such the global communicational network local governments and communities. Change (IPCC), this is mainly due to the gases on climate change. The details of the coordination and provision of technical ISO has already published ISO 14090 burning of fossil fuels in power stations and GHG gases and their main sources are given services. The Internet and its connected standards and in the process of finalizing the our vehicles. As an effort towards limiting the in the following table. technologies are not properly used or do other two standards. Therefore those standards rise of temperature well above 2°C, by the end However, the scientific community found not have the skills to use by half of the once published can also be used for adaptation of the century, a policy framework has already that Carbon Dioxide is the main contributor to world’s population and hence ITU is mak- measures that help to take appropriate actions been framed and agreed upon as part of the raising the temperature of the earth, and nor- sixty-nine (169) targets were indicated. The ing a significant contribution by assisting in a focused manner to get the best results. Paris agreement and as a result, each country mally it is sequestered from the atmosphere beauty of these SDGs is they provide the countries to transition into the digital era as The beauty of these standards is they are non- needs to submit their agreed National Deter- when it is absorbed by plants as part of the guidance for nations for ending poverty and that would help to create a digital society to linear and therefore irrespective of the size, mined Contributions (NDCs) to United biological carbon cycle. We as humans need building economic growth that needs to be meet all 17SDGs. type of activities, and whether it is already Nations Framework Convention on Climate to provide support for effective implementa- taken place simultaneously giving due consid- engaged in adaptive activities or not, the Change (UNFCCC) and those are reviewed to tion of the carbon cycle by carrying our activ- eration to the handling of climate change and role of Standards and standards can be used. It is also possible to check the compliance. This approach is ities in a well–behaved and disciplined man- environmental protection while addressing Climate action (SDG 13) use standards to develop the National Adapta- designed as a voluntary measure to achieve ner by maintaining our forests and by planting societal needs such as education, health, social tion Plans (NAPs)coherently and strategically. the said objective as the scientific community trees and that create an ecological balance in protection, and job opportunities. The seven- As explained we can observe very clearly noted that the rise of earth’s temperature well the earth leading to a situation of emission teen SDGs are given below: that SDG 13 is purely dedicated to climate Concluding remarks above 2°C, may lead to catastrophic and irre- reduction. Since this requires a well-focused To achieve these SDGs goals & targets change and that indicates the importance versible weather events causing much damage approach, and that was made available to us requires a sound political will and commit- given to climate change and also considering To have best practices within an organiza- to the planet. as Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) ment as these SDGs cut across the entire the objectives of other SDGs we can see that tion using the standards should come from the Moreover, the scientific community also and what we need to do is to understand those gamut of activities of a nation paving the way those are also having an interrelationship top-level as a strategic direction then it will noted that the ice-disappearing even in the and to practice them to gain the expected ben- for sustainable development. In this regard to withSDG13. It is very much clear that the become a reality as it will help to develop a North Pole and this trend continues then in efits. have sustainable growth, it is necessary to SDGs have given us a very clear direction as plan of action that provides the opportunity future the Arctic will free of ice and that will have a focused approach in a responsible a nation on what we need to do in achieving for the senior management for developing pol- have a major impact on climate paving the Setting the Stage- 17 Goals manner covering social, environmental, and the required results. As discussed that SDG icies and awareness and capacity building of way that makes the Earth uninhabitable for to protect Our Planet economic practices by having sound partner- Goal 13 is purely covered climate action employees to implement green practices that most species, including us. We as Sri Lankans ships between the public and private sectors which indicates that “Take urgent action to would support to address the climate change are also highly vulnerable to the impacts of To meet the threshold limit of global tem- with a clear direction and mandate to address combat climate change and its impacts” and in issues while contributing to achieving the Sus- climate change creating negative socio-eco- peratures to 1.5 °C by 2030, the emissions sustainable development by 2030. The inter- this regards standards have a multi-faceted tainable Development Goals which finally nomic outcomes in different sectors. Since we need to be reduced by 7.6% every year but as esting point to note is that ISO & IEC have role to play in handling climate change, from help to protect the planet. as humans are responsible for generating per the UN Environment’s Emissions Gap developed and published standards for SDG top governmental level, organizational levels, The world nations including Sri Lanka have GHG emissions it is high time for us to look Report 2019 the countries are not taking suffi- goals making a significant contribution and through to tactical applications at the project developed their National Adaptation Plans for sound ways and means as individuals and cient actions to achieve the said threshold. any interested organization can use these and even product levels. (NAPs) to meet the requirements of the Paris as a nation collectively to contribute to the As a global effort for all nations poor, mid- standards to make their contribution as a way It is a fact that industrialization has caused Agreement. Normally these NAPS include the reduction of GHG emissions as that would dle-income and rich, to address climate of supporting to achieve these SDGs. damage to the environment by releasing GHG national commitments covering businesses help to protect our planet for future genera- change issues leading to sustainable develop- Because the application of relevant stand- gases because of the operation of industrial and industry sectors actions and strategies. tions to live happily. ment adopted seventeen sustainable develop- ards provides a systematic approach of col- activities even though the industries contribute The important fact that we need to note is that ment goals in the year 2015 at the United lecting the data related to the progress of the heavily to the economic growth of any nation. ISO has facilitated this process also by intro- Main GhG Gases and its Nations General Assembly. Out of seventeen SDGs permitting government policymakers Hence industry can act as a change agent for ducing a series of International Standards with impact on Global warming Sustainable Goals (SDGs), Goal number 13 is and development agencies and practitioners to having minimal damage to the environment supporting guidelines as indicated in the pre- purely to cover climate change issues and it make fact-based decisions. For instance, ISO while manufacturing the products by follow- vious section. The importance of these stand- The scientific community has pointed out has nine (9) targets. All together under seven- has introduced seven standards for SDG 6- ing environmentally-friendly (green) practices. ards is those standards can use to address spe- that like carbon dioxide (CO2) other gases’ teen goals (17) there were one hundred and Clean water and sanitation, and some of them It is worthwhile to note that most of the man- cific issues of climate change requirements to ufacturing facilities set ambitious goals to cur- develop effective, efficient, and deliverable tail carbon emissions and waste impacts of measures by having a pragmatic approach to products etc. But the fact remains that just set- prevent or mitigate the harm caused by cli- ting the scene would not bring in results mate change issues. unless it is properly established and systemati- Hence the standards are available to use for cally managed and monitored. One way of mitigation and adaptation measures but to doing this is to use standards as those provide understand the contents and the application of best practices to be followed within an organi- these standards is important as that would zation to achieve its goals. Furthermore, the help to achieve the best results. In this regard, use of standards support to align trade poli- the implementation of adaptation measures cies, and overseas market development paving like training and awareness on the application the way to have sustainable production giving and contents of these standards is very much preference to credibly certified goods important to enlighten the relevant authorities As a baseline inventory to tackle and con- so that as Sri Lankans we can also contribute trol GHG emissions from the starting point of significantly to reduce GHG emissions lead- activities at the organizational level, ISO has ing to protect the earth. developed and introduced several standards as It is always better to use internationally rec- ISO 1406 x some of those standards can even ognized best practices because Sri Lankans be applied at the individual level to address would also benefit from the implementation of carbon footprint. For example, ISO 14064-1 these practices which are addressed in the for quantifying GHG emissions at the organi- International Standards and therefore obtain- zational level considering the organization’s ing an understanding of the requirements of boundaries. The use of these standards helps these standards not only help to address the the organization level or individual level to climate change issues in overall basis but also capture GHG emission-related data in a very to support the burning issue of protecting the systematic manner so that it supports making planet. Furthermore, this would help to create the right decisions for regulatory bodies sustainable and environmentally friendly busi- because of the development of a reliable data ness enterprises which in turn support Sri system. Lanka to contribute effectively to the global It helps the government strategic level to effort of combating climate change issues. make a policy framework to address the burn- ing climate-related issues. Likewise, ISO the writer is retired Director General/CeO of the Source: ISO Focus 14065 provides a quality assurance framework Sri Lanka Standards institution. wednesday, march 3, 2021 sport page 15 DN Haritha Hansana Radhika Hettiarachchi wins Online Youth Chess Tourney the ‘Iron Man’ of rugby DhAmmikA RAtNAweeRA Haritha Hansana AlthAf NAwAz offered at school in the year 1995 Jonah Lomu. He was coached by countries, where he played a piv- from Denipitiya Pri- It is very rare to see a player and 1996 respectively. Due to his late George Simpkin, Hemantha otal role as a player while cap- mary School emerged engage in various sporting disci- excellent performance in that Yatawara, Laga(Tavita Thulage- taining the National team bring- champion at the Inau- plines during his school career, era, he bagged several trophies. si), Yohan Taylor and Ananda ing honour and fame to the coun- gural CFSL Online unless he maintains an extremely During the latter stages of his Kasthuriarachchi. He played for try. He occupied the positions of Youth (Under 12Yrs) good physique . Radhika Hettiar- school career, he was a member Up Country Lions Sports Club wing three quarter and full back’ Championship con- achchi was one of them who of the college Athletic Team in in 2012 and 2013 and captained during his tenure in the National ducted by Chess Fed- excelled in several sports in 1996. He went on to win second the knockout tournament. Won side. At the National level he was eration of Sri Lanka school and later ended up as one place at the Central Province the Inter Club sevens champion- coached by Ana Saranapala, (CFSL) yesterday of the finest ruggerites and an Athletic Championship in the ship for them in 2013 and called retired DIG Nimal Lewke, with the perfect score excellent coach. same year. He was a member of it a day to his club rugby career George Simpkin, Asanga Senevi- of nine out of nine Radhika was born in 1977 in the college hockey team and was with some unforgettable memo- ratne, Imthi Marikkar, Chandris- games. the outskirts of the city of Kandy. a member of the College under- ries under the coaching of Imthi han Perera, Ajith Abeyratne, Hansana beat With a height of over five feet he 19 bodybuilding and weightlift- Marikkar. He also played for Tony Amit, Ben Gollings, C.P. Krithik Koneshwaran, was called the ‘Iron Man’ in the ing teams. While in school, he CH, CR and Air Force in short Abeygunawardana and Dr. Maiya Methan Sritharan, field of rugby. His father was was instrumental in securing stints. Gunasekera. Asini Gamage, S Fair- Vijey Hettiarachchi a business- several trophies which included He had the National call in After quitting club rugby, he ooz, BAM Arachchi, haritha hansana man while his mother Nirmala is winning the Plate Championship 2003 with the under-24 Sri completed World Rugby Level-3 Sithum Pahasara, a housewife. He had two siblings in 1996 in the 10-a-side inter Lanka team at the age of 19. He part one, IRB Level -2 Coaching, Pamok Samaranayake, Sasula Pathirana and SSLN Vinod the elder brother and school rugby tournament. Los- was then appointed as captain of IRB Level One Coaching and Dandeniya,on his way to emerge champion. Udaya the younger brother, both ing to their home town school the Sri Lanka National sevens currently working as Head Coach Hansana is one of the strongest youth chess players of whom schooled at Dharmaraja St. Anthony’s College, Katugas- team in 2003, 2004, 2009 and of Sri Lanka Army Rugby Team in Sri Lanka who won the National Youth Under 10 College. Udaya played rugby for tota in the knockout semi finals, wing three quarter in the back 2010 playing as prop and hooker from 2019 to 2021. He held the years event in 2019 and has represented Sri Lanka in the school and later donned the which ended in a draw , then division. respectively winning several tro- post of Head Coach of Nepal many International events. jersey of Kandy Sports Club, CR moved to extra time which also After he left school, he opted phies. He went on to captain the National Men’s and Women’s 7s Thehara Galagedara of Musaeus College won the and FC and Sri Lanka. Radhika could not produce a result. Ulti- to play club rugby and enrolled Sri Lanka team at the Common- Team from 2018 to 2019. He was medal with eight points in nine games. She is also attended Dharmaraja College, mately the winner was decided with Kandy Sports Club in 1997 wealth Games in 2010, the the Head Coach of Dharmaraja one of the best girls’ chess players in the country. She Kandy from his primary educa- on a penalty shoot out which and surged ahead until 2005. Dubai, South Africa, Malaysia College Kandy First XV Team in won all her games except against Dinith Perera in the tion to higher studies, before he Antonians won 3-2 Then he rejoined and locked and the Singapore Sevens. In 2013/14 and 2015/16 seasons. second round. left school in 1996. Apart from At school he was coached by horns with them from 2008 to 1998, he made his debut in XV-a- As Head Coach he guided his Aloka Hettiarachchi of Nalanda College also scored his active involvement in studies, Gunawardana, Padmasiri, Nimal, 2010 . He led them in 2004 to side rugby with the Sri Lanka school to win the Schools League eight points in nine games to share the second place he was a sports fanatic during his Srimal along with two past stu- win the ‘Triple Crown’ as undis- National team on tour of Aus- Championship followed by the with Thehara but had to be satisfied with the Bronze childhood and was an active dents Dimuthu and Weera. He puted champions that year, tralia. In 1999 he played against William Gopallawa trophy in medal according to the tie breaker. member of the college football wanted to extend special thanks He was adjudged Best Cap- China and won both matches. 2013. His illustrious career was a He was unbeaten throughout the event, just giving team from to Anil Jayasinghe who coached tain of the Tournament in 2004. Won the Quadrangular tourna- lengthy one instrumental in two draws to Sethum Manuwaruna in the first round under-12 to 19 age categories, his first XV team in 1995/1996 Best Player of the Tournament ment in Singapore. In 2000 guiding the schools and clubs to and Ashad Mohammed in the 7th round and scored ending up by leading them in seasons. He initially occupied in 2002 and the best three-quar- played against Chinese Taipei at win several championships. seven wins. under-12, 14 and 19 age groups. the center three quarter berth ter of the Tournament in 2003. Nittawela. He also represented His wife is Chathurika and his The CFSL Online Youth under 12 Years Champion- He was awarded college Colours later went on to play as full back Owing to his scintillating perfor- the country at several tourna- children are Methumya (14) and ship was a remarkable event with a participation of and ‘Dagoba’ the highest award and ended up by playing as a mance, he was called Sri Lanka’s ments held in Asia and other Kinara (11) years old. more than 230 chess players from all over the country. Ramika Dihen a talented gymnast achira senanayake a promising volleyball star UpANANDA JAyAsUNDeRA came third in Vault and Kandy Sports Special Corr ended up in sixth place in Ramika Dihen Perera, a Parallel Highbar and in grade nine student of St. 2019 he won the Floor and Sylvester’s College,Kandy Parallel Bar and came sec- started gymnastics in the ond in Parallel Highbar and year 2013 under the coach- fourth in Vault event. At the ing of Amal Rasanga,the Junior gymnastic Champi- International Level one onship he came fourth in Gymnastic Coach. Ramika Floor and in 2017 he Dihen is a 14 year old tal- secured the second place in ented gymnast who has Vault and in 2019 came first won many tournaments at in Vault and second in Floor Provincial level, junior event. At the all Island national level as well as Schools games he secured international level. In the second place in Floor event. year 2016 he became first In the first International in floor event,Vault event, Gymnastic Cup tournament Rings and Parallel Bar in 2016 at the Under 10 age events and in 2017 too he group he came first in Floor, repeated his performances Parallal Bar and Pommel at the same meet. Ramika Dihen perera after receiving the international Gym- Horse. He performed well at the nastic Cup. picture by Upananda Jayasundera-kandy sports spl. Corr Ramika is thankful to his gymnastic tournament con- year 2018 he ended up sec- allel Highbar. At the Jun- Coach Amal Rasanga for ducted by the Department ond in Vault and Floor ior National Artistic Gym- making him a talented gym- Dhammissara National school Nattandiya were the All island Dialog Volleyball Champions 2018. standing l/R – Roshan of Education and he came events and in 2019 Ramika nastics Championship he nast and to the Prefect of Arunasiri, Ashen Rashmika, mahela indiwera, Channa Jayasekera (head Coach), Anthony ivan (trainer), Achira senanay- first in Floor and second in obtained first place in Rings continued his winning Games, Thusitha Pallekum- ake (Captain), Nuwan tharaka, Avishka kaushalya. squatting in front l/R – sayuru kanishka, Nilantha sadanuwan, Vault at the Central Prov- and second place in Floor, spree when he won the bura for the guidance given Ashen Danushka, Nuwanga Dilshan (picture by Dilwin mendis, moratuwa sports special Correspondent) ince Meet in 2017. In the Vault, Parallel Bar and Par- Floor event and in 2017 he to him. DilwiN meNDis National Schools Volleyball Champi- Moratuwa Sports Special Correspondent onship and once again he was award- Sri Lanka Schools under 23 vol- ed colours In 2019 too they won the sri lankan Olympic stars of yesteryear leyball player and coloursman Achira DIalog Trophy and he captained the Hettiarachchi Senanayake has team . In 2018 they won the Munchee brought honour and fame to his Alma Trophy and in the same year they Boxer sumith Liyanage was the sports star of 1960 Mater Dhammissara National School won the Rupavahini Gold Challenge Nattandiya. He was admitted to Trophy and he was awarded the Best Boxer Sumith Mohandas Pitigala Although Liyanage took the major Grade One of this school in 2003 Lockers Award. Liyanage who participated at the honours on that occasion, he lost the when R. K. W. Gunawardene was the The school team was rewarded Rome Olympics in 1960 had his edu- bout by a narrow margin. Principal and his first class teacher with a tour to Malaysia and with all cation at Ananda College and Nalanda Adamski won the Silver Medal was Mrs. Sujatha. these performances under his belt he College. Both at Ananda and Nalanda, while losing to his Italian opponent in In 2012 he attended Volleyball was selected for the tour of Myanmar he participated in the Stubbs Shield the final by a narrow margin. practices and his coach was Channa and 16 teams participated and Sri Boxing Meets and remained unbeaten Although Liyanage was subject to Jayasekera. In the year 2013 their Lanka Team came up to Super Eight. in the schools boxing ring. fierce attacks he never faced defeat on school won the Divisional, Zonal, In 2019 they were the Dialog Cham- At Ananda, he played for the Under- knock-out. After he returned from the District Tournaments and in the pions and he won school colours 12, Under-14 and Under-16 Cricket Olympic Games, he was defeated by same year in the National Tourna- Achira senanayake In 2019 he was selected to the Teams while at Nalanda, he played for Police Constable Mahagedara at a ments they were the runners up and Then in 2019 representing the Sabaragamuwa University and repre- three years as an opening bowler. Dur- local meet. in 2014 they won the Lower Tourna- under 23 age group they came third senting them in the All Island Inter ing the period from 1955 to 1968 for sumith liyanage But subsequently he defeated ments and their school were the run- in the Dialog Volleyball Tournament University Volleyball Tournament 12 years he won the National Boxing Mahagedara to regain his champion- ners up of the All Island DSI Schools and in the following year he cap- they were the All Island Champions Championships while knocking out Asian Games in Bangkok, Thailand in ship. Having retired from the ring in Tournament and in 2016 their under tained the under 23 team and won and he received University Volleyball his opponents often in the very first 1962. 1968, Sumith took to shooting and he 16 team achieved the same result at the Dialog Trophy and he was award- Colours and in the Sri Lanka Beach rounds. He won the National Champi- He won Gold Medals having par- displayed excellence in this field by the Lower Grade and in the DSI ed School Volleyball Colours. In 2018 Volleyball Tournament they were the onships in the bantamweight, feather- ticipated in International Boxing recording continuous victories. Tournament they were second. their school won the All Island champions. weight and lightweight classes. He events held in New Delhi, India and in He became the most acclaimed was also honoured as the Sports Star Karachi, Pakistan in 1963. marksman in the Sri Lanka Police of the Year 1960. Liyanage was selected as Sri Lan- Service. At the Defence Services His success at National Champion- ka’s number one boxer for the Olym- Shooting Championships the Sri ships and participating in Interna- pic Games in Rome in 1960. To Lanka Police Team led by Liyanage Kingswood a well balanced team tional events as a schoolboy was a achieve this success, he was coached won the President’s Challenge Cup on hAfiz mARikAR since 2019. He has played Gazaly, A.Dodanwela, H. vice captain, Mahasen remarkable feature in his sports and guided by C. A. Wickramasinghe several occasions. He was placed Kingswood College for Kandy District and Cen- Perusinghe, S.G. Jayasun- Ranasinghe - keeper career. and Police Inspector Ekanayake for eighth at the World Shooting Champi- cricket team this year is led tral Province teams, Tamil dera, L. H de Silva, S. ,Mahasen Abeykoon, Cha- Having won the National Boxing well over five months. onships held in Denmark in 1968 by Dumindu Bandara , a Union Cricket and Athletic Corteling, D.Mahindadasa, muduka Abeyratne, Asiri Championship in 1956, Liyanage par- At the Olympics Liyanage faced his while competing in the pistol shoot- third year coloursman, who Club and for Kandy cricket D. Aluwihare and Lionel Ekanayake, Hasintha Polko- ticipated in the South Asian Boxing first contender Jerzy Adamski from ing category. is a stylish batsman and his club . Sirisena. The other out- tuwa, Mayuranga Rajapak- events in Rangoon, Burma, in 1957. Poland. In the first round, Adamski The placing at the World Champi- deputy is Anul Seneviratne In the past they have pro- standing cricketers are sha, Ameesha, Pasindu After participating in the 1960 Olym- was at the receiving end but clung on onships was a great achievement in another top batsman .King- duced several top class Shelton Perera, Herbert Doolwala, Hasanga Ratnay- pic Games he was nominated for the to a ring post to fightback. his sporting career. (C.D) swood College is blessed teams and cricketers . The Jayasuriya, Clifford Rat- ake, Ashen Vitharana, with a good coach and a year 1962 was one of their navibushana, Derrick Ravindu Bandara, Dilmin well-balanced side. They finest years in which they Schokman, M. Nizar, J. Dissanayake, Ganuka Salu- not only possess a formida- won several matches and Mendis, D. Wickremasuri- wadana, Pamod Rajapakse , Kalmunai Studio 96 Brothers Team cricket champions ble batting line up but also beat Trinity College for the ya, Ajith Gannoruwa, Lak- Ashen Ratnayake, Coach (Text and Picture by: a penetrative attack and are first time. , Their big match shman Galwaduge, Wija- Halimdeen Mohammed ADDAlAiCheNAi CeNtRAl determined to give of their is against Dharmaraja Col- ratne brothers Tissa and Rikaz -, MIC NalinRatnnay- CORRespONDeNt) best this year. lege Kandy Lalith, Jerome Gray,Faiz ake. Studio 96 Brothers Team from Kal- This time the lads from In1958, Maurice Fer- Samad, Mangala Dhar- This year’s tournament munai won the overall championship Randles Hills are fortunate nando, brought honour to maprema (the 1985 cap- fixtures are against PDSKu- in KIMAA Super League - 2021 to have the services of Kingswood when he was tain who scored a double laratne College Ambalan- Champion Trophy limited over crick- Haladeen Mohammed unanimously chosen as the century against Vidyartha goda in Kandy, and the sec- et tournament played at Wesley Col- Rikaz as coach. He learnt Schoolboy Cricketer of the College), Hilmy Gafoor, ond game is with Royal lege playground, Kalmunai recently. his cricket at St.Anthony’s Year and their last win in Nazar Razak (who repre- College Panadura away, Kalmunai VRK Stallions Team was College, and is one of the the big match was under sented the Sri LankaYouth third game with Henegama the runner-up at this tournament, finest cricketers to come him in 1958. The others Team in 1987), Gayan Fer- MMV away, fourth game which included six teams from the out of that school..He is who have excelled for the nando, H.N.T.Gamage and with Kegalu Vidyalaya in Kalmunai area. doing his best to help King- Kingwoodains at cricket Tuan Azari Miskin. Kandy and the fifth game Studio 96 Brothers Team in Kalmunai overs. Studio 96 Brothers team in reply Kalmunai Wesley College Principal swood cricket regain its are Owen Mottau whose Kingswood College with Sri Rahula College beat VRK Stallions Team, Kalmunai in scored 73 runs in 9.2 overs. Winners S.Kalayarasan, sponsors, teams offi- past glory. He has years of team comprised of S.B. cricket squad this year - Kandy followed by the big the final. VRK Stallions Team batting were awarded Trophy and Rs.20,000.00 cials, players and many others were experience in the coaching Elikawela, D. Perera, Dumindu Bandara – cap- match with Dhamaraja Col- first scored 72 runs all out in eight cash prize by the guests present at the event. field and has been coaching M.H.Marikar, A.H.M. tain, Anul Seneviratne - lege. wednesday, march 3, 2021 page 16

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Sports Diary (March 3) LOCAL EVENTS TENNIS turn in first T20 - Arthur SSC Open Tournament Sri Lanka Head Coach Mickey Arthur attempt to get into that eventual World make it to the Sri Lanka T20 Team very at SSC Courts, believes that the series against Cup Squad. I am expecting these young soon. Maitland Place the West Indies could be an opportunity players to come in and play without any “It was the first time that I saw Pathum FOREIGN EVENTS for the young players to showcase their fear. At the training session these players Nissanka because he was injured in the CRICKET talent and potential ahead of the ICC were superb. The intensity with the field- past and I am really impressed with his West Indies vs Sri Lanka T20 World Cup in India. ing sessions was outstanding,” he talent and potential. He could certainly (1 st T20I) at Antigua He made these observations after a stressed. be an all-format player for Sri Lanka.” Afghanistan vs Zimbabwe training session at the Coolidge Cricket The 52-year-old former South African “Bandara impressed me a lot at the (1 st Test) at Abu Ground in Antigua, which will be the also said that the conditions would some- training session last night. He was very Dhabi (2nd day) venue for the first T20 International what suit the Sri Lankan players with the busy at the crease when he bats and he (Pakistan Super League): between the West Indies and Sri Lanka wicket expected to take some turn in this was very enthusiastic and he was electric Karachi Kings on March 3. (SL time 3.30 a.m. March night encounter. with his fielding. He creates that amaz- vs Peshawar Zalmi 4). “The wicket is very bare and it is going ing intensity. I am looking forward to Quetta Gladiators “To be honest the boys got down to to take a bit of turn. So this is a very seen Bandara and Nissanka getting an vs Multan Sultans their training last night and worked good opportunity for the spinners to opportunity somewhere along the mark Akeal Hosein, Evin Lewis, Obed Fernando, , (Both matches at Karachi) incredibly hard. The training was of impress and secure a place in the Asia and showing us what they can do,” he New Zealand Women McCoy, Rovman Powell, Lendl Sim- Danushka Gunathilaka, Dimuth really high standard. This is a good Cup and World Cup Teams with both added. mons and Kevin Sinclair. Karunaratne, , vs England Women opportunity for the young players to step tournaments to be worked off in the sub- The squads: (1 st T20) at Wellington Sri Lanka: Angelo Mathews (Cap- Dilshan Madushanka, Kamindu Men- up and do the job and show us what they continent,” he explained. West Indies: Kieron Pollard (Cap- tain) Ashen Bandara, Dushmantha dis, Ramesh Mendis, Pathum New Zealand vs Australia got,” Arthur told journalists. Arthur also predicted that newcomers tain), , Fabian Allen, (3 rd T20I) Chameera, , Akila Nissanka,, Nuwan “This is a great opportunity for them Pathum Nissanka and Ashen Bandara are Dwayne Bravo, Fidel Edwards, Andre Dananjaya, , Niro- Pradeep and . at Wellington to put in some good performances in an two really promising players who could Fletcher, Chris Gayle, Jason Holder, FOOTBALL (Premier League): shan Dickwella, Oshada (Agencies) Burnley vs Leicester City Sheffield United vs Aston Villa Crystal Palace vs Manchester United TENNIS Lyon Open at Halle malinga to play a role for sL in T20 wc Tony Garnier, France Rotterdam Open Legendary Sri Lankan fast ga, and the ace fast bowler knowledge with the young Arthur told journalists in at Rotterdam, Netherlands bowler is like- could be roped in as a mentor cricketers of the Sri Lankan Antigua on Monday. Qatar Total Open at Doha ly to receive a mentoring role for Sri Lanka’s future T20 Team. Malinga, who is a veteran of Argentina Open at Buenos Aires with the National Cricket assignments. “I think, he has had a fan- 84 T20 Internationals has Lawn Tennis Club Team ahead of the ICC Twen- Arthur also believed that tastic career. I think, with the announced his retirement Badminton ty20 World Cup in India. Malinga has a wealth of World Cup being cancelled from franchise cricket but has Swiss Open at Basel, Sri Lanka Head Coach knowledge in white-ball crick- last year it has just become a not made any announcement Switzerland Mickey Arthur said he has et and he is keen to see the bridge too far for him. But he on retiring from the Sri Lanka Lasith Malinga held discussions with Malin- bowling legend impart that has had a wonderful career,” T20 Team. (Agencies) ashwin, the second fastest Prime minister inaugurates to take 400 Test ‘Gamata Pitiyak’ programme DhAMMiKA RAtnAweeRA island-wide covering all 332 Divisional inDiKA weLAGeDARA It has been a dream Secretariats. Thirty four year run for me” said Ash- The ‘Gamata Pitiyak’ rural playground “A playground is the right of every old Indian right arm win. development programme was inaugurat- child and the foundation of every sports- off spinner Ravichan- Only Muttiah Mura- ed yesterday, at the Temple Trees under man and sportswoman and thanks to dran Ashwin reached litharan has taken the patronage of Prime Minister Mahin- President and Prime Minister for their the landmark of 400 fewer matches to claim da Rajapaksa and with the participation guidance stated Sports Minister Namal Test wickets in his 77 400 scalps in test crick- of Sports Minister Namal Rajapaksa. Rajapaksa,” in his Twitter message . Test match by claim- et. He took just 72 This programme is a vision of prosper- In parallel to this programme, the ing the wicket of Eng- tests in nine years and ity by President Gotabaya Rajapaksa, in inaugural ceremonies took place yester- land fast bowler Jofra 110 days. Ashwin took Prime Minister, Mahinda Rajapaksa supervising the ‘Gamata Pitiyak’ inau- line with the policy statement to create a day, island-wide under the special super- Archer in the third only 54 tests to claim gural ceremonies on Zoom technology at the temple trees. Sports Minister healthy and energetic generation through vision of Prime Minister Mahinda Raja- test match in 300 wickets becoming namal Rajapaksa and State Minister of Rural and Sports infrastructure sports. The project will be implemented paksa through Zoom technology. Ahmedabad. the quickest to reach improvement, thenuka Vidanagamage are also in the picture. “It is an amazing feeling to reach 300 wickets in thus far. 400 Test wickets. The entire sta- He remains the only Indian all dium stood up and clapped me. I rounder to score a hundred and bag was delighted to contribute to the five wickets in an innings in the team’s victory. But Axar (Patel) same test three times. Also to date bowled beautifully in the third he has received seven player of the innings. I can’t believe what has Fully equipped int’l standard cricket ground to ratnapura series awards, the most by an Indian happened in the last three months. in test cricket. Construction work of a fully equipped interna- tanks at a cost of Rs. 40 million. The ground will tional standard cricket ground commenced on be ready to host events as the first phase will be Quickest to 400 test wickets February 26 at Mudduwa, Monarawila in Rat- completed by April. The second phase will include napura recently. The project was a brainchild of Pavilion and spectator stands, practice grounds Bowler For Tests Time taken Ratnapura District Cricket Association president, and a training school with an allocation of Rs. 350 Muralitharan SL 72 9 years 137 days Sabaragamuwa Chief Minister Kanchana Jayaratne. million. The total expenses will be granted by the R. Ashwin Ind 77 9 years 110 days (SLC) president Shammi Silva SLC. R. Hadlee NZ 80 17 years 0 day and its officials made an inspection tour to the SLC’s Committee Development chairman D. Steyn SA 80 10 years 225 days R. Herath SL 84 18 years 6 days premises on the invitation of Kanchana Jayaratne Kamal Dharmasiri, it’s Women’s Cricket Devel- A. Kumble Ind 85 14 years 58 days recently. SLC president instructed construction opment Operations Adviser Manoj Kariyappe- company to complete their duty to the highest ruma, Ratnapura District Cricket Association standard as soon as possible. immediate past president Gihan Weerasinghe The first phase of the construction will complete and its secretary Eranga Prasad joined the Sabaragamuwa Chief Minister Kanchana Jayaratne and SLC wenuka to face Zaidh in U-16 final the play ground, turf, drainage system and water inspection tour. officials inspecting the construction work of the play ground. Prepare for another Zimbabwe seamers star spin fest, rahane tells england as Afghanistan collapse Afghanistan put up a poor display Muzarabani, who was the star of with the bat on the opening day of the the day, came back to close out the AhMeDAbAD, tueSDAy: India look to since 1935. Former England players Test series against Zimbabwe in Abu innings and finish with a four-wicket spin out England in the fourth Test on demanded answers from the Interna- Dhabi to eventually collapse for just haul as the teams went into the Tea a similar pitch that hosted last week’s tional Cricket Council, accusing it of 131. break. two-day match, vice-captain Ajinkya letting the wealthy and powerful Indian Opting to bat first, Afghanistan got Muzarabani initially gave Zimba- Rahane said Tuesday. board get away with providing poor off to the worst possible start, losing a bwe the ideal start when he removed The hosts demolished England in pitches. wicket off the very first ball. They went opener Abdul Malik off the very first wenuka Kithnula in action Zaidh Zihar in action one of the shortest Tests in history to Rahane said the pitch talk has not into the lunch break at 85/5, hoping for ball of the Test. Having already sent lead the four-match series 2-1 at the affected the Indian players, saying they Wenuka Kithnula set up a final finals): Zaidh Zihar beat Hasal a miraculous turnaround in the second the opener back to the pavilion, Narendra Modi Stadium -- the world’s never complain about seaming tracks showdown against Zaidh Zihar in Ahangama 6-4, 7-5. Wenuka Kith- session, something that never material- Muzarabani struck again in his sec- biggest cricket venue -- in Ahmedabad. on overseas tours. the Boys’ Under-16 Singles at the nula beat Ransath Peiris 6-2, 6-2. ised. ond over when key batsman Rahmat Both the teams return to the same “Talk happening outside is not at all SSC Open Tennis Tournament, (Boys’ Singles Under-12 They were dealt a huge blow post the Shah edged behind. Having seized the venue for the final Test after days of affecting Indian team,” said Rahane. which continued at the SSC semi-finals): Saha Kapilasena break when skipper Asghar Afghan control early, Zimbabwe kept the pres- intense scrutiny and criticism of the “We are concentrating on what we have Courts in Maitland Place yester- beat Tyee Kapilasena 3-6, 6-2, edged one behind as a result of no foot- sure up when Victor Nyauchi over spin-friendly track. to do. When we tour we never complain day. 10-6. Jayin de Saram beat Aahil work on a surface where the pacers from Muzarabani. “Wicket will be similar to the third about pitch.” It was England’s second Kithnula gave a fine display as Kaleel 7/6 (7), 2-6,10-5. were getting assistance. The wicket did Chief scores Test match and also the second Test in successive loss as they bowed out of he went on to beat Ransath Peiris (Girls’ Under-16 quarter- force Afsar Zazai to open up and fetch a Afghanistan: 131 in 47 overs (Ibra- Chennai. Spinning track,” Rahane told contention for the World Test Champi- 6-2, 6-2 in the semi-final encoun- finals): Dinethya Dharmarathne few boundaries but with the wicket- him Zadran 31, Afsar Zazai 37, Bless- reporters ahead of the Test starting onship final race, but Rahane said India ter. Earlier, Zihar had the better of beat Nelani Jayasuriya 3-6, 6-2, keeper-batsman also falling for the extra ing Muzarabani 4/48, Victor Nyauchi Thursday. Spinners ruled the competi- would not be complacent. Hasal Ahangama in straight sets 10-8. Saajida Razick beat Nesangi bounce that was on offer, Afghanistan’s 3/34) tion as England were skittled out for “We respect England... They are a 6-4, 7-5 in his semi-final fixture. Hemakumara 6-2, 6-2. Dinara de hopes diminished. Sikandar Raza Zimbabwe: 133/5 in 39 overs (Sean 112 and 81 in a day-night game that very good team, balanced team,” he The results: Silva beat Ruvi Lewkebandara opened his wickets column and Sean Williams 54 n.o, Sikandar Raza 43, lasted just 842 balls -- the shortest Test said. AFP (Boys’ Singles Under-16 semi- 0-6, 6-1, 10-7. Williams joined him the very next over. Amir Hamza 4/61). (Agencies)

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In wake of sanitary import ban Ceramic manufacturers invest over Rs. 3 bn to upgrade factories, increase capacity

SHIRAJIV SIRIMANE Sanitary wear imports. “We are in the industry use LPG gas while Again we want our customs to Sri Lanka can be self-sufficient in not asking for a total import ban. in China they use LNG which is maintain the correct duty and the ceramic sanitary ware market What we are saying is that we are around 40% less.Another is the ensure that there is no under this year provided the government ready to compete with internation- labour factor. When you compare invoicing which is now happen- PAGE continues with the current import al buyers provided the customs both India and China which sup- ing. “He also said several local tile SETHSUWA AYURVEDIC ban restrictions. create a level playing field.We ply huge amounts of sanitary ware manufacturers are ready to invest Speaking to ‘Daily News Busi- want the government to look into to Sri Lanka labour is very much in this segment. HOSPITALS OPENS ness’ after winning the National undervaluing issues and make sure cheap. However with time and He discloses that ADI Group, a 20 Chamber of Exporters award for that Rs. 125 per CESS is charged more exports local processes too world renowned company that has Art Decoration International Pvt. per kilo and 30% customs import would come down further.”Asked been thriving in the ceramic indus- Ltd, its Director Dilanga duty is imposed properly during to comment on the ‘raw material try and decorating the world for Anti-dumping legislation Karunaratne in a interview with imports.” deposits’ factor he said that it is 25 years since 1992, too have ‘Daily News Business’ said that He said that unlike previous freely available in Sri Lanka for plans to invest around Rs. 2 bil- currently 5 local ceramic manufac- years Sri Lankan manufacturers ADI, Director Dilanga Karunaratne many more years. commenting on lion for a tile factory soon if the yet to be used turers have invested over Rs. 3 too have ‘upped’ their quality and the tile market he said that Sri government gives a strong guaran- billion to upgrade their factories to their products are of international expensive than foreign products Lanka can also be self-sufficient tee to curtail tile imports. “We DINESH PERERA increase capacity. standards and exports too are tak- since Sri Lanka is not into mass in tiles in two years provided the have a range of more than 5,000 Sri Lankan firms are yet to utilize the anti- “This is done on the assumption ing place. production and has higher over- government gives a strong assur- designs and market to over 39 dumping legislation enacted over 4 years ago. that the government won’t go back “However, we must admit the heads than other countries. If you ance that import will be done only countries and we are keen to Any affected stakeholder is able to raise a peti- on their assurance suspending Sri Lankan products may be more take for instance Sri Lankan kilns on a level playing field. export tiles too.” tion with the Department of Commerce when companies cross the 2% threshold. TO PAGE 18

SL and Pakistani private pharmaceutical manufacturers hold first ever bi-lateral discussions LMD- Nielsen Business Pakistan to help boost local Confidence Index up by 39 points pharmaceuticals manufacturing The Sri Lanka Pharmaceuti- to benefit from the govern- cal Manufacturers’ Association ment’s drive to increase local (SLPMA) facilitated a bilateral pharmaceutical manufacturing meeting on February 24, with to 50% of country’s require- visiting representatives of the ment by 2025, where Sri Lan- Pakistani Pharmaceutical Manu- kan Pharmaceutical Manufac- facturers’ Association (PPMA). turers will have to manufacture The meeting was presided at least 350+ pharmaceuticals Reversing the downward trend witnessed in the recent over by Prof. Channa Jaya- locally. months, the LMD- Nielsen Business Confidence Index (BCI) sumana, M.P., State Minister of Responding to the invitation shot up by 39 points to 122 in January 2021. Production, Supply and Regula- by the State Minister, Kashif BCI index spiked a notable 12 points above the average for tion of Pharmaceuticals and Sajjad Sheikh, Head of the the last 12 months with the Covid vaccine rollout giving some accompanied by Rohitha Udu- Pakistani Pharmaceutical Dele- form of relief to prevent the spread of COVID-19. wawla, Secretary to the Minis- The Federation of Chambers of Commerce and Industry of Sri Lanka (FCCISL) in collaboration with the gation promised to share the Index of Industrial Production (IIP) for December 2020 try and Dr. Lakshitha Rajakaru- Embassy of Sri Lanka in Beijing gifted a consignment of “Ceylon Tea” to Wang Yanguo, Party Secretary of best practices and technical increased to 110.7 from 106.9 in November 2020 while Sri na. The meeting took place on the China International Chamber of Commerce for the Private Sector (CICCPS) and Executive President knowhow with the SLPMA. He Lanka’s Manufacturing and Service Purchasing Managers’ the sidelines of the first State of APTA, CCI headquartered of Beijing. Wang Yanguo was instrumental in giving much needed medical also invited the State Minister Index (PMI) remained in expansion territory in January 2021 visit by Pakistani Prime Minis- supplies to Sri Lanka during the early days of the Covid-19 pandemic (2020). Wang spokes at length and SLPMA to visit Pakistan to with new business activity in PMI increasing in January 2021, about enhancing the bilateral economic and trade relationship. He also proposed holding the next meet- ter Imran Khan to Sri Lanka. make a Road Show on the particularly with the improvements observed in financial servic- ing of the CICCPS in Sri Lanka and leading a large delegation of business people to Sri Lanka. He was The first ever bilateral meet- particularly interested in the opportunities available in the Hambantota Industrial Zone. Opportunities for Pharmaceuti- es, transportation, and wholesale & retail trade sub-sectors. ing between pharmaceutical cal manufacturing in Sri Lanka Private sector credit increased by Rs 25.7 billion in January manufacturers of the two coun- provided by each for the other. their experience in developing PPMA to set up joint ventures and enter into MoUs with pro- 2021 recording a growth for the 6 th consecutive month indicat- tries focused on mutually bene- State Minister Jayasumana Pakistan’s local pharmaceutical with local pharmaceutical com- spective Pakistan companies, ing a revival in gross loan disbursements. ficial proposals for both nations requested the Pakistani pharma- manufacturing industry. The panies to manufacture complex which will be facilitated by Growth reflects that both businesses and individuals are to leverage on opportunities ceutical manufacturers to share State Minister also invited the molecules in Sri Lanka, in order PPMA. TO PAGE 18 speeding-up economic activities. National Chamber of Exporters Awards ‘Economic and social statistics do not indicate SL anywhere in the dumps’ ANANDA KANNANGARA Shangri -La in Colombo under tight Chamber of Exporters (NCE) is a cra- The global C-19 pandemic during its health guidelines. Over 80 Sri Lankan dle for these budding exporters,” Fer- current generations’ lifetime caused exporters who rendered an invaluable nando noted. panic and curtailment of normal activi- service to prosper the country’s econo- He said it was the deeply embedded ties. However, newly published eco- my received awards. A unique feature belief that for a country like Sri Lanka, nomic and social statistics do not indi- of the event was recognizing a differ- exports were necessary for priming the cate Sri Lanka is ‘anywhere in the ently able person by export oriented economy and the NCE was responsible dumps’ but managing the affairs well in enterprises. for driving this point home. many ways compared to most countries “Resilient exporters’ are the living Speaking further, Fernando said he has in the world. proof that they have found the ways a high regard for NCE as it has the ability SLTMobtel, Chairman Rohan Fer- and means to stay in business. Sri and the encouragement to shape Lankan nando made these observations at the Lanka has the best ‘crop’ of entrepre- entrepreneurs as mentioned by the late annual National Chamber of Exporters neurs who can steer the country Patrick Amarasinghe, a fearless propo- Officials from Jaindi Export (Pvt) Ltd, receiving the Most Outstanding (NCE) Awards ceremony held at towards prosperity and the National nent of market economy. TO PAGE 18 Exporter 2020 award from Chairman SLTMobitel, Rohan Fernando. HDFC Bank posts Rs 978 mn PBT

A farsighted management our lending portfolio, we strategy has enabled HDFC have maintained it at a Bank to post a profit before steady level as before,” he tax for the year ended added. December 31, 2020 of Rs. According to Hettiarach- 978 million. This is a sharp chi, the earning per share increase over the previous on profit has seen a positive year’s figure of Rs. 774 mil- trend. In fact, the basic lion. The net interest income earnings per ordinary share also rose from Rs. 2.9 billion CEO Palitha Gamage rose from Rs. 7.35 in 2019 to Rs. 3 billion over the same Chairperson to Rs. 8.90 in 2020. The R. M. R. W. Manchanayake period. Total assets grew moratoriums on loans bank’s stock presently SriLankan in record-breaking from Rs. 55.9 billion at end She said their plans for this amounting to Rs.17 billion. trades at Rs. 40 to 45 in the 2019 to Rs. 60.8 billion by year include expanding the These concessions cost the market compared to the Net the end 2020. branch network from 39 to bank nearly Rs.400 million in Asset Value of Rs.87.. cargo upliftment to Male Chairperson of HDFC 48 branches across the coun- lost income. Most of the debt HDFC Bank is presently Bank Wasanthi Manchanay- try, introducing new services moratoriums – which began the market leader in hous- SriLankan Airlines carried a goods, with cargo carried from ake attributed their success to and enhancing customer ser- in April last year – were for a ing development finance. It record-breaking 1.2 million kilo- Colombo to Malé exceeding 500 a number of factors. These vice levels. period of six months. benefits from a unique grams of cargo from its network to metric tonnes in the last month. include a practical strategy to General Manager/CEO of Chief Financial Officer of state-private ownership Malé, Maldives, in February 2021. Exports from the Maldives to Sri deal with the Covid-19 crisis, HDFC Bank, Palitha Gamage HDFC Bank Anura Hettiar- structure. The controlling The Maldives is one of the few Lanka amounted to 188 Metric efficient customer service, said a proactive management achchi said that despite the stake of 51% is held by the open, and highly popular, island Tons on the route. technological deployment strategy laid the foundation pandemic, the bank’s government while private destinations in the world for travel- SriLankan remains firmly com- and a diversified product for their performance. “We deposits have grown signifi- companies and individuals lers. Since the pandemic, perisha- mitted to supporting its neighbor- range. “We performed well prepared for the Covid-19 cantly. He noted that their have a 49% share. It was a ble goods have been in high hood hub - Maldives’ - import and despite our obligation to crisis well before things got savings and fixed deposits state entity until it was list- demand. export needs, with a global cargo serve the housing require- bad,” he noted. increased from Rs. 42.5 bil- ed on the Colombo Stock Its island neighbor Sri Lanka network that spans from London to ments of the people,” she He added that last year, lion at end 2019 to Rs. 48 Exchange in 2005, resulting supplied a large share of perishable Tokyo and Sydney. noted. they offered over 21,000 billion by end 2020. “As for in private sector investment. 18 BUSINESS WEDNESDAY, MARCH 3, 2021 MARKET

Market Statistics on 02.03.2021 Coconut Products – Prices on 02.03.2021

Security Volume **V.W.A. Open High Low **V.W.A. Change Security Volume **V.W.A. Open High Low **V.W.A. Change 1. FRESH COCONUT Previous Yesterday’s (Rs.) Previous Yesterday’s (Rs.) (a) Market Price: 12/2/ - 18/2/2021 (Source – HARTI) Wholesale Close Close Close Close Retail Main Board Large Size Rs/Nut 86.00-90.00 95.00-100.00 Small Size Rs/But 75.00-80.00 75.00-90.00

MADULSIMA 15,744 8.30 8.50 9.30 7.90 8.80 0.50 (b)Coconut Development Authority – Colombo Auction 24.9.2020 For A.SPEN.HOT.HOLD. 38,526 29.80 29.50 30.40 29.00 29.90 0.10 PEOPLE’S MERCH XR 1,761 8.00 7.80 8.00 7.60 7.70 (0.30) industry use ABANS 1,114 168.25 164.75 165.50 164.75 164.75 (3.50) SHALIMAR 20 1,203.20 1,093.75 1,093.75 1,050.00 1,203.20 0.00 ACCESS ENG SL 303,094 24.00 24.00 24.00 23.30 23.40 (0.60) SINGER SRI LANKA 13,422 56.40 56.00 56.00 52.00 54.80 (1.60) Average Price - 56,493.75 T Nuts Offered - 107,125 ACL 274,876 39.00 35.00 38.40 34.00 36.60 (2.40) Nuts Traded - 529,709 ACL PLASTICS 1,054 246.25 246.25 248.00 236.00 238.00 (8.25) DIRI SAVI BOARD AGALAWATTE 2,230 28.80 28.50 29.80 28.40 28.40 (0.40) Without husk Price Rs/1,000 Nuts AHOT PROPERTIES 30,794 39.50 39.00 39.00 39.00 39.00 (0.50) AGSTAR PLC 32,821 7.30 7.10 7.60 7.10 7.10 (0.20) AITKEN SPENCE 90,327 61.00 62.00 62.70 59.00 61.10 0.10 ALUMEX PLC 28,394 21.00 21.00 21.00 20.30 20.70 (0.30) (c) Coconut Development Authority – Kuliyapitiya Auction – 8/9/2020 AMANA LIFE 11 9.50 9.50 9.50 9.50 9.50 0.00 ALLIANCE 1,485 51.40 52.50 52.50 50.00 50.50 (0.90) Price Range - 92-93 T AMANA BANK 281,745 3.30 3.30 3.50 3.30 3.50 0.20 AMANA TAKAFUL 10 7.50 7.90 7.90 7.90 7.50 0.00 Nuts Offered - 195,481 AMAYA LEISURE 8,855 19.50 19.00 19.00 17.60 17.70 (1.80) AMBEON HOLDINGS 29,485 18.50 18.80 18.80 17.40 17.50 (1.00) Nuts Trade - 40,281 ASIA ASSET 98,275 6.50 6.30 6.30 5.70 5.90 (0.60) AMF CO LTD 29 300.25 310.00 310.00 295.00 300.25 0.00 ASIRI 2 27.10 27.00 27.00 27.00 27.10 0.00 ASIA SIYAKA 378,642 2.60 2.70 2.70 2.50 2.50 (0.10) (Without husk Price Rs/Kg) BERUWALA RESORTS 63,513 0.90 1.00 1.00 0.90 0.90 0.00 ASIRI SURG 10,000 13.60 13.50 14.50 13.50 14.50 0.90 (d) Locally Traded (Farm-gate price) BAIRAHA FARMS 11,182 146.75 146.00 146.00 137.25 141.25 (5.50) BOGALA GRAPHITE 4,935 24.00 25.40 26.20 24.00 24.90 0.90 BALANGODA 92,715 13.70 13.80 14.30 13.50 13.70 0.00 BOGAWANTALAWA 2,129 13.10 13.50 13.50 12.00 12.40 (0.70) Rs. 1000 Nuts (with Husk) Rs.MT (Husked Ex-Mill) BUKIT DARAH 175 335.75 321.25 338.50 318.00 330.00 (5.75) BPPL HOLDINGS 8,161 14.10 14.10 14.10 13.80 13.90 (0.20) C M HOLDINGS 3,092 90.00 85.20 85.20 83.30 83.90 (6.10) BROWNS 11,450 170.00 169.00 173.00 162.00 168.00 (2.00) Kurunegala Dist 60,000-67,000 115,000-120,000 BROWNS INVSTMNTS 21,152,688 5.70 5.80 5.80 5.50 5.60 (0.10) Puttalam Dist 60,000-75,000 115,000-120,000 C T HOLDINGS 550 169.00 165.75 165.75 165.75 165.75 (3.25) Gampaha Dist 65,000-75,000 122,000-128,000 CARGILLS 1 238.50 235.00 235.00 235.00 238.50 0.00 C.W.MACKIE 549 44.20 44.10 44.10 43.00 43.60 (0.60) Hambantota Dist 70,000-90,000 118,000-125,000 CARGO BOAT 1,142 62.30 64.90 64.90 60.80 61.00 (1.30) CEYLON TEA BRKRS 6,289 3.40 3.30 3.40 3.30 3.40 0.00 CARSONS 61,237 275.00 288.00 288.00 274.75 274.75 (0.25) CFI 120 70.10 70.00 70.00 69.90 69.90 (0.20) 2. COPRA – (Locally Traded) (02.03.2021) CDB 19,229 116.00 108.00 112.00 107.00 111.75 (4.25) CITRUS HIKKADUWA 36,599 5.10 5.30 5.30 5.20 5.20 0.10 CITRUS WASKADUWA 250,720 3.40 3.30 3.30 3.00 3.10 (0.30) Copra Edible (Rs. /250 Kg) - CDB (CDB.X0000) 9,000 78.00 78.50 78.50 76.00 77.20 (0.80) M.S. No.1 Copra (Rs. /250 Kg) 84,000 CENTRAL FINANCE 56,186 91.70 90.10 91.40 88.20 89.10 (2.60) COM.CREDIT 2,060 22.30 22.80 22.80 21.90 22.20 (0.10) M.S. No.2 Copra (Rs. /250 Kg) 68,000 CENTRAL IND. 15,868 114.75 115.00 115.00 110.00 113.00 (1.75) COMMERCIAL DEV. 2,307 113.00 106.00 111.25 106.00 106.00 (7.00) MO – (Milling Ordinary) Copra (Rs. /250 Kg) CEYLON GUARDIAN 32,215 125.00 125.00 125.50 125.00 125.50 0.50 DILMAH CEYLON 24 652.00 679.75 679.75 652.75 652.00 0.00 CEYLON INV. 20,370 65.70 65.00 65.00 62.00 63.00 (2.70) E - CHANNELLING 29,472 5.90 6.20 6.20 5.50 5.80 (0.10) COPRA – (At Colombo Auction) EDEN HOTEL LANKA 22,560 10.70 10.50 10.70 10.50 10.70 0.00 CEYLON TOBACCO 66 1,000.50 1,049.75 1,049.75 1,001.00 1,000.50 0.00 Quantity of Copra Offered (Kgs) CHEMANEX 5,155 80.00 84.60 85.00 77.70 80.00 0.00 ELPITIYA 61,620 43.60 44.00 45.00 42.10 44.70 1.10 Quantity of Copra Sold (Kgs) CHEVRON 46,540 99.80 99.80 100.00 98.80 99.10 (0.70) EQUITY TWO PLC 100 53.20 53.50 53.50 53.50 53.50 0.30 M.S. No.1 Copra Highest Price (Rs./250Kg) CIC 98,643 58.10 58.00 58.00 56.50 57.00 (1.10) GALADARI 845 8.40 8.30 8.50 8.30 8.50 0.10 M.S. No.1 Copra CIC (CIC.X0000) 201,705 46.80 47.00 47.00 45.50 45.80 (1.00) GUARDIAN CAPITAL 1,027 30.70 30.30 30.30 29.70 30.20 (0.50) Simple average price (Rs./250Kg) HAPUGASTENNE 76 16.10 16.00 16.00 16.00 16.10 0.00 M.S. No.1 Copra CITRUS LEISURE 3,293 8.70 9.40 9.40 9.00 9.00 0.30 Market price (Rs./250Kg) COLD STORES 2,329 641.75 640.00 645.00 640.00 642.00 0.25 HATTON 12 8.40 8.50 8.90 8.50 8.40 0.00 M.S. No.2 & 3 Copra COLOMBO CITY 197 877.75 880.00 880.00 865.25 866.75 (11.00) HNB FINANCE 2,807 8.50 8.30 8.50 8.20 8.40 (0.10) Simple average price (Rs./250Kg) COLOMBO LAND 5,000 24.00 24.50 24.50 24.00 24.20 0.20 HVA FOODS 275,742 5.10 5.30 5.30 5.20 5.30 0.20 M.S. No. 2 & 3 Copra COMMERCIAL BANK 133,727 88.30 88.30 88.30 86.50 86.80 (1.50) JETWING SYMPHONY 529 9.50 9.10 9.10 9.10 9.10 (0.40) Market price (Rs./250Kg) JOHN KEELLS 273 74.20 73.50 74.10 73.50 73.50 (0.70) COMMERCIAL BANK (COMB.X0000) 38,040 81.90 82.00 82.00 80.00 81.00 (0.90) Next Auction on - CONVENIENCE FOOD 752 1,272.00 1,220.00 1,249.00 1,215.00 1,215.75 (56.25) KAHAWATTE 23 30.50 30.90 30.90 30.00 30.50 0.00 DANKOTUWA PORCEL 74,834 11.80 11.90 12.00 11.70 11.80 0.00 KEELLS FOOD 211 168.00 171.00 171.00 160.25 163.50 (4.50) DFCC BANK PLC XC 213,648 62.70 63.40 63.40 61.80 62.10 (0.60) KEELLS HOTELS 27,137 10.50 10.40 10.60 10.40 10.50 0.00 3. DESICCATED COCONUT DIALOG 1,492,624 12.70 12.70 12.80 12.60 12.70 0.00 LANKA CERAMIC 344 130.00 128.25 128.25 122.00 122.00 (8.00) Fine Sri Lanka (Domestic) (Rs/Kg) 560-570 T LAUGFS POWER 500 9.40 9.30 9.30 9.30 9.30 (0.10) Medium (Rs/Kg) 560-570 T DIMO 18 520.75 521.00 521.00 520.25 520.75 0.00 Sri Lanka FOB (Fina, Medium, Chips,Etc) (Rs/Kg) DIPPED PRODUCTS 2,119,333 49.00 49.90 49.90 45.90 46.80 (2.20) LAUGFS POWER (LPL-X-0000) 6,200 7.00 6.50 6.90 6.30 6.80 (0.20) DOCKYARD 1,610 79.60 75.10 75.60 75.10 75.50 (4.10) LOTUS HYDRO 1,400 9.40 9.40 9.40 9.40 9.40 0.00 4. COCONUT OIL DOLPHIN HOTELS 4,000 23.00 23.10 23.10 23.00 23.00 0.00 MAHAWELI REACH 1 13.90 13.80 13.80 13.80 13.90 0.00 Local Wholesale Price (Rs/Mt) 500,000-540,000 N DURDANS 19 100.75 101.00 101.00 101.00 100.75 0.00 MARAWILA RESORTS 95,629 1.90 1.90 1.90 1.90 1.90 0.00 Philippines (CIF-Rott) MASKELIYA 8,174 11.50 11.40 12.50 11.20 11.60 0.10 (Oil World) (25/02/2021) (Rs/Mt) 296,896 E B CREASY 24,019 36.40 36.90 36.90 33.70 34.70 (1.70) 5. POONAC (Rs/Mt) 60,000 – 75,000 T EAST WEST 50,093 11.20 11.10 11.30 11.00 11.20 0.00 MILLENNIUM HOUSE 2,777 6.00 6.10 6.10 5.90 5.90 (0.10) 6. MATTRESS FIBRE (Rs./50 Kg) 950-1,250 T EASTERN MERCHANT 61,927 5.80 5.50 5.70 5.40 5.50 (0.30) NUWARA ELIYA 1 1,001.00 1,020.00 1,020.00 1,020.00 1,001.00 0.00 7. OMAT FIBRE (FAQ) (Rs. /50 Kg) 3,750-5,000 T EXPOLANKA 3,133,476 47.10 47.30 47.50 45.30 46.00 (1.10) ON’ALLY 741 32.00 35.00 35.00 35.00 35.00 3.00 8. MIX FIBRE (Rs. /50 Kg) 1,400-1,500 T FORT LAND 78,951 13.50 13.60 14.00 13.40 13.50 0.00 ORIENT FINANCE 2,143 15.50 15.80 16.00 13.70 15.50 0.00 9. BRISTLE FIBRE 1 TIE (Rs. /50 Kg) 5,000-7,000 T PALM GARDEN HOTL 2 27.80 26.50 26.50 26.50 27.80 0.00 10. BRISTLE FIBRE 2 TIE (Rs. /50 Kg) 7,500-8,500 T GESTETNER 21 108.00 104.75 104.75 104.75 108.00 0.00 11. COCONUT HUSKS (18.02.2021) GRAIN ELEVATORS 55,632 125.75 126.50 126.50 124.00 124.50 (1.25) PEGASUS HOTELS 10 30.00 31.00 31.00 31.00 30.00 0.00 HAYCARB 359,855 99.10 100.00 100.00 96.00 97.10 (2.00) PRIME FINANCE 7,388 13.60 12.90 12.90 12.90 12.90 (0.70) District Rs/per 1,000 husks HAYLEYS 1,306,121 60.60 61.00 61.00 57.00 57.70 (2.90) RAIGAM SALTERNS 30,134 5.50 5.80 5.80 5.20 5.30 (0.20) Puttalam 4,500-5,000 HAYLEYS FABRIC 137,431 15.00 15.00 15.00 14.60 14.80 (0.20) RAMBODA FALLS 100 17.10 16.50 16.50 16.50 16.50 (0.60) Gampaha 4,500-5,000 RENUKA CAPITAL 15,955 7.40 7.10 7.10 6.80 6.80 (0.60) Matara 4,500-5,000 HAYLEYS FIBRE 2,228 53.00 52.90 53.00 52.90 53.00 0.00 Kurunegala 4,500-5,500 HDFC 668 37.50 37.00 37.00 37.00 37.00 (0.50) RENUKA HOTELS 1,800 70.00 65.10 65.10 65.00 65.00 (5.00) HEMAS HOLDINGS 242,727 82.60 83.30 83.30 81.60 82.00 (0.60) RICH PIERIS EXP 2,538 360.00 365.00 365.00 357.00 359.00 (1.00) Coconut Husk (Moisture is more than 50%) Rs/Kg 7.00 HNB 684,549 133.00 133.00 133.00 129.00 129.75 (3.25) SATHOSA MOTORS 21 226.50 233.25 233.50 233.25 226.50 0.00 Coconut Husk (Moisture is 40%-50% Rs/Kg 7.50 HNB ASSURANCE 32,613 59.20 59.20 59.20 58.00 58.00 (1.20) SERENDIB ENG.GRP 4,480 6.20 6.10 6.30 6.00 6.30 0.10 Coconut Husk (Moisture is 30%-40% Rs/Kg 8.50 SERENDIB HOTELS 6,500 15.00 14.80 15.00 14.70 14.80 (0.20) Cooconut Husk(Moisture is 20%-30% Rs/Kg 9.50 HNB (HNB.X0000) 294,142 104.00 105.00 105.00 101.00 101.25 (2.75) Coconut Husk (Moisture is 10%-20% Rs/Kg 10.50 HORANA 1,075 22.90 21.10 21.10 21.10 21.10 (1.80) SINGER IND. 4,098 94.90 97.00 99.80 95.00 99.00 4.10 Coconut Husk (Moisture is less than 10% Rs/Kg 13.00 HOTELS CORP. 1,048 12.00 11.50 11.50 11.50 11.50 (0.50) SINGHE HOSPITALS 603,484 2.10 2.10 2.10 2.00 2.00 (0.10) HUNTERS 30 632.00 631.25 631.25 630.00 632.00 0.00 SINHAPUTHRA FIN (SFL.P0000) 80,758 4.60 4.60 4.60 4.00 4.00 (0.60) 12. COCONUT SHELL (Rs./MT) INDUSTRIAL ASPH. 2,957,130 0.40 0.40 0.50 0.40 0.50 0.10 SOFTLOGIC 18,639 12.60 12.50 12.60 12.10 12.50 (0.10) 27,500-28,500 T SOFTLOGIC CAP 31,285 3.90 4.00 4.00 3.70 3.70 (0.20) JANASHAKTHI INS. 25,301 28.00 28.00 28.20 27.90 28.00 0.00 13. COCONUT SHELL CHARCOAL JKH 166,945 153.50 156.00 158.75 153.50 154.00 0.50 SOFTLOGIC FIN 930 10.20 10.30 10.30 10.00 10.10 (0.10) (05/2/-11/2/2021) KANDY HOTELS 5,543 4.80 5.20 5.20 5.00 5.00 0.20 SWADESHI 1 18,324.80 16,251.00 16,251.00 16,251.00 18,324.80 0.00 Moisture 12% Dust 3%(Rs/MT) 105,000.00 T KEGALLE 6,020 110.25 110.00 110.00 104.50 106.00 (4.25) Softlogic Life 15,544 31.40 31.00 31.50 31.00 31.00 (0.40) KELANI CABLES 2,726 120.00 125.00 127.50 115.00 115.50 (4.50) TAL LANKA 100 12.50 12.50 12.50 12.50 12.50 0.00 14. COCONUT EKELS (Rs/MT) 42,000-45,000 T TRANS ASIA 400 59.50 59.50 59.60 59.50 59.60 0.10 KELANI TYRES 35,402 77.50 77.60 77.60 76.00 76.50 (1.00) T – Traded KELANI VALLEY 1,372 40.00 40.90 40.90 38.30 39.60 (0.40) UDAPUSSELLAWA 3,134 21.90 22.00 22.90 21.00 22.70 0.80 N - Nominal KINGSBURY 6,496 11.50 11.90 12.00 11.40 11.90 0.40 UNION ASSURANCE 105 301.50 317.00 317.00 314.00 314.25 12.75 Courtesy: Coconut Development Authority KOTAGALA 2,055 6.10 6.10 6.20 6.10 6.10 0.00 VALLIBEL ONE 1,349,959 56.10 57.90 57.90 52.80 53.50 (2.60) L O L C HOLDINGS 251,037 359.50 360.00 360.00 344.00 349.25 (10.25) LAKE HOUSE PRIN. 68 121.25 132.00 132.00 132.00 121.25 0.00 WATCH LIST LANKA ALUMINIUM 146,686 17.20 17.80 17.80 16.90 17.10 (0.10) LANKA ASHOK 10 839.25 844.75 845.00 790.00 839.25 0.00 ANILANA HOTELS 70,885 1.20 1.30 1.30 1.10 1.20 0.00 International Operations Department LANKA HOSPITALS 1,001 44.70 42.10 44.60 42.00 42.50 (2.20) BIMPUTH FINANCE 10,767 7.70 7.80 8.00 7.60 7.70 0.00 2021.03.02 BLUE DIAMONDS 4,583 0.60 0.60 0.60 0.50 0.60 0.00 LANKA IOC 45,408 21.50 22.00 22.00 20.80 21.40 (0.10) (1) The average rates of the following currencies quoted by commercial LANKA TILES 33,646 200.25 205.00 205.00 195.00 196.00 (4.25) BLUE DIAMONDS (BLUE.X0000) 426,712 0.30 0.30 0.40 0.20 0.30 0.00 banks in Colombo for Telegraphic Transfers (TT) at 9.30 LANKA WALLTILE 195,035 208.00 208.00 210.00 198.00 207.50 (0.50) CEYLON PRINTERS 110 52.30 52.50 52.50 45.10 51.80 (0.50) a.m. are as follows; LAUGFS GAS 4,782 22.00 21.30 22.00 21.30 22.00 0.00 LANKEM DEV. 44,191 3.70 3.70 3.70 3.60 3.60 (0.10) Currency Buying Rate Selling Rate LAUGFS GAS (LGL.X0000) 12,040 17.10 17.10 17.10 17.00 17.00 (0.10) MACKWOODS ENERGY 37,110 2.70 2.70 2.70 2.50 2.70 0.00 LAXAPANA XR 219,354 14.40 14.40 14.60 14.40 14.50 0.10 MULTI FINANCE 11,501 7.00 7.20 7.20 7.00 7.00 0.00 Australian Dollar 148.9718 153.7590 Canadian Dollar 151.2766 156.7372 LAXAPANA (LITE.R0000) XR 2,786,711 0.30 0.30 0.40 0.20 0.20 (0.10) NATION LANKA 598,596 0.80 0.80 0.90 0.70 0.90 0.10 RADIANT GEMS 5,224 29.50 29.50 29.50 28.00 29.50 0.00 Euro 231.1376 237.8450 LB FINANCE 16,509 208.75 210.00 210.00 200.25 202.25 (6.50) Japanese Yen 1.8051 1.8516 LEE HEDGES 1,851 73.80 73.90 73.90 66.60 69.80 (4.00) SINHAPUTHRA FIN 1 8.00 8.00 8.00 8.00 8.00 0.00 Sterling Pound 267.4832 274.6609 LION BREWERY 99,795 550.25 560.00 560.00 540.00 540.00 (10.25) STANDARD CAPITAL 13 71.40 70.00 70.00 69.90 71.40 0.00 US Dollar 192.4900 197.3200 LMF 28,475 160.25 160.25 160.25 156.50 158.75 (1.50) TESS AGRO 23,334 0.50 0.60 0.70 0.50 0.50 0.00 TESS AGRO (TESS.X0000) 252 0.50 0.50 0.50 0.40 0.50 0.00 (2) The approximate exchange rates of GULF Currencies based on LVL ENERGY 2,312 9.90 9.50 9.70 9.50 9.50 (0.40) previous day’s market weighted average rate for the US$ are as fol- MALWATTE (MAL.X0000) 1,610 8.50 8.50 8.50 8.50 8.50 0.00 lows; COLOMBO STOCK EXCHANGE - STOCK MARKET STATISTICS MELSTACORP 236,785 49.60 49.90 49.90 47.50 47.80 (1.80) Country Currency Indicative Rate MERC. SHIPPING 8 72.30 72.30 72.30 72.30 72.30 0.00 02nd-MAR-2021 MERCHANT BANK 32,102 7.50 7.20 7.40 7.00 7.30 (0.20) MARKET STATISTICS Bahrain Bahrain Dinar 515.9151 MULLERS 1 1.00 1.10 1.10 1.10 1.00 0.00 EQUITY DETAILS TODAY PRV.DAY Kuwait Kuwait Dinar 642.5928 Oman Oman Rial 505.2079 NAMUNUKULA 115 177.50 179.50 183.00 179.00 179.50 2.00 VALUE OF TURNOVER(RS.) 1,989,222,635.90 1,899,677,035.95 VOLUME OF TURNOVER(NO.) 66,698,451 57,858,629 Qatar Qatar Riyal 53.4194 NAT. DEV. BANK 21,875 83.00 83.00 83.00 81.50 81.90 (1.10) Saudi Arabia Saudi Arabian Riyal 51.8515 NATIONS TRUST 39,016 58.00 58.00 58.00 56.70 56.90 (1.10) TRADES(NO.) 16,516 14,364 UAE UAE Dirham 52.9518 NAWALOKA 21,000 5.00 5.10 5.10 5.00 5.00 0.00 MARKET CAPITALIZATION(RS.) 3,211,282,219,542.90 3,252,716,262,000.20 NESTLE 398 1,199.25 1,190.00 1,190.00 1,170.00 1,173.25 (26.00) GOVT. SECURITIES TODAY PRV.DAY (3) The Average Weighted Prime Lending Rate (AWPR) and the Low- VALUE OF TURNOVER(RS.) - - est Prime Rate (LPR) during the week ended 25-Feb-2021, by all com- OVERSEAS REALTY 188,056 15.50 15.30 15.40 14.90 15.20 (0.30) mercial banks was 5.76 percent and 4.75 percent respectively. PAN ASIA 128,913 17.00 16.80 17.00 16.50 16.80 (0.20) VOLUME OF TURNOVER(NO.) - - PANASIAN POWER 4,494,778 3.50 3.60 3.60 3.40 3.50 0.00 TRADES(NO.) - - (4) The Average Weighted Deposit Rate (AWDR) of commercial banks PEOPLE’S INS 130,891 30.80 31.00 31.50 30.50 31.00 0.20 MARKET CAPITALIZATION(RS.) for the month of February- 2021 was 5.36 percent. PEOPLES LEASING 166,909 12.30 12.30 12.40 12.20 12.20 (0.10) CORPORATE DEBT TODAY PRV.DAY PIRAMAL GLASS 1,758,644 9.90 9.90 10.00 9.80 9.90 0.00 23-Feb-21 VALUE OF TURNOVER(RS.) - 9,998,077.60 PRINTCARE PLC 1,300 31.10 31.00 31.20 31.00 31.00 (0.10) From Page 17 R I L PROPERTY 153,800 6.60 6.80 6.80 6.60 6.70 0.10 VOLUME OF TURNOVER(NO.) - 98,000 Anti-dumping... REGNIS 3,568 98.00 96.00 96.00 94.00 95.10 (2.90) TRADES(NO.) - 1 Subsequent to a petition the department of EQUITY INDICES TODAY PRV.DAY RENUKA AGRI 618,314 3.60 3.80 3.80 3.50 3.60 0.00 commerce will assess if firms are selling below RENUKA CITY HOT. 77 225.00 236.00 236.25 236.00 225.00 0.00 PRICE INDICES RENUKA FOODS 116,359 14.00 13.90 13.90 13.50 13.50 (0.50) CSE ALL SHARE INDEX 7,343.38 7,438.13 their cost of production. Director of Com- RENUKA FOODS (COCO.X0000) 2,209 12.20 12.00 12.70 12.00 12.00 (0.20) S&P SL 20 INDEX 2,909.77 2,964.30 merce, Department of Commerce Somasena RENUKA HOLDINGS 14,835 15.30 15.00 15.00 14.50 14.70 (0.60) TOTAL RETURN INDICES Mahadiulweva noted that dumping legislation TRI ON ALL SHARES (ASTRI) 9,843.27 9,969.59 RESUS ENERGY 5,206 24.10 24.70 25.60 24.70 25.00 0.90 was a very specific offence but if proven an RICHARD PIERIS 1,109,853 16.00 15.90 16.70 15.90 16.60 0.60 TRI ON S&P SL 20 INDEX (S&P SL20 (TR)) 4,794.69 4,881.18 ROYAL CERAMIC 299,049 280.75 280.00 280.00 269.00 270.75 (10.00) effective remedy could be found. S M B LEASING 11,216 0.60 0.60 0.60 0.50 0.60 0.00 Mahadiulewa noted that under-invoicing S M B LEASING (SEMB.X0000) 3,156,650 0.30 0.40 0.40 0.20 0.30 0.00 thereby evading taxes such as Value Added SAMPATH 4,020,982 156.50 156.00 157.00 154.00 154.50 (2.00) Tax would remain an issue that has to be raised SANASA DEV. BANK 17,914 58.30 59.70 59.70 57.80 58.60 0.30 Pakistan to help boost local... From Page 17 SEYLAN BANK 38,938 50.00 50.70 52.50 49.80 51.10 1.10 with customs. SEYLAN BANK (SEYB.X0000) 1,105,758 42.00 42.00 43.00 41.50 42.50 0.50 Elaborating further, Kashif stated that it is a President), Executive Committee Members SEYLAN DEVTS 56,363 16.00 16.50 16.50 15.80 15.90 (0.10) SIERRA CABL 73,370 6.60 6.70 6.70 6.20 6.50 (0.10) good sign that Sri Lankan government policies Viraj Manatunga and Murtaza Esufally. SIGIRIYA VILLAGE 200 33.10 32.20 32.20 32.20 32.20 (0.90) and the National Medicinal Regulatory Author- Discussing long term opportunities to work ‘Economic and social... From Page 17 SINGER FINANCE 8,431 14.50 14.10 14.30 13.90 14.00 (0.50) ity are supporting local manufacturing. He also together, the Sri Lankan delegation invited Recalling the history, Chairman Fernando said SLT 473 35.00 34.80 35.50 34.80 34.90 (0.10) emphasized the importance of extending the Pakistan to relocate its pharma export centers in SUNSHINE HOLDING 60,681 79.00 78.10 80.40 77.80 79.90 0.90 he had the fortune of associating with the late SWISSTEK 30,615 115.50 116.00 116.00 108.75 111.50 (4.00) present buyback policy of the government for Sri Lanka, both for its strategic location glob- Amarasinghe and his Secretary General the late TALAWAKELLE 16,924 40.00 39.90 39.90 38.20 38.30 (1.70) new products to be developed in the future, ally and also because Sri Lanka being one of Rasa Weerasingham in the formative years when TEEJAY LANKA 122,413 40.90 41.00 41.40 40.00 40.10 (0.80) which will be a definite boost for local manu- Pakistan’s largest pharmaceuticals export mar- this Chamber was held in high esteem and always THREE ACRE FARMS 8,775 212.50 220.00 220.00 211.75 219.50 7.00 facturers. kets. The Sri Lankan delegation accepted the TOKYO CEMENT 52,918 72.90 73.00 73.00 70.10 70.60 (2.30) consulted for policy making by the Treasury and TOKYO CEMENT (TKYO.X0000) 187,494 67.00 67.00 67.00 64.00 64.60 (2.40) The SLPMA emphasized on the importance invite of PPMA to visit Pakistan to conduct a the EDB when it came to matters of exporters. UNION BANK 1,130,361 11.00 11.10 11.40 11.00 11.00 0.00 of the Pakistani pharma story for local policy Road Show and experience the success story of The Chairman noted that today our country has UNISYST 12,585 14.90 14.90 15.00 14.80 14.80 (0.10) makers, especially in learning how the Paki- Pakistan Pharmaceutical Manufacturing Indus- the best crop of entrepreneurs who would steer UNITED MOTORS 156 66.50 66.10 66.30 66.00 66.20 (0.30) stani government moved towards formulating a try, which are going to be key important factors VALLIBEL 238,640 7.40 7.40 7.50 7.30 7.40 0.00 the country towards prosperity despite the theo- VALLIBEL FINANCE 31,596 110.25 110.00 110.00 103.00 105.00 (5.25) long term policy and incentivised the private to the development of Sri Lankan Pharmaceuti- ries of the doomsdays and disruptors with vested VIDULLANKA 37,047 5.30 5.40 5.40 5.30 5.30 0.00 sector towards local manufacturing. Currently cal Manufacturing Sector. interest. He said he learnt the tricks of the trade WATAWALA 11,865 56.90 55.10 56.00 55.10 56.00 (0.90) producing over 93 drugs providing 15% of the Marking the historic event, the Pakistani del- from trial and error in the beginning and applied YORK ARCADE 12 165.00 166.00 166.00 166.00 165.00 0.00 local requirement of pharmaceuticals, the egation donated a stock of chronic care pharma- the lessons learnt in all his engagements in the SECOND BOARD SLPMA pointed out that synergy between the ceuticals worth approximately Rs 18 million to commercial world later on. two chambers will result in crucial technical Prof. , State Minister of “The period we are living is the most exciting ABANS FINANCIAL 501 25.60 26.00 26.30 26.00 26.30 0.70 transfers from Pakistan to Sri Lanka allowing Production, Supply and Regulation of Pharma- due to the unprecedented C-19 situation and we AMBEON CAPITAL 10 5.50 5.20 5.20 5.20 5.50 0.00 the local industry to benefit from the years of ceuticals and Rohitha Uduwawla. ARPICO 268 180.50 179.00 179.00 179.00 179.00 (1.50) are awaiting with closely watching developments ASIA CAPITAL 9,010 5.70 6.00 6.00 5.80 5.80 0.10 research and development by the Pakistan Phar- The SLPMA was established six decades ago of the Western world,” he said. NCE, President BROWNS BEACH 1,000 11.90 11.10 11.10 11.10 11.10 (0.80) maceutical Manufacturers’ Association. The and has since represented local manufacturers Ravi Jayawardane said we need a secured country COMM LEASE & FIN 59,359 6.50 6.20 6.60 6.20 6.50 0.00 SLPMA is hoping to achieve 50% production of pharmaceuticals in Sri Lanka currently num- to conduct our export business with constant DIALOG FINANCE 30 59.70 57.80 57.80 57.50 59.70 0.00 of local pharmaceutical requirements by 2025, bering over 20, including established Sri Lan- DISTILLERIES 33,663 20.90 21.20 21.20 20.00 20.00 (0.90) policy and good international relationships FIRST CAPITAL 10,104 52.10 52.00 52.00 51.00 51.40 (0.70) and a target of US$ 1 Billion per year in exports kan Conglomerates, innovative new local ven- “I am confident now is the moment for all of GOOD HOPE 21 1,121.90 878.00 880.00 877.00 1,121.90 0.00 by 2030. tures, multinational pharmaceutical companies, us to take a close look at very important issues KELSEY 1,282 35.10 42.00 42.00 35.00 42.00 6.90 SLPMA was represented by Sanjaya Jayarat- and the State Pharmaceuticals Manufacturing and make meaningful changes, so that we can LOLC FINANCE 1,185,096 6.60 6.80 6.80 6.20 6.30 (0.30) na (President), M Kalana Hewamallika (Vice Corporation (SPMC). widen our exports to a greater extent,” he added. wednesday, march 3, 2021 BUsIness 19 NEWS S-lon, NAITA partner to promote plumbing as viable career prospect S-lon Lanka (Pvt) Ltd, include providing education and a professional service to by State Minister of Skills among plumbers in the recently signed a MoU with on modern techniques and the end -consumer. Through Development, Vocational country who happen to be National Apprentice and technology, inspiring inno- this initiative, so far over Education, Research and one of the most crucial Industrial Training Authority vation, ensuring occupation- 2000 plumbers have Innovation Dr. Seetha Aram- stakeholders in our busi- State Minister Dr. Seetha Arambepola, Chairman of NAITA Tharanga Nalin Gam- (NAITA) by extending their al safety and instilling a received vocational qualifi- bepola. ness. lath and Group Director of Capital Maharaja Group S.C. Weerasekara at the event partnership for three more sense of pride among plumb- cations. At the event, Group With the country returning years to grant necessary pro- ers by awarding them with The MoU signing was Director of Capital Mahara- to normalcy, we hope to con- confident that we will contin- itself. Established in 1957, sewage pipes and fittings, hot fessional training and quali- certifications such as Nation- signed by Chairman of ja Group said, “We are tinue with our Plumber Club ue to receive their co-opera- S-lon manufactures and dis- water piping, ball valves, fications for plumbers of al Trade Test (NTT) and NAITA, Tharanga Nalin excited to be partnering regional programmes taking tion in the future too,” he fur- tributes a diverse portfolio of plastic taps, water pumps, S-lon Plumber’s Club (over National Vocational Qualifi- Gamlath and S.C. with NAITA for 3 more knowledge and expertise to ther stated that, S-lon views water management solutions solvent cement, garden mesh, 7,000 active members) to cations (NVQ) which are Weerasekara, Group Direc- years whereby, we’re confi- every corner of Sri Lanka. elevating standard of profes- that include a comprehensive chrome plated faucets and progress in their career. recognized nationally and tor, Capital Maharaja Group. dent that we will be able to NAITA has been a great part- sionals as being equal to ele- range of pipes & fittings, accessories and roofing Key objectives of the club globally, resulting in a better The event was also graced promote professionalism ner in this mission and we’re vating standard of industry rainwater disposal systems, sheets. introduces ‘Ezy Pay Senior Business Managers Join PIM’s EMBA The Postgraduate Institute the efforts taken by the PIM with innovative approaches. of Management (PIM), as to design the EMBA to suit Dr. Trevor Mendis, EMBA Home Loans’ for apartment buyers the nation’s management an emerging category com- Coordinator of PIM elabo- mentor successfully prising of General Manag- rated the content and the Havelock City, Sri Lan- launched another batch of ers, Chief Executive Offic- conduct of the EMBA at the ka’s premier mixed-use its Executive Master of ers, Chief Financial Officers PIM. 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We have technological improve- CIC Chicken, the product reputed as automated many areas in ments and advancement one of the highest quality chicken chicken processing and of science, today broiler available in Sri Lanka, offers their use advance technology to chicken grows to 2.2kg brand – ‘Besto’ which is available in retain high quality and in 5 weeks by consuming most of the leading Supermarkets and safety of chicken meat.” 3.5kg of quality feed. groceries, at affordable prices. says Ajith Weerasinghe, CIC Feeds (Pvt) Ltd has The advanced technology and inter- CEO, CIC Poultry Farms its own feed production national food safety standards have Ltd. What is so special facility, breeding farms earned customers’ trust for CIC Besto with ‘Besto’ chicken is the fact that and hatcheries to produce Day-Old- chicken as the safest chicken available everything from chicks/chicken feed to Broiler chicks. in the country. Now ‘Besto’ stands as a broiler chicken is made within the com- The Broiler production is done under unique brand for chicken and poultry pany. Therefore, the company has high environmentally controlled houses products coming in 3 convenient packs level of traceability for Besto Chicken. where light, temperature and air flow as Family pack, Pre-cut skinless, and It is worthy to clear the wrong infor- are regulated. In addition to following Pre-cut whole chicken. Besto Pre Cut mation of the general public that hor- all international standards pertaining to normal and skinless versions come as mones are used in the production of food safety, the company has obtained whole chicken cut in to 12 pieces. chicken. No producer uses hormones in ISO 22000 and HACCP certifications. “Today chicken is the cheapest availa- the production of chicken and it is CIC Poultry Farms Ltd is a subsidiary ble protein for Sri Lankans and CIC practically not possible. Therefore there of CIC Feeds (Pvt) Ltd and came into chicken is the least human handled is no reason to be fear of consuming operation as a result of CIC Feeds aim- product in the country. Our processing CIC Besto chicken. Further the hor- ing to become a vertically integrated plant is a state- of- the-art automated mone cost is higher than chicken meat poultry enterprise. Milo to provide Rs. 10 million to support 10,000 children To help them learn remotely and stay active Milo is to provide Rs. 10 million worth of support to 10,000 children. This is via its latest campaign, in the form of laptops, tabs, reloads, scooters, bikes and more to help them learn remotely and stay physically active, at a time where many are shielding indoors from the pandemic and limiting the time spent outside their homes. The brand will be gifting 1,000 children every week via raffle draws Sethika Metunija with the kids scooter Dinodi Dissanayaka and her family, between 18 February 2021 he received from Milo and his family with the laptop she received from Milo and 18 April 2021. “Supporting and encourag- This purpose-driven cam- have classes at the same we’re so happy our children ing them to stay active and paign is our way of support- time, which makes it diffi- have won something that lead a healthy lifestyle has ing parents with the resources cult. We took part in the will not only keep them been a big part of this, but we they need to help their chil- competition hoping against entertained but also active.” wanted to go one step further dren go further in life” said hope that we would win an In the future, 1,000 win- this year. We heard many sto- Mohamed Ali, Category Mar- electronic device to help us ners will be chosen every ries of families struggling keting Manager for Milo. follow classes better and week at random via a raffle with remote learning and Dinodi Dissanayaka from complete our schoolwork draw, as per the terms of the online classes, especially Anuradhapura is one of the easily.” competition, to win laptops, those with more than one first week’s winners. She Sethika Metunija from Pil- tabs, reloads, scooters, bikes, child, as they didn’t have says the laptop she has won iyandala has won a kids skateboards, basketballs, enough devices or data to will make a world of differ- scooter, which his father footballs, skipping ropes, cope. We also heard of par- ence to her family“My sister says will help him and his headsets, or school bags. ents worried about the lack of and I follow online classes sister get at least half an More information is avail- outdoor playtime and physi- on our mother’s mobile hour of exercise a day “We able on the @MiloSriLanka cal activity for their children. phone and sometimes even never expected to win but Facebook page. 20 BUsIness wednesday, march 3, 2021 news Dialog Axiata partners Gamata Sanniwedanaya ra project, we are also aiming to expand cover- A project Initiated by TRCSL age in 10 districts this year, including Kurune- gala, Matara and Anuradhapura with a vision of Staying true to its vision of Empowering and be deployed by Dialog by July 2021. The next expanding coverage to 100% of the country.” Enriching Sri Lankan Lives and Enterprises by phase of the ‘Gamata Sanniwedanaya’ initiative Supun Weerasinghe, Group Chief Executive connecting everyone and driving digital inclu- will focus on expanding 4G coverage to deep of Dialog Axiata PLC said, “We are pleased to sion across the nation, Dialog Axiata PLC rural communities in Kurunegala, Matara and join hands with TRCSL to launch the ‘Gamata (Dialog) partnered the Telecommunications more districts to achieve near 100% population Sanniwedanaya’ initiative as part of our efforts Regulatory Commission of Sri Lanka (TRCSL) coverage by the end of 2022. in expanding 4G coverage to deep rural com- to launch the first phase of the ‘Gamata Sanni- Oshada Senanayake, Director General of Tel- munities across the nation and support our sub- wedanaya’ initiative in Ratnapura. ecommunications Regulatory Commission of scribers, considering how connectivity has By facilitating the ‘Gamata Sanniwedanaya’ Sri Lanka said, “Today marks a special day become a necessity with the ongoing pandemic, initiative, the Company aims to enable all Sri where we launch this ‘Gamata Sanniwedanaya’ especially with learning and working require- Lankans to move forward as one digital society initiative with Dialog in the Napawala village ments. and support the distant-learning and working in the Rathnapura district. Our efforts through We hope to collaborate further with TRCSL Sriyani Mawellage, Deputy Director - Competition Division, TRCSL, Supun requirements in this new normal. This initiative this initiative is to establish the necessary con- in the upcoming months to make this initiative Weerasinghe, Group Chief Executive, Dialog Axiata, Oshada Senanayake, Direc- was deployed by TRCSL with the pilot pro- nectivity infrastructure which is imperative for a success, in line with our shared vision of ena- tor General, TRCSL, Sudath Wakista, Deputy Director - Spectrum Management gramme of implementing 37 new sites in the Sri Lanka to successfully navigate its journey bling a fully connected and truly empowered Division, TRCSL and Pradeep De Almeida, Group Chief Technology Officer, Ratnapura District, where 18 of these sites will towards digitisation. Along with the Rathnapu- Sri Lanka.” Dialog Axiata at the event

Sethsuwa Ayurvedic Hospitals opens Pelwatte Industries to support local dairy farming

Narahenpita Rajawasa Economic Center outlet Pelwatte Dairy Industries, all year along, while also believes and invests in one of Sri Lanka’s leading supporting an auxiliary capacity building, regularly local dairy producers, is on industry in the process. carries out training pro- Sethsuwa Ayuevedic Hospitals has Sethsuwa Pranajeewa has proven that a renewed mission to pro- Managing Director of grams regarding cattle recently opened a new outlet at the it can boost immunity thus shielding duce sufficient forage for Pelwatte Dairy, Akmal nutrition. They regularly Rajawasa Economic Center in Nara- the user from non-communicable dis- the cattle all year along, Wickramanayke said, “As a invite farmers from all parts henpita. eases, it helps maintain youthful vitality despite the season, weather local leader, we believe that of the island to visit and All the ayurvedic products of Sethsu- and promotes overall good health. and climate which usually the most significant compo- undergo a training pro- wa including Pranajeewa are available One of the unique features of Sethsu- cause deflects to the pro- nent of our value chain are grammes. at the new outlet open from 10.00 a.m. wa Pranajeewa which is produced with duce and affect grazing pat- the farmers and their sup- The highly trained farm to 10.00 p.m. daily. organic herbs using latest technology is terns and milk production portive industries. It is for PDIL only uses 100% fresh professionals show the Pranajeewa, the flagship product of the fact that it does not have any side capabilities of the cattle. this very reason that we, at milk in its product range, farmers practical usages of Sethsuwa Ayurvedic Hospitals is now effects. Thereby not only ensur- Pelwatte Dairy Industries, this ensures the highest various feeds along with available in capsules. Pranajeewa, is an The Intellectual Property (IP) rights ing to meet the domestic remain heavily invested in standards in every product. nutrition combination using attempt to showcase traditional Sri of Sethsuwa Pranajeewa are held by milk demand but to also working with and uplifting The company has sub- fodder grown in their exten- Lankan medicine towards a modern- Sethsuwa Ayurveda Hospital (Pvt) Ltd. uplift the socio-economic lives and work of the dairy stantially been sourcing sive grass lands. day audience. It is a medicine that has Sethsuwa Pranajeewa can be used to status of local dairy farm- farmers and those of the milk from locals following The high producing dairy been produced with the utilisation of treat all types of heart diseases, can- ers, supportive industries supportive industries with strict guidelines and testing cow requires a diet that sup- western scientific methods and process- cers, diabetes, disorders of the nerves, President Gotabaya Rajapaksha and locals. an intense focus of raising ensuring its quality and plies the nutrient needs for es, and has had its effectiveness proven wheeze, catarrh, phlegm, paralysis, visiting the new outlet at the open- Pelwatte Industries has the socio-economic stand- hygiene stays intact. This high milk production. through clinical trials. The product has arthritis, haemorrhoids, gastritis, kidney ing now extended its support to ards of these poor commu- alone has been the liveli- While Milk remains the received praise from its myriad of users diseases, bladder stones, liver diseases Scientific studies have shown that several women and youth in nities. hood of over 1000 families raw material that comes across the globe as it is currently and obesity. Sethsuwa Pranajeewa has strong anti- the locality to establish their By providing supporting around the area with an into play in the Dairy exported to many countries around the There have been instances where oxidant qualities that inhibit the forma- own forage and cattle feed services like the training, assurance that all small- Industry. The forage fed to world. those who had been recommended tion of free radicals. Sethsuwa Prana- production centers, that is in PDIL ensures that they cre- scale farmers and private the cattle falls into certain Considering the busy lifestyle of the bypass surgeries had their health condi- jeewa, globally renowned for its mirac- turn bought by the company ate a high-quality raw milk farms will have a guaran- shortages at several times of current generation and the demand for tions improved through Sethsuwa ulous medicinal properties, can now be and by the registered local supply chain. This helps the teed buyer in them, and that year, especially during the easy-to-use products, Sethsuwa Prana- Pranajeewa. This product can also min- purchased at all main pharmacies and dairy farmers who will be Milk Procurement Person- their products will always dry season, when rainfall jeewa now comes in capsule form that imize the damage caused by alcohol to Ayurvedic medicine outlets. Contact able to ensure that the cattle nel to source the highest be competitively priced. will be minimal and lands can be easily carried and used anytime. the liver and reduce hair loss. 0703528003 for further details. receive the food they need quality fresh milk. Since Pelwatte, which strongly will be barren and dry.

Best Annual Report and APFASL honours Public Sector Institutions Accounts Awards 2020, organised by At Best Annual Reports & Accounts Awards 2020 the Association of Public Finance Accountants of Sri Lanka (APFASL), the Public Sector Wing of CA Sri Lanka, was held at the BMICH recently with State Minister of Money, Capital Markets and State Enterprise Reforms and Secretary to the Treasury S.R. Attygalle as special invitees. The Public Sector Best Annual Reports and Accounts Awards is an initiative aimed at helping improve the quality of annual reports and accounts issued by public sector organisations to help enhance transparency and accountability within the sector, while also promoting the underlying need to develop high- quality financial reporting. Some photographs of the event: WEDNESDAY, MARCH 3, 2021 PAGE 21

DIRECTORS CHANGE. ALL THE TIME. FORD DIDN’T. BUT AS THE YEARS WENT BY AND HIS STRENGTH LEFT HIM, HE TRIED TO. IN CHEYENNE AUTUMN, HIS MOST ATYPICAL AND IN MY OPINION MOST MOVING STORY, HE TRIED TO REDEEM HIMSELF. FOR THE FIRST TIME, A PROMINENT DIRECTOR OF WESTERNS PORTRAYED THE UNDERSIDE TO THE AMERICAN FRONTIER. HE TOOK THE E mail : [email protected] INDIAN’S SIDE.

MADAPATHA CHINTAKA e was born more than 120 years ago. Directing wasn’t really his forte: he just took to it. That was a time when film-making was looked at as another job to earn bread with. A time when you worked at it like you would at any other job, when you’d do your share for the day and leave at night. He did win some awards and accolades, true, but in the end that was all peripheral. Indeed, his knowledge of film-making was limited to its Htechnicalities. Everything else he knew about his job amounted to one classic rule: photograph the actor’s eyes. That was it. And yet, we remember him today. Not because he did something he hap- pened to take to. We remember him because of what he filmed and how he filmed them all. But I’m digressing a little here. In one volume Talk about filmmakers and there are names that come up: Spielberg, Lucas, Scorsese, Nolan. Trace them back and you will find two names that crop up: David Lean and William Wyler. Trace them back and you will find yet another name. John Ford. Who was he? All I know is that when the history of cinema is collect- ed in one volume, there is always one icon who’ll come up in every chapter. Him. What was so special about this man? Was it the fact that everyone admired him? If so, it wouldn’t be sur- prising. Directors, critics, those who rate themselves as film conoisseurs all praised him. They saw in him some- The Searchers Cheyenne Autumn one who guided them in whatever they did and wrote. Very few filmmak- Sometimes, as with Young Mr Lin- ers won praise this way. He did have coln, they do. Sometimes they don’t. his detractors, but the truth is that It is perhaps this that compelled him even those who criticised him found to delve into a past he himself had enough reason to absolve his lesser refused to see: a past that had vili- works. That’s rare. fied the same people he had depict- We remember him for those films ed as villains. The attempt back- he made, in particular the Westerns. fired. We know why. Like the ballad, the cowboy film is He could also be very self- probably the most indigenised art- much as they rebelled against the assured, to the point where he form in America. Generations of notion of civilisation introduced by appeared to be smug and arrogant. I schoolkids and would-be directors the White Man, the natives were remember an incident that illus- grew with them. Everyone who fell unjustly treated. Ford went as far as trates this well. An interviewer in love with them grew up emulat- to call it an elegy, an apology for what asked him whether he had been ing them. They couldn’t equal Ford, the American government did to interested in films as a child. Ford of course, but they came very close them. is reported to have said, “Not at at it. After all, what was Lawrence all. Not interested in them even of Arabia other than a Western in Most folksy now. It’s just a way of making a liv- the desert? What was Star Wars But it failed. That was the last time ing.” other than a Western in outer he made a Western, ever. space? He didn’t just direct Westerns, of Professional There’s more. course. He occupied other worlds. His The Western has become larger- fascination with American history (he filmmaker than-life today. Inevitably. It has was an Irishman) came out forcefully Those who think that he was become the most clichéd film genre in Young Mr Lincoln. His commit- arrogant and insufferable, no out there. The reason isn’t too hard to ment to social problems brought out doubt, would note these words find. Take the usual elements of a The Grapes of Wrath. His Irish roots down. But he wasn’t. The truth is Western film: uncivilised town, a took him to his most “folksy” film, that he was a professional filmmak- stranger riding in, wine spouting out My Darling Clementine The Quiet Man. er. And as someone once told me, of barrel holes, and (perhaps the most Even his lesser works - They Were he was probably the most indiffer- iconic of them all) sage-brush rolling massacres the Indians in The Search- shunned as the years went by. Com- Expendable, The Informer, The Long ent filmmaker out there. Only indif- along lonely stretches of land. All ers. mentators from both sides of the Voyage Home - he managed to go ference would have moved the giant these we remember, so much so that Yes, there is a difference, tied political divide critiqued it, not least beyond his limited vision and still fas- he was to say what he did to that you cannot improve on them. together by one thing: the way Ford because of how racially biased it cinate us. He was a sentimentalist and interviewer, after all. Not arrogance. saw the West. was. There is no doubt, after all, that a romantic, and knew well enough not I must end here. Restrained, The Western has been associated, the characters in some of Ford’s to apologise for it. But he was justi- There are those who measure yet tense reasonably I should think, with bigot- films were bigoted. Like Ethan fied. At the end. There’s a reason for giants. There are giants who ry. In its universe, the Indians were Edwards from The Searchers, who this, obviously. The man wasn’t just a live on no matter how But masters know how to tweak cli- the villains and the White Man the remarks that his nephew is a “half- director. He was a poet. The first poet they’re measured. John ché. That’s what Ford did. Take his hero. Always. The cowboy enforcing breed” because he’s one-eighth Indi- of the screen. Ford lives on. He lives in battle scenes, for instance. He shot “civilisation” in a chaos-ridden land, an. There are no real heroes in Ford’s every film that pays them all in such a way that they were trying to convert the “savages” to his Directors change. All the time. Ford films. He didn’t need them. As much homage to him. He lives unique not only to his vision but to faith: this was the thread that binds didn’t. But as the years went by and as he painted his films in black-and- every time we see Darth the films they were in. Witness the every Western in common. What his strength left him, he tried to. In white, it’s also true that he didn’t Vader fighting Luke Skywalker, Indian attack in Stagecoach, for made Ford stand apart from the rest, Cheyenne Autumn, his most atypical stoop to the larger-than-life. Those and Indiana Jones cracking his bull- instance, to see just how different it is defiantly almost, was the way he por- and in my opinion most moving story, who reside in his universe all have whip. from the attack in The Searchers. Wit- trayed this conflict between White he tried to redeem himself. For the secrets, a dark past to escape from. Yes, he lives. More than a hundred ness how Wyatt Earp fights Newman Man and Indian, between order and first time, a prominent director of The plots of his stories (he was a years after he was born, we remem- Clanton and his sons in My Darling chaos. Westerns portrayed the underside to master storyteller) culminate on ber him. We will continue to do so Clementine - restrained, yet tense - Unlike the gangster film, which it the American frontier. He took the whether his characters come to terms as long as the idea of movies and how Ethan Edwards resembles, the Western film was Indian’s side. He tried to show that as with their pasts. endures. TOWN COUNTRY page 22 & DN WEDNESDAY, MARCH 3, 2021

realised that the night was still young and the depth of the night was about to unfold.” The spirit of his mother, who Not quite lost in translation he is attempting to help escape from purgatory, haunts him, Mystery, love story as do his thoughts about her There are more dialogues than actual descriptions. They untimely death. Just how and why did she die and how was cultivate in knowing each other that is depicted as the most his aunt involved? As Sujatha essential human factor needed for their mutual grows into his robe and his life of solitude he fi nds himself understanding while driving, the female driver gets the more entrenched with his past chance of listening to him. He comes to feel that he had got and fantasy and a new future path. The the right kind of listener. pull between his wants and his needs and the world outside the monastery provide the dramatic arch of the story. TITLE: “‘I hear you, dad, but when The Sa ron Robe by the I become a monk, I can focus on my meditation properly. I'll Flowing River have continuous guidance at AUTHOR: the monastery whenever I need Ravindhu Mahendra it. Sorry dad, I really don't GENRE: want to upset you, but I don't Novel understand the logic behind what you are saying. How come PUBLISHER: a layman turns into a prisoner Sarsaavi Publishers when he becomes a monk? Tell me, how? Aren’t we all prison- “Driving and ers in our own lives anyway? singing liberated These human attachments and Sujatha, knowing no debut novel in English but I feel bonds are the ones that keep Buddhist would appreciate that it won’t be his last. The us imprisoned. I want to go be- Professor world of reality and fantasy. what he was doing - a singing story captures the beauty of the yond that and set myself free. SUNANDA MAHENDRA Similarly, another example monk driving a car with two Sri Lankan landscape but also When one becomes a monk, The translation process in from Jayaratne’s collection young girls and a child sitting reminds us of the traditions of he doesn't have anything that any literature known around could be cited. This is the next him – the idea seemed lu- the monastic life and of the im- belongsto him. Which means the world story titled dicrous.” portance of being part of a fam- there wouldn’t be anything to has yielded ‘Drive My Car’ We’ve all wanted to escape ily of some sort – no matter how lose. Isn't that liberating? We enormous (Gamanak from our realities at some point ing the fi re to bloom. Still, he sit together they tickle and care untraditional that family may haven't brought anything into results. Atara). This haven’t we? remained by the pyre until the for each other, sharing the beau- be. Part mystery, part love story, this world, and we won’t take The initial too is an In The Saffron Robe by the fi nal fl ame faded way. Taking a ty of the space between their part fantasy, Mahendra blends anything back. Human life is impact of experimental Flowing River, author Ravindhu deep breath, he tried to stay in a touching fronds. Most of all I the narrative threads together to just a motel, dad.’ “ translating psychological Mahendra’s main character, Su- meditative mood whilst the hyp- love the smell. The smell of the ensure that we care about what It seems timely, as the world from one creative piece jatha, endeavours to escape the notic fl ames took his mind away ferns reminds me of the water, happens to our hero and his kin. faces lockdown, that we are al- source to that centres challenges of his life by taking to a beginning even though he moisture, the resilient nature of Whilst many elements of the lowed to be locked-up with Su- another around an up the robe. However, he fi nds believed that there was neither the fragility and life.’ story reach into the traditions jatha but can share his freedom comes as a owner of an that the very life he is trying beginning nor end. Life, he The landscape of the island is of Buddhist tales, the love story as he explores landscape and tribute in old car who is to run away from has a way of thought, is a constantly evolving as much a character of the novel itself is very much of our time. destiny. I would urge readers to the under- seen in need of catching up with him. cycle.” as are the humans. Sri Lankans It is a parable that demonstrates travel with him as he discovers standing of a driver. The “Looking at the ferny fl oor of Following the death of his and those lucky enough to have that true love should win no mat- the truth of his story and of his one culture driver strange- the forest from up above, mes- mother, the young and troubled visited will recognise the sights, ter what the circumstances and love. on the part ly to be a merised Sujatha's little mind. Sujatha, leaves his bullish father the feel and the smells of the challenges are and no matter “The robe fl uttered silently, a of another woman who It was a moment of magic. The with his new wife (who also hap- land. In many ways the forest, how untraditional that love may fl ag creating so many questions person living in a totally dif- functions not only as a mere rain became intrusive as the pens to be his mother’s sister) to the plains, and Mother Nature be. It is a testament to the writ- but only the silver-laced moon ferent cultural milieu. Most driver but also as a compan- evening fell. A massive bolt of seek solace as a novice monk in herself at at the heart of the ing of Mahendra that this book in the morning sky seemed to of us are aware of the impact ion who comes out with vari- thunder cracked the sky.” a monastery. In his misguided story - it seems fi tting as this is feels at once both traditional have witnessed what had really of the translations of works ous types of human experi- Written in a lyrical, poetic attempts to run away from his Sujatha’s real love. and modern; confrontational yet happened.” in Sanskrit and Pali into Sin- ences. style, The Saffron Robe by the troubles he fi nds that old con- “The loneliness became in- comforting. In a novel full of intrigue what hala for a long time. Flowing River is Mahendra’s cerns persist and new ones arise. tense and begun to suffocate “A purple haze of clouds tar- ‘When I look at the ferns, him as the fl ame of the lamp do we discover? They resulted in the UNFOLDING NARRATIVE nished the blue sky. The last my eyes are drawn beyond the faded away. Leaving the fl ame Truth, love, beauty and kind- growth of the local literary fl icker of the dusky sun seeped delicate fronds to the magical to die, he walked towards the ness. works paving the way to The reader, as I see comes through the blotchy skies patterns and shadows of the en- Bodhi Malu. A few of the fi nely It’s what the world needs now enter into other languages as to know of this innerness of and kissed Sujatha's face. vironment they create. They are fl amed coconut lamps welcomed is it not? well. What is now known as this experience. As the nar- Everyone had gone leav- such a giving entity. When ferns him and whispered to him. He - Reviewed by Rob Earrey English literature is a result rative unfolds, the reader of the translation of works comes to know that the pro- from Latin, Greek, Spanish, tagonist of the story is an French, Russian, Italian and actor who is married. His works from oriental languag- wife had given birth to a es down the centuries. child who is no more. Then Nobody is going to have a comes the turn of the female dispute with me for stating driver who so is selected to this fact. Thus, the transla- know about him. As s driver, tion process is not only she has more free time but is needed, but also an essential perhaps faced to work dur- Deploying cultural factor. ing the nights, as her t might not be too diffi cult to fi nd TITLE: employer is seen working texts that place Buddhism in parallel Buddhism, Con ict and more at night than during HUMAN MESSAGE the daytime. The reader space with notions such as violence Violence in Modern Sri Lanka and confl ict with the Asian region as In this background, we gradually comes to know I EDITED BY: presume the function of the two stories or two human the focal point. The volume under con- sideration here, Buddhism, Confl ict and Mahinda Deegalle forces to arrest translator of one culture into experiences linked to each Violence in Modern Sri Lanka (edited PUBLISHER: another, but also as a sensi- other. by Mahinda Deegalle) is no exception Routledge tive and resourceful convey- There are more dialogues though a reader might be interested in or of a human message and/ than actual descriptions. the motivations of this endeavour articu- or creativity from one cul- They cultivate in knowing lated by its editor. In his Introduction he ture to another. In this each other that is depicted summarizes the objective of this impor- respect, the two translators I as the most essential human a conflict happened to encounter in factor needed for their tant volume of literature as an exploration of the “canonical and cultural resources” the current Sinhala literary mutual understanding while in the Theravada tradition which could be sus- scene in our culture come as driving, the female driver deployed against the violent elements in tained resourceful messengers. gets the chance of listening Sri Lanka. This might sound overtly pre- by both They are Sathyapala to him. He comes to feel that scriptive for the sensitive reader, yet, do sides of the Galketiya and Nimal he had got the right kind of not let such notions deter you from diving ethnic divide and Jayaratne who have listener. She, the driver, too into the depths of this book—for nothing offers prescriptive embarked on collections of comes to feel that she too can be deceptive as the title of a book, and suggestions for potential short stories from the Japa- had come to work with the by extension, its Introduction. This vol- harmony. One of his po- nese writer Haruki Muraka- right person. ume is a veritable selection of intellectual tentially powerful argu- the mi. Galketiya’s translation is The narrative in many refl ections on an important subject and ments—though he has ethnic titled Aliya Aturudan (Ele- ways in unconventional and brings together the thoughts of some of not expanded on it ad- tumult. phant Vanishes) and gripping. Perhaps these nar- the consistent articulators on the subject. equately—is the edicts of When read- Jayaratne’s collection as ratives and the translations It considers the ethnic confl ict of Sri Lan- King Asoka, which offers ing Buddhism, Gahanu Netiva (Men With- are concerned cannot be ka from previously deployed viewpoints inspiration for harmoni- Confl ict and Violence out Women). Perhaps this is classed as short stories that such as history surveys and cross-cultural ous existence. Boldly in Modern Sri Lanka the first time that the Sinha- we encounter in many other analysis; and it also attempts to view the deconstructing partition one is suddenly reminded of la reader gets the chance of collections. The two narra- issue at hand from highly individual as- and separatism as weaker the all-too-frequent postulate of knowing the creative spirit tives cited could be regard- pects such as linguistic emphasis and tex- means of fi nding a solu- folklorists: that rationalizing of a folk in Haruki Murakami. ed as short narratives or tual criticism. The book also (strangely) tion to the ethnic crisis, narrative does not necessarily renders a One significant factor per- long short stories. All these works better if one read it in the given RALH Gunawardena deep universal truth—rather, rationality taining to the two translated go to say that the short order, because one theme seemingly leads offers a comprehensive and mythical thought travel parallel to collections could be laid as story genre is changing to the other. Alavappillai Veluppillai gives voice to account of the roots of the confl ict by each other. Perhaps, this is one thought the chance of getting into from both content and Richard Gombrich, with his precise the views of the Tamil ethnic community re-visiting the important locations of that would need the conscious attention groups with some of the structure. and penetrating prose, begins the volume in the confl ict. Using the idea of ‘fears’ of history that might have played into the of the contributors and the editor of the experimental writings in These two collections are by problematizing the notion of ‘Buddhist one ethnic group of the other, he attempts confl ict. Chandra R. de Silva attempts to volume. Intellectualizing a confl ict in Japanese creative writing ample testimony to visual- fundamentalism’ thus yielding thought- to build a case for a nation based on em- understand the connections between the order to fi nd a possible means of end- translations. The reader ise the change. One signifi- provoking insights on the concoctions of pathy and sensitivity. Of course, like any behaviour and the guiding motivations of ing it might appear theoretically sound; feels that Murakami is not at cant factor that comes to religion and power politics of the Asian text dealing with anemotive attribute people in a confl icting situation with the yet, wars also begin (and end) in human all tradition-bound following the mind of a reader may be region. John Clifford Holt undertakes an ‘fear’ has become porous, permeated the Buddhist monkhood as his focus, though minds, the same minds that carry ration- the trends laid down in the the transforming literary exhaustive analysis of the artistic and textual space, and claimed a life of its his arguments are restricted by the brev- ale objectivity is also capable of carrying annals short narrative writ- changes in modern creative spiritual assimilation of Hinduism in own. ity of his essay. subjective emotions. Perhaps this vol- ing known to the reader forms. These two collec- Lankan cultural landscapes, drawing the Ananda Wickremeratne engages in a Asanga Tilakaratne engages in a criti- ume might have been richer if it had also down the ages. Murakami is tions of short narratives by attention of a reader to the unarticulated lengthy survey of the relatively unknown cal analysis of two seminal texts related to added perspectives on mass media and seen as a writer who pene- Haruki Murakami shows nuance of his text: that assimilation and publications focusing on the Lankan eth- the Lankan ethnic confl ict, namely, The literary texts, which are major conveyors trates a simple human expe- this factor as an essential sharing of cultural symbols is also a chap- nic confl ict. He is bold enough to observe Work of the Kings (H. L Seneviratne) and of thoughts related to peace and confl ict. rience that develops into a and inevitable creative fac- ter in the complete chronicle that encap- and question the Sword of Damocles The Role of the Sangha in the reconcili- Human affairs do not usually come with panoramic vision. One good tor. As I was reading these sulates the relationship between the war- (called the myth) hanging above texts ation Process (T Bartholomeusz and C. a user manual, and social events need example could be drawn two contributions, I felt that ring ethnicities. that convey rationale thought. Could ra- R. de Silva). Like any textual enterprise, not follow teleology, linearity or progres- from Galketiya’s translation Murakami is a creator who Mahinda Palihawadana stays within tionale discourses on the confl ict displace his texts too is overwhelmed by the unar- sive evolution. The unpredictable and that bears the title Elephant has regarded his creative the primary objectives of this volume as the all-powerful myths that defi ne the ticulated ‘voices’ that lays open the subtle anti-structural literary output of Sinhala, Vanishes. communication not as a he explores and offers potential modes of clash? Possibly the seeming undertone of and understated complexities of the eth- Tamil and English thus could add other Here the reader sees a cer- fashionable trend, but as a confl ict resolution using the Theravada his essay is a revert back to the emotive nic broil. imaginative ways of seeing the confl ict. tain sensitive person, the new trendsetter in the Japa- Buddhist texts, while PD Premasiri in a factor of ‘fear’ as suggested in Veluppillai’s Using the Sarvodaya movement as his Yet, in defence of the volume, it is an im- persona of the narrative see- nese narrative form known similar veinuses the similar texts to locate article—after all, one of the uses of myths focus, George Bond, draws inspiration portant addition to the literature on the ing a news item in a newspa- as a representative of the the confl ict in individual consciousness is to negate ‘fear.’ Gananath Obeysekerere from the organization’s experience as well nation’s ethnic confl ict. It surveys, analy- per embarks gradually into ‘floating world’ concept laid and not in the ‘world’ as a whole. Both sorts to a lengthy refl ection on the idea of as their ideology to understand how sus- ses, prompts, and offers different takes on the following the story and down over the years. their mined ideas from the Pali cannon Buddhism minus critical refl ection on the tained reconciliation could function even the confl ict offering modes of refl ection an investigative discoverer. Murakami is shown as a might not be fresh harvest to a seasoned part of its followers. Like Wickremeratne, amidst chaos. Mahinda Deegalle brings for the reader. Its textual universe, un- But the attempt on his part sensitive observer of human reader of Theravada texts, yet in their de- he too brings into focus and deconstructs the volume to a close with a fi rmly con- consciously, lays bare the complexities of may be envisaged as a futile experience and a conveyor fence, both offer fresh modes of looking at the foundation myths of the nation in an text-based (rare occurrence by the way) human commotion and care thus offering attempt for he never knows of the same in various psy- the confl ict, from a spiritual aspect, and (futile) attempt to demonstrate that the analysis of JHU’s rise to power. When possibilities for thought and perceptions who the elephant vanished. chological streams. as prescriptive as they may sound their myths are more fl exible and inclusive immersed in their context, JHU suddenly about the conditions that uphold a ‘civil’ He, the persona of the narra- Thus two tributes from thinking needs serious thought and atten- than the combatants. looks different and becomes a part of the war. tive takes the reader into his Japan are seen emerging. tion. Bardwell Smith analyses the websites complexity and contradictions bred by Reviewed by Lal Medawattegedara TOWN COUNTRY & page 23 WEDNESDAY, MARCH 3, 2021 DN

DR SUBASHINI PATHMANATHAN

ava Rasas are the important essence of Bharatha Natyam. It is not only found in Bharatha Naty- N am but also it is the most impor- tant and dominating factor in almost all the SCOPE OF EXPRESSIONS IN Indian classical forms and even in many of the Indian folk dances. Most of the Indian dance forms interpret the meaning through beautiful hand gestures and beautiful facial expressions in the form of Bhavas and Rasas. Normally, Bhava means inner emotional feelings in the Nirthya aspect of dance. Classical Bharatha Natyam consists of three BHARATHA NATYAM varieties of three different factors of dance. Bharatha Natyam is totally One is Nirtha, Nirthya, and Natya. Nirtha based on Hindu philosophy. In means pure dance which consists of the Hinduism, the word ‘Nava’ Adavus, stands (Mandala positions), body plays an important role, Nava positions, footwork, combined hand posi- tions and hand gestures. Nitrtha simply means nine in number. reveals the pure dance. Nirthya consists of Navagrhas means nine expressions Bhava (emotional involvement) planets; Nava Sakthi means; and essence of the substance of Bhava which is often referred to as Rasas. Natyam nine Sakthi of Goddess Durka, in dance means story-oriented dance. Navathaniya, means nine different varieties of grains Unfortunate condition arathiri means nine nights devoted to three used for poojas, Navarathiri different Sakthis. However, in today’s Bharatha Natyam has means nine nights devoted to Navaratnam means nine precious stones lost the essence of dance due to the absence three different Sakthis. in the Tamil language and Hinduism. Nav- of Rasas in the stage performances. If we amy in the Hindu calendar means, the analyze the reasons for the absence of rasas changed. Most of the teachers do not under- Now more attention is given to the pure ninth day after the full moon day and the in this classical dance form, the present stand the level of their students, interest, Nirtha factor such as steps or adavus than ninth day after the dark full moon day. mentality of students and teachers is understanding power, IQ level, and psychol- that of Nrithya (Bhava and rasas). In the Similarly, in Bharatha Natyam Nava Rasas responsible for the unfortunate condition. ogy. It is the responsibility of the teachers to present generation dance field, those who means nine different feelings. Nava Rasas Institutional methodology, syllabus based induce the navarasas in their performances. are using facial expression are labelled as are sringara Rasas (erotic sentiment), curriculum, the craze for certificates are Today’s Bharatha Natyam performances are cinema type of dancers. It is a misinterpre- Hasya Rasas (laughter), Veera Rasas equally responsible and ruling factors for very mechanical and the facial expressions tation and misconception of facial expres- (heroic sentiment), Karuna Rasas (benev- declining rasas in today’s Bharatha Natyam. (Navarasas) are almost absent. sion. Due to the long absence of facial rasas olence), Ruthra Rasas (anger), Bibacha Earlier in the Gurukula method of impart- in stage performances, most people feel Rasas (Odious sentiment), Bhayanaka ing techniques and approach adopted by the tried to uplift the interest and involvement Meaningful facial expressions using facial expressions is akin to cinema Rasa (fearful sentiment), Atputha Rasa traditional Nattuwanar Gurus was totally of the individual students. Hence, every type of dance. This type of understanding in (astonishment sentiment), Santha Rasa different. The traditional Nattuwanars were aspect of the dance was taken into account Twenty to twenty-five years back, the the present society is also one of the causes (peaceful sentiment). the outstanding gurus and mentors of and taught perfectly. Until the student mas- attraction of Bharatha Natyam depended for the declining factor of Nava rasas (nine Without inner involvement, dance reveals dance. Those days the traditional Nattuwa- tered the selective aspect or piece, the Guru not only on the glittering costumes or jewel- emotional rasas of facial expressions) in the the flower without the scent. The Applica- nars took the classes with full dedication would not move further. Hence, almost lery but also on the interpretation of the dance field. tion of Navarasas in the performances is and devotion. They worked with students every nuance of dance was well trained, giv- songs through appropriate meaningful facial Bharatha Natyam is totally based on very much needed and such practices without considering time limits. Therefore, ing more attention to bringing out the facial expressions. Yesteryear dancers such as Hindu philosophy. In Hinduism, the word should not be discarded in any case. Mostly according to the ability, talents, interest and expressions. The Gurus induced students to abhinaya queen Balasarswathi, Mylapore ‘Nava’ plays an important role, Nava means to show or illustrate the Navarasas in Bhara- involvement, they spent the maximum time bring out their inner feelings. Gowriamal gained fame in the classical nine in number. Navagrhas means nine plan- tha Natyam in the present era the Bharatha with students. Even in a group class, the However, in today’s Bharatha Natyam field Bharatha Natyam due to their exceptional ets; Nava Sakthi means; nine Sakthi of God- Natyam artistes only reveal the nine expres- number of students was limited. Individual the interest, involvement and approach of talents in the way of expressive facial dess Durka, Navathaniya, means nine differ- sions through still photos, not much in attention was paid to each student. They students, teachers, and the public, are totally expressions (Bhava Rasas). ent varieties of grains used for poojas, Nav- stage performances. CALL OF PIONEERING CRITIC OF TAMIL LITERATURE KS Sivakumaran THE WILD Dr SUBATHINI RAMESH Sivakumaran had embarked rt, literature and social practic- on what was to become his es are fields where dissemina- major phase producing Commemorating World tion of positive thinking could A produce profitable results. criticism on various topics, Wildlife Day on March 3 Such dissemination is possible through the now considered to be relentless efforts of persons like K.S. Siva- among the greatest Tamil Sri Zoom panel discussion on on wildlife related topics and a popular- kumaran, who never tires of working for World Wildlife Day was held izer of Sri Lanka’s amazing biodiversity. the promotion of inter-communication Lankan literary criticism of recently. This was the 16th of a He has intensively studied the Sri Lan- between readers belonging to different the 20th century. Aseries of virtual zoom panel kan leopard in the wild and through that language groups through his writings. discussions hosted by America Sri Lanka exposure been inspired to work for its One of the most respected Sri Lankan He did make a substantial contribution Photographic Art Society in Los Angeles long-term conservation. His involve- men of letters, Sivakumaran has succeeded to exploring cinema and film review for California, USA (ASPAS); Member of ment with five(non-profit) conservation/ in almost every field of literature. The the Tamil readers of Sri Lanka. He had Photographic Society of America (PSA) environmental NGO’s over a twenty- bilingual writer (English & Tamil) has written a book named ‘The Moving Imag- and The International Federation of Pho- year period, with broadly common goals been a rare phenomenon in Sri Lankan es’ on the aesthetics and grammar of cin- tography of Art in France (FIAP). The and like-minded individuals, has result- Culture. As far as I know, there have been ema with guidelines to approaches of film objective of the series is to showcase the ed in both success and failure. He con- only a few, who have written creatively in criticism. In this book, Sivakumaran not beauty of world fauna and flora and pro- tinues to fight for avoidable, biodiversity both English and Tamil. only compares the kinds of professional mote environmental conservation in the loss, in order to conserve the common He began writing short stories in his filming techniques to the current Tamil context of nature photography and tour- heritage of all Sri Lankans. He sees the mother tongue Tamil and later they were films and the importance of photography ism, with a special focus on the grandeur current decade, starting with 2020 being translated by him in English. Now he Veteran Critic KS Sivakumaran. but also the discovery of the camera and of Sri Lanka’s natural habitat. a deciding decade for the Sri Lankan writes both in Tamil and English -poems Picture by Saman Sri Wedage the history of film making. His other book The panellists were Dr. Peter Sand, leopards both in and outside legally Pro- and short stories. He is praised for his in Tamil is titled Cinema: A World Pas- Rukshan Jayewardene and Mari Margil. tected Areas, together with a host of extraordinary ability to create moods and and potential for creative contributions. sage. Dr. Peter H. Sand was the Secretary- other animals on land that are co- atmospheres, his unforgettable images, the His entries on contemporary Sri Lankan General, of the Organization for the Con- dependent. music of his language and his awareness of Tamil literature are found in two Interna- Administrative experience vention on International Trade in Endan- Mari Margil serves as the Executive his human conditions. tional Encyclopaedias of Literature. gered Species of Wild Fauna and Flora Director of the Center for Democratic Another welcoming feature in Sivaku- He is an artist of global dimensions and (CITES); previously he was Assistant and Environmental Rights and program Oral inspiration maran’s writing is that he writes not only creator of a unique calibre. Sivakumaran Director-General and later, Acting Direc- manager for CDER’s International Center on the theories of literary criticism, the was Chairman of the Tamil Drama Panel tor-General, of the International Union for the Rights of Nature. Margil previ- The language is naturalized sufficiently appreciation of literary personalities, film and a member of the Literary Panels in for Conservation of Nature and Natural ously served as the Associate Director of to achieve a form of transparency. Lan- reviews, creative writing of Lankan writ- English and Tamil of the Arts Council of Resources (IUCN) the Community Environmental Legal guage is often moulded to achieve a bal- ers in Tamil and the development of Tamil Sri Lanka. He was also a member of the Previously, he has held several senior Defense Fund (CELDF). Margil is widely ance between the literary and the oral. fiction, poetry and literary criticism but Preview Committee of selecting English positions in international organizations viewed as one of the leading global voices And yet the pieces, poetry, prose or a also on science, philosophy and technolo- films for the National Film Corporation including the post of Senior Environmen- for the recognition of legally enforceable combination of both, invoke a whole dis- gy. The heterogeneous nature of his arti- and a member of selecting TV presenters tal Affairs Officer United Nations Eco- rights of ecosystems and nature. In her course, a way of life to communicate with cles on various topics clearly shows his and newsreaders for the Tamil Channel of nomic Commission for Europe, Geneva; role with CDER, Margil works with the reader. Genre is of little importance to versatility and resourcefulness, which he Rupavahini. Presently he is a member of Legal Adviser for Environmental Affairs, national, state, and local governments, the author as he experiments with struc- got through his constant convergence with the Public Performances Board under the World Bank, Washington D.C.; and Sen- tribal nations, and indigenous communi- ture and language to expression to the English and Tamil litterateurs. Ministry of Culture. ior Legal Officer, Food and Agriculture ties in Australia, Sweden, the Philippines, multiplicity of a beleaguered and resilient Sivakumaran had worked for the SLBC Organization of the United Nations, Nepal, and elsewhere, to advance legal life. Meticulous treatment (Sri Lanka Broadcasting Corporation) Rome. Currently, he is a Visiting Profes- and policy frameworks regarding Rights The nuances of a way of life and culture Tamil Service as a Relief Presenter, News sor, University of Paris (Institute des of Nature. She has served as the primary are the backdrop of his writing and that Sivakumaran is best known, even a pio- Reader and News Editor (1966- 1980) and Hautes Etudes Internationals); Ludwig- drafter of a “Himalayas Bill of Rights” explains the texture of Sivakumaran’s neer in the western style of column writ- now he is one of the Relief Hosts for the Maximilians-University of Munich; and (Nepal) and other groundbreaking legis- insightful work. The two collections of ing both in English and Tamil. Whatever English Service of the SLBC. Adjunct Professor, Durham, USA. Previ- lation. Her writing has been featured in short stories (Irumai and Sivakumaran’s the title he chooses, he gives a meticulous This outstanding personality also ously he has been an Associate Professor, The Guardian, YES! Magazine, Earth Stories) published by him portrayed him treatment of his topics with precision. His proved himself as a successful teacher of McGill University, Montreal, Canada; Island Journal, Democracy Journal, as a gifted writer. His writings convey not entire articles are descriptive, analytical English and English Literature. He had and University of Geneva, Switzerland. World Policy Journal, In These Times, only facts but also feelings because he and informative on different facets of the taught in The Maldives, Oman, Sri Lanka He has published 145 research papers in and Common Dreams. imaginatively projects himself and his literary scene. His style of writing is lucid and the US. During his services in various international journals on the environ- Margil received her Master’s degree readers into the experience of each and precise. He also has launched a pro- capacities and after retirement he has been ment, wildlife, and conservation of fauna from Harvard University’s John F. Ken- moment. gramme of collecting these writings and working as a freelance journalist. He is a and flora. nedy School of Government, and is a co- The reading public in Sri Lanka is not bringing them out as books and booklets. freelance media critic for most of the Eng- Rukshan Jayewardene has an M.Phil. author of The Bottom Line or Public aware that there are several Sri Lankan The series is at once edifying, informative lish and Tamil newspapers in Lanka. in South Asian Archaeology from the Health (Oxford University Press 2010) Tamil writers who have used English to for students of literature and those who In the 1980s he was the Deputy Features University of Cambridge with 14 years and Exploring Wild Law: The Philosophy create purposes. Sivakumaran's literary wish to gain access to the field of writing Editor of The Island (Sunday and Daily) of field experience in the Sri Lankan of Earth Jurisprudence (Wakefield Press predecessors are late K Kailasapathy, AJ and higher education and also edited the 'Culture Page’ which early historic period. 2011). She was a co-host of Democracy Canagaratna and Alagu Subramaniam, CV He also acknowledges his vital interest was voted as the best feature by the For the past 25 years Matters, a syndicated public affairs radio Velupillai to name just a few. But there is a in translation. He had translated literary paper's readers. He was also the Associate he has been a wildlife show broadcast from KYRS in Spokane, significant contrast between Sivakumaran texts including short stories into English Editor of the Virakesari for a short time photographer, writer Washington. and his predecessors. The latter was edu- and vice versa. He had worked for the (the 1990s) and also the pioneer editor of cated in the English medium during Brit- defunct Local Government Service Com- the Tamil weekly Navamani (latter part of ish rule. So was Sivakumaran. But he is a mission as a Tamil translator. the 1990s). He was the Tamil News Duty product of the post Independence era (the Sivakumaran had embarked on what was Editor of the SLBC (the 1970s) In short 1960s) when the mother tongue was the to become his major phase producing criti- KS Sivakumaran played and even now is medium of education. All the greater is the cism on various topics, now considered to playing a vital role in the literary, cultural credit due to him for using English as a be among the greatest Tamil Sri Lankan and media scene of Sri Lanka. medium for creative expression. literary criticism of the 20th century. His To the readers of Tamil stories Sivaku- KS Sivakumaran is one of the most ver- Tamil books on criticism such as Tradi- maran gives a new sense of sophistication satile writers of his generation as a transla- tional Criticism and Sri Lankan Tamil Lit- and refinement, to the Sri Lankan literary tor, teacher, essayist, short story writer, erature, Some Sri Lankan Tamil fictions, criticism, a new approach and view, to columnist, journalist, broadcaster and Criticism-recent collection of some Sri journalism, a new language, format and highly respected literary critic. In whatev- Lankan short stories, Collection of Sri method of expression, to the Tamil and er he did, however, the creator in him Lankan Short Story --A Criticism, Sri Lan- English languages, a new form, and new dominated and consequently in every area kan Literature-Introduction of Books, life and above all to the readers of North of his interest whether it is short story Critical Views and Aesthetic Literary Crit- and South of Sri Lanka, he helps to pro- writing or criticism or cinema, he left icism give very valuable materials for the vide a new channel of communication. KS behind a new order, a new system and an readers who are interested in modern Sivakumaran is a great treasure to the Sri indelible mark of his natural predilections Tamil Sri Lankan Literature. Lankan literary world. TOWN COUNTRY page 24 & DN WEDNESDAY, MARCH 3, 2021

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Quotations will be invited from Local Suppliers to obtain Heavy Vehicles to transport non degradable solid waste National Youth Corps from Mihisaru Resources Management Centre at Karadiyana, Piliyandala operated by the Western Provincial Waste Management Authority to the Waste to Energy Project at Kerawalapitiya, Wattala and to obtain heavy machinery on hire basis for a period of one year, installation of a Software System updated as per the site requirement for two weigh bridges Obtaining 09 Vehicles on Monthly Hire Basis for a period of One Year of 30 MT and 50 MT at Karadiyana Centre and purchase and installation of relevant capital items, purchase of ordour for the Provincial Offices of the National Youth Corps – 2021 / 2022 controlling material separately for degradable and non-degradable waste for projects managed by the authority and to enter into an agreement to purchase recyclable items collected at controlled pump site and recycling centre at Mihisaru Resources Management Centre, Karadiyana for a period of one year. Invitation of National Competitive Bids No. 01 1. Quotations are hereby invited from 03.03.2021 up to 11.00 a.m. on 24.03.2021 from vehicle suppliers / institutions Bid for obtaining vehicles on monthly hire basis for a period of one year from 01.04.2021 until 31.03.2021 required for No. Item Details No. of Units Document the under-mentioned 09 Provincial Offices of the National Youth Corps established under the Ministry of Youth and Sets Sports.

Obtaining Heavy Vehicles on rental Ser. Provincial Office Location basis (for a period of one year) for No. of Units will be No. Obtaining Heavy Vehicles transporting non-degradable solid waste decided upon the 01 for transport of non- from the Karadiyana Mihisaru Resources capacity of the vehicle A 01 Northern Provincial Office Vavuniya - National Youth Corps Training Centre degradable solid waste Management Centre, Piliyandala up and the load capacity 02 Southern Provincial Office Galle – National Youth Corps Training Centre to the Waste to Energy Project at of the waste 03 Western Provincial Office Yakkala – National Youth Corps Training Centre Kerawalapitiya. 04 Eastern Provincial Office Trincomalee – National Youth Corps Training Centre Obtaining on rent basis (for a period of 02 Heavy Machinery one year) PC-200 category Long Arm Ex- 01 B 05 North Central Provincial Office Kekirawa – National Youth Corps Training Centre cavator 06 North Western Provincial Office Mawathagama – National Youth Corps Training Centre Installation of an updated 07 Sabaragamuwa Provincial Office Kegalle – National Youth Corps Training Centre Software System for Updating and installing a Software Sys- 30M Ton and 50M Ton tem according to requirements of the 08 Uva Provincial Office Bandarawela – National Youth Corps Training Centre Weigh Bridges according location in place of the Software System 03 - C 09 Central Provincial Office Senkadagala – National Youth Corps Training Centre to the requirements of presently in use for 30 M Ton and 50 M the site and purchasing Ton Weigh Bridges and Purchasing and 2. Relevant service should be provided as per the details attached to the bid forms and a non refundable fee of and installation of the Installing of the relevant Capital Items Rs. 1000.00 should be paid to obtain bid forms. (Separate bid documents should be purchased making separate relevant capital items payment for each province). Bid forms may be obtained from the Procurement Division on submission of the receipt Purchase of degrading Should improve the degrading process obtained from the Shroff of the Accounts Division of the Headquarters of the National Youth Corps upon payment capacity enhancing of the organic waste being collected of the above non refundable fee between 9.00 a.m. and 3.00 p.m. on working days from 03.03.2021 until 23.03.2021 and ordour controlling in Waste Yards and thereby easing the and the bid documents placed in the Security Division Counter of the National Youth Corps Headquarters may be 04 2,400 Litres D material for the Organic compositing process, getting rid of the inspected free of charge. (A written request should be submitted to obtain bid documents.) Waste Yards by the small and should not be harmful to the 3. Bids should be submitted clearly as per the conditions provided and the bids in duplicate may either be sent by Authority environment and health registered post addressed to “Chairman, Procurement Committee (Minor), National Youth Corps Headquarters, Purchase of ordour No. 420, Bauddhaloka Mawatha, Colombo 07” or deposited in the Bid Box kept near the Main Auditorium in Must be material that can instantly Controlling material in the the Ground Floor at the National Youth Corps Headquarters to receive before 11.00 a.m. on 24.03.2021. Bids will control the ordour generated by non-degradeable Waste be opened immediately after the closing of bids on 24.03.2021 at the Auditorium of the National Youth Corps 05 depositing and frequent inter-mixing of 1200 Litres E Yard and the Reloading Headquarters. waste not harmful to the environment Center managed by the and the body 4. Bids should be accompanied by the original receipt obtained upon payment of the bid fee and a bid security drawn Authority in favour of Chairman / Director, National Youth Corps, No. 420, Bauddhaloka Mawatha, Colombo 07 valid from Invitation for quotations for daily bids opening date 24.03.2021 until 07.07.2021 to the value not below Rs. 6000.00 separately for each province purchase of all recycled items from 06 Re-cyling items - F obtained from a commercial bank approved by the Central Bank of Sri Lanka. Karadiyana Controlled Dump Site and the Re-cycled Material Collection Site 5. Bids should be accompanied by the original receipt obtained upon payment of the bid fee along with clear photocopies of the following documents, which should be certified by the bidder as true copy. Bidder should be A, B, C, D, E Bid document sets containing specifications could be obtained from 03.03.2021 up to 2.00 p.m. on 17.03.2021 able to produce the originals of those documents whenever required. from the "Mihisaru Viyamina" Resources Management Centre, Karadiyana, Thumbowila, Piliyandala operated by the • Certified Photocopy of the Vehicle Registration Certificate Western Provincial Waste Management Authority after paying a non-refundable fee of Rs. 3500.00 for each set. It is • Certified Photocopy of the Full Insurance Certificate mandatory to submit a letter of request with an official stamp when obtaining Bid Forms. A pre-Bid meeting relevant to • Certified Photocopy of the Revenue License for the current year. all items mentioned above will be held at 10.00 a.m. on 10.03.2021 at the Karadiyana "Mihisaru Viyamina" Resources • If registered for VAT, VAT Registration Certificate/Exemption Certificate Management Centre Office Premises. 6. A Pre-Bid Meeting will be held at the National Youth Corps Headquarters at 11.00 a.m. on 10.03.2021 regarding this Duly completed sealed Bids should be inserted in the Tender Box kept at the Head Office of the Waste Management bid. Authority (W.P.) located in the 1st Floor of the Western Provincial Council Building at No. 204, Denzil 7. Quotations submitted should be valid for 90 days from the date of opening of bids on 24.03.2021 until 23.06.2021. Kobbekaduwa Mawatha, Battaramulla to be received before 2.00 p.m. on 17.03.2021 or should be sent by registered post. The relevant Bids will be opened at 2.15 p.m. on 17.03.2021 at the Head Office of the Waste Management 8. Bids that are not accompanied by the documents requested in Para 5 and 6 will be rejected. Authority (W.P.) and the Bidder or his authorized representative could participate. All Bids received late will be rejected. 9. Procurement Committee reserves the right to take the final decision regarding this. Chairman, 10. Please call the Additional Director (Administration and Finance) of the National Youth Corps for any inquiry. Waste Management Centre (W.P.) Tel No. 011-2 688 885 / 011-2 690 294. No. 204, Denzil Kobbekaduwa Mawatha, Battaramulla. Departmental Procurement Committee (Minor) Tel. No : 011-3056703 / Fax : 0112613317 National Youth Corps Headquarters 01.03.2021 No. 420, Bauddhaloka Mawatha, Colombo 07. 03.03.2021

WESTERN PROVINCIAL COUNCIL ENGINEERING ORGANIZATION Invitation for Bids (IFB)

1. The Chairman, Procurement Committee of relevant Divisional Engineers now invite sealed bids from II. Public Finance Circular No. 03/2020(i) is entitled to this Procurement and, If the State Owned eligible and qualified bidders for the following works as described below. Enterprises (SOE) are quoted for bids, five percent (5%) preference will be given. 2. I. “Bidding will be conducted through National Competitive Bidding (NCB). Since the Total Cost 3. To be eligible for contract award, the successful bidder shall not have been blacklisted or assigned Estimate of this procurement is below Rs. 50Mn., regional Preference and CIDA grade preference shall contracts should not be defaulted or not completed in given time period beyond bidders control or apply as stipulated in Public Finance Circular No. 04/2016(ii). terminated prematurely and shall meet the following requirements and have a valid CIDA Registration.

(4) (5) (6) (8) (1) Requirement (7) (2) (3) CIDA Non Place of Issuing and submission Serial of Public Bid Security Validity Period Contract No. Name of Contract Registration Refundable Fee bidding documents and contact Phone No. Contracts Act (Rs.) (Rs.) No. No. 03 Divisional Engineer's Office Gampaha, Roof repair and other essential repairs at Primary Medical Care Unit - 1. WP/DB/CON/21/78 No C9 and C8 1,000.00 Cash Deposit - 10,000.00 Court Road, Gampaha. Kalagedihena TP: 033-2222515 Divisional Engineer's Office Kaluthara, Repairs of Divisional Engineer's Quarters at Divisional Engineer's 2. WP/DB/CON/21/79 No C7 and C8 1,000.00 Cash Deposit - 10,000.00 Sumangala Road, Kaluthara North. Office - Kaluthara TP: 034-2237349 Cash Deposit - 100,000.00 or Bid 3. WP/DB/CON/21/80 Construction of Ambulance Garage (Stage 1) - Base Hospital - Pimbura Yes C5 and C6 4,000.00 Security 200,000.00 (77 days) Divisional Engineer's Office Mathugama, EM5 or 4. WP/DB/CON/21/81 A/C System for X-Ray Room - Base Hospital - Pimbura No 1,000.00 Cash Deposit - 10,000.00 Ananda Shasthralaya, Mathugama. above TP: 034-2243082 Construction of 90'x25' two storied class room building with 5. WP/DB/CON/21/82 Yes C5 and C6 5,000.00 Bid Security 250,000.00 (77 days) Laboratory room at Yatiyana K.V - Matugama

4. Qualifications should be fulfilled as in the Bidding Document. 8. All bids shall be accompanied by a bid security or cash deposit (As in the Table).

5. Interested bidders may obtain further information from relevant Divisional Engineer’s offices given in 9. Bidders shall have been registered under the Public Contract No. 03 of 1987 and the Certificate of the Table and may inspect free of charge the bidding documents at the same office during the office hours. Registration should be submitted (As in the Column No. 04 of the table). 6. A complete set of Bidding Documents may be purchased by any prospective Bidder or their accredited Head, agent on the submission of a written request to the relevant Divisional Engineers (As in Column No.08 Procurement Unit, of the table) of the Western Provincial Council upon payment of non refundable fee from 09.00 hrs to Engineering Organization (W.P), 15.00 hrs on any working day from 01.03.2021 until 22.03.2021. Payment shall be made in cash. 5th Floor, 7. Sealed bids shall be delivered in duplicate with separate envelope project name written at the top left hand #204, Denzil Kobbekaduwa Mawatha, corner and addressed to the relevant Divisional Engineer’s offices (As in the Table) on or before Battaramulla 23.03.2021 at 10.30 a.m. Bids will be opened soon after closing in the presence of bidders or bidders’ 01.03.2021 representatives who choose to attend. Late Bids will be rejected. T.P-: 0112 -092504 Fax: 0112 - 092505 DN page 26 ADVERTISEMENTS WEDNESDAY, MARCH 3, 2021

MINISTRY OF WATER SUPPLY NATIONAL WATER SUPPLY & DRAINAGE BOARD BID NOTICE The Chairman, Procurement Committee on behalf of the National Water Supply & Drainage Board now invites sealed bids from eligible and qualified bidders for the Works / Supplies as described below.

Estimated Non Bid Security Cost (Rs.) Place of Issuing of Documents & Closing Date No. Name of Contract & Contract No. Refundable Eligibility Requirements Requirements Excluding Contact Person and Time Fee (Rs) VAT CIVIL TENDERS 01 Construction of Ground Reservoirs, Pump House & Care Taker Room for 12,500/-+VAT Rs. 450,000/- Registration with CIDA in the field of Water Supply and 30.56 million Tenders & Contracts Section, NWS&DB, Galle Road, 24/03/2021 Distribution Improvement in Middeniya Road (Thorakolyaya) at Embilipitiya ** Sewerage Grade C5toC4 and Registration of the contract as per Ratmalana. 10.00 hours Water Supply Scheme the Act No. 3 of 1987 with the registrar of public contract Tele: 011-2605328 Fax: 011-2635885 Contract No.: RSC(SAB)/P&D/CIVIL/CAPITAL/EMB/2020/50 02 Excavation, Back Filling & Laying of DI/uPVC Pipes, Specials, Fittings and DI/ 12,500/-+VAT Rs. 209,500/- Registration with CIDA in the field of Water Supply and 13.95 million RSC (WS), NWSDB, No.07, Angulana Station Road, 18/03/2021 CI Valves for Distribution Main System & Reinstatement Works for Pipe Laid ** Sewerage Grade C5 to C9 and Registration of the contract as per Angulana, Moratuwa 10.00 hours Roads in Applewatte Area at Borupona Road Under Dehiwala Region the Act No. 3 of 1987 with the registrar of public contract Tele/Fax: 0112730341, 0112224888 Contract No.: W-S/P&C/C/LAY(07)/DEHI/RH/2020/55 Pre bid meeting on 11/03/2021 @ 10.00 am at Manager (Dehiwala) Office 03 Trenching, Backfilling, Pipe Laying & Fixing Water Meters with all Fittings & 12,500/-+VAT Rs. 188,000/- Registration with CIDA in the field of Water Supply and 20.82 million RSC(Southern), 395, Kumaratunga Mawatha, 17/03/2021 Accessories of New Service Connections for Galle Region ** Sewerage Grade C5 to C9 and Registration of the contract as per Pamburana, Matara, Tele:041-2229792 Fax 041-2224769 14.00 hours Contract No.:RSC(S)/P&C/SER/GALLE/O&M/2021-15 the Act No. 3 of 1987 with the registrar of public contract 04 Laying of uPVC/DI Pipes and Construction of Valve Chambers for Distribution 6,000/-+VAT Rs. 80,400/- Registration with CIDA in the field of Water Supply and 5.63 million RSC(Southern), 395, Kumaratunga Mawatha, 24/03/2021 System extensions at Bentota Area ** Sewerage Grade C5 to C9 and Registration of the contract as per Pamburana, Matara, 14.00 hours Contract No.: RSC(S)/P&C/C/LAYING/BENTOTA AREA/NRW/2021-13 the Act No. 3 of 1987 with the registrar of public contract Tele:041-2229792 Fax 041-2224769 05 Construction of Piles to place the Pipe Truss at 5/8 Bridge in Delgoda-Dompe- 6,000/-+VAT Rs. 113,500/- Registration with CIDA in the field of Geotechnical Pilling 7.5 million Regional Support Center (W/N) Office, 17/03/2021 Giridara Road ** Precast in Grade GP-P and Registration of the contract as per No. 433/4A, Ganemulla Road, Kadawatha 10.00 hours Contract No.:RSC(WN)/P&D/CIVIL/BIYAGAMA/KEL(RH)/2021/31 the Act No. 3 of 1987 with the registrar of public contract Tele:0112922129 Fax:0112922146 06 Calling Rates for Repairing of Pipe Line Leaks at Area Engineer (Kelaniya) 12,500/-+VAT Rs. 308,600/- Registration with CIDA in the field of Water Supply and 20.57 million Regional Support Center (W/N) Office, 17/03/2021 Area in Manager (Kelaniya) Region Contract No.: RSC(WN)/LAYING/ ** Sewerage Grade C9 to C5 and Registration of the contract as per No.433/4A, Ganemulla Road, Kadawatha 10.00 hours KEL(O&M)/2021/33 the Act No.3 of 1987 with the registrar of public contract Tele:0112922129 Fax:0112922146 07 Laying of uPVC/DI Pipes, Fittings, Specials, DI Valves, Accessories for 4,000/-+VAT Rs. 43,000/- Registration with CIDA in the field of Water Supply and 2.84 million Regional Support Centre (East), NWSDB, 17/03/2021 Extension Work in Manayaveli, Illuppankulam, Jinnanagar and Sewerage Grade C5 to C9 No. 48A/1, Kandy Road, Maddikali, Trincomalee 10.00 hours Pallikudiyeruppu, Trincomalee Tele: 026-2222519 Fax: 026-2225225 Contract No.: RSC(E)/DGM/RECH/PVC-LAY/TRINCO/2021/01 08 Laying of HDPE/DI Pipes, Fittings, Valves and Specials for Rider Main at 12,500/-+VAT Rs. 166,000/- Registration with CIDA in the field of Water Supply and 11.05 million Regional Support Centre (East), NWSDB, 17/03/2021 Approach Road to BOI Zone –Phase I ** Sewerage Grade C9 to C5 and Registration of the contract as per No. 48A/1, Kandy Road, Maddikali, Trincomalee 10.00 hours Contract No.: RSC(E)/DGM/RECH-BOI/LAT-PE/BATTI/2021/07 the Act No. 3 of 1987 with the registrar of public contract Tele: 026-2222519 Fax: 026-2225225 09 Replacement of Existing PVC Service Connections to HDPE in Town and 4,000/-+VAT Rs. 56,500/- Registration with CIDA in the field of Water Supply and 03.15 million Regional Support Centre (East), NWSDB, 17/03/2021 Palaiyoottu Areas in Trincomalee Region Sewerage Grade C5 to C9 No. 48A/1, Kandy Road, Maddikali, Trincomalee 10.00 hours Contract No.:RSC(E)/DGM/NRW/REPL-PE/TRINCO/2020/32 Tele: 026-2222519 Fax: 026-2225225 10 Construction of 40m3 overhead Ferro Cement Water Tank, Panel Room, Laying 12,500/-+VAT Rs. 110,000/- Registration with CIDA in the field of Water Supply and 11 million RSC (North –Western) Office, NWSDB, 24/03/2021 of uPVC/GI Pipes, Fittings, Specials, Valves and Accessories for ** Sewerage Grade C5 to C9 and Registration of the contract as per Dambulla Road, Kurunegala 14.00 hours Panduwasnuara, Othegama Rural Water Supply Scheme the Act No. 3 of 1987 with the registrar of public contract Tele: 037-2221161 Fax : 037-2230086 Contract No.:RSC(NW)/RWS/C/RC(2019/05)/OTHE/2021/01 11 Re-Construction of Sewer Manholes at Jayawadanagama Housing Scheme 8,000/-+VAT Rs. 178,500/- Registration with CIDA in the field of Building Construction 11.9 million AGM (GCWRD), NWSDB, 24/03/2021 under Proposed Infiltration control Programme ** Grade C5 to C9 and Registration of the contract as per the Act No. 26/2, Attidiya Road, Ratmalana 14.00 hours Contract No.:GCS/C/RECONSTRUCTION MH/JAYAWADANAGAMA No. 3 of 1987 with the registrar of public contract Tele: 011 2623681 Fax:011 2636205 HS/2020/19 Non Refundable Tender fee should be paid under the A/C No.1994381-Any branch of BOC Main current Account, Name should be stated as “Tender Fees-DGM Tender Board” 12 Construction of Stores Building for Kandy North area under KNPIWSP 12,500/-+VAT Rs. 215,000/- Registration with CIDA in the field of Building Construction 43 million Kandy North Pathadumbara Water Supply Project, 07/04/2021 Contract No.:KNPIWSP/Work/PC-03/2020-18 ** Grade C5 or C4 and Registration of the contract as per the Act NWSDB, PahalaKondadeniya, Katugastota 14.00 hours No.3 of 1987 with the registrar of public contract Tele: 081-2492287 Fax:081-2492286 13 Renovation of 52/B/01 Board Quarters 4,000/-+VAT Rs. 46,000/- Registration with CIDA in the field of Building Construction 4.6 million RSC (Central), Gatambe, Peradeniya 24/03/2021 Contract No:RSC-C/CS/CIVIL/REH/HANTHANA/2021/19 Grade C5 or C9 Tele : 081-2386068 Fax: 081-2388027 14.00 hours

14 Provision of Transferring Services Connection at Udathenna Area 12,500/-+VAT Rs. 250,000/- Registration with CIDA in the field of Water Supply and 24.9 million RSC (Central), Gatambe, Peradeniya 24/03/2021 Contract No: NWSDB/RSC-C/CP/A4-40/GOSL/2021/04 ** Sewerage Grade C9 to C5 and Registration of the contract as per Tele : 081-2386068 Fax: 081-2388027 14.00 hours the Act No.3 of 1987 with the registrar of public contract Prebid meeting on 22/03/2021 @10.00 hrs. at Manager (Central North) office 15 Provision of Transferring Service Connections at Matale Area 12,500/-+VAT Rs. 200,000/- Registration with CIDA in the field of Water Supply and 19.9 million RSC (Central), Gatambe, Peradeniya 24/03/2021 Contract No: NWSDB/RSC-C/CP/A4-40/GOSL/2021/03 ** Sewerage Grade C9 to C5 and Registration of the contract as per Tele : 081-2386068 Fax: 081-2388027 14.00 hours the Act No.3 of 1987 with the registrar of public contract Prebid meeting on 22/03/2021 @10.00 hrs. at Manager (Central North) office 16 Provision of Transferring Service Connections at Ambangaga Water Supply 12,500/-+VAT Rs. 250,000/- Registration with CIDA in the field of Water Supply and 24.9 million RSC (Central), Gatambe, Peradeniya 24/03/2021 Scheme ** Sewerage Grade C9 to C5 and Registration of the contract as per Tele : 081-2386068 Fax: 081-2388027 14.00 hours Contract No: NWSDB/RSC-C/CP/A4-40/GOSL/2021/30 the Act No.3 of 1987 with the registrar of public contract Prebid meeting on 22/03/2021 @10.00 hrs. at Manager (Central North) office 17 Provision of Transferring Services Connection at Galewela Area 12,500/-+VAT Rs. 125,000/- Registration with CIDA in the field of Water Supply and 12.4 million RSC (Central), Gatambe, Peradeniya 24/03/2021 Contract No: RSC-C/CN/CIVIL/O&M/GALEWELA/2021/32 ** Sewerage Grade C9 to C5 and Registration of the contract as per Tele : 081-2386068 Fax: 081-2388027 14.00 hours the Act No.3 of 1987 with the registrar of public contract Prebid meeting on 22/03/2021 @10.00 hrs. at Manager (Central North) office M&E TENDERS 18 Supply, Delivery and Installation of Alum Dosing Pumps and Accessories for 2,000/-+VAT Rs. 16,500/- Manufacturer or their local accredited agent RSC (Sabaragamuwa), NWSDB, New Town, Ratnapura 24/03/2021 Hiriwadunna Water Supply Scheme Tele: 045-2228274-6 Fax : 045-2228273 14.00 hours Contract No :RSC(SAB)/AGM(KEG)/SUP/REH/HIRIWADUNNA/2020/54 19 Supply and Installation of 02 Nos of Vertical Multistage Pumping Sets and 4,000/-+VAT Rs. 52,000/- Manufacturer or their local accredited agent RSC (Central), Gatambe, Peradeniya 24/03/2021 Accessories for Napana Booster Pump House at Polgolla Water Supply Scheme Tele : 081-2386068 Fax: 081-2388027 14.00 hours Contract No:RSC-C/M&E/S&I/PUMP/POLGOLLA/2021/51 SUPPLY TENDERS 20 Supply and Delivery of Electro Fusion, Butt Fusion and Socket Fusion Welding 6,000/-+VAT Rs. 96,550/- Manufacturer or their local accredited agent and Registration of Regional Support Centre (East), NWSDB, 17/03/2021 Machines for Batticaloa Water Supply Scheme ** the contract as per the Act No.3 of 1987 with the registrar of No. 48A/1, Kandy Road, Maddikali, Trincomalee 10.00 hours Contract No : RSC(E)/DGM/RH/SUP-BUTT-SOCKET-ELECTRO MACHINES/ public contract Tele: 026-2222519 Fax: 026-2225225 BATTI/2020/74 21 Supply and Delivery of 5,000 Kg of Cationic Polymer for Wastewater Sludge 4,000/-+VAT Rs. 57,000/- Manufacturer or their local accredited agent AGM (GCWRD), NWSDB, 24/03/2021 Treatment Plant at Seethawaka No. 26/2, Attidiya Road, Ratmalana 14.00 hours Contract No :GCWRD/CATIONIC POLYMER/SEPZ/2021/02 Tele: 011 2623681 Fax:011 2636205 Non Refundable Tender fee should be paid under the A/C No. 1994381- Any branch of BOC Main current Account, Name should be stated as “Tender Fees-DGM Tender Board” 22 Supply & Delivery of Laboratory Equipments under Kandy North 12,500/-+VAT Rs. 150,000/- Manufacturer or their local accredited agent and Registration of Kandy North Pathadumbara Water Supply Project, NWSDB, 24/03/2021 Pathadumbara Water Supply Project ** the contract as per the Act No.3 of 1987 with the registrar of PahalaKondadeniya, Katugastota 14.00 hours Contract No :KNPIWSP/SUPPLY/PC-01/2020-69 public contract Tele: 081-2492287 Fax:081-2492286 HIRING OF MACHINE 23 Hiring of 01 No. of Tipper for Construction Section in RSC (WN) Office 2,000/-+VAT Rs. 5,000/- As per the Document Regional Support Center (W/N) Office, 17/03/2021 Contract No : RSC(WN)/SS/HIRING/CONS.(REC)/2020/127R No. 433/4A, Ganemulla Road, Kadawatha 10.00 hours Tele:0112922129 Fax:0112922146 24 Hiring of a Small Truck for Kattankudy Water Supply Scheme in Batticaloa 2,000/-+VAT Rs. 11,250/- Firms having experience in similar contracts Regional Support Centre (East), NWSDB, 17/03/2021 Region No. 48A/1, Kandy Road, Maddikali, Trincomalee 10.00 hours Contract No : RSC(E)/DGM/O&M/SMALL TRUCK/KATTY/BATTI/2020/44R Tele: 026-2222519 Fax: 026-2225225 25 Hiring of a Small Truck for Eravur Water Supply Scheme at Batticaloa Region 2,000/-+VAT Rs. 11,250/- Firms having experience in similar contracts Regional Support Centre (East), NWSDB, 17/03/2021 Contract No : RSC(E)/DGM/O&M/SMALL TRUCK/ERAVUR/ No. 48A/1, Kandy Road, Maddikali, Trincomalee 10.00 hours BATTI/2020/45R Tele: 026-2222519 Fax: 026-2225225 VEHICLE SERVICE 26 Vehicle Service contract at Polonnaruwa Region 2,000/-+VAT Rs. 26,900/- Registered Vehicle service Organizations RSC (NC), Godage Mawatha, Anuradhapura 17/03/2021 Contract No : O&M/NC/DGM/V SERVICE/2021/037 Tele : 025-2235993 Fax: 025-2225609 14.00 hours HIRING OF VEHICLE 27 Hiring of a Three Wheeler for Valaichchenai Water Supply Scheme at 2,000/-+VAT Rs. 4,500/- Firms having experience in similar contracts Regional Support Centre (East), NWSDB, 17/03/2021 Batticaloa Region No. 48A/1, Kandy Road, Maddikali, Trincomalee 10.00 hours Contract No : RSC(E)/DGM/O&M/THREE WHEELER/VALACH/ Tele: 026-2222519 Fax: 026-2225225 BATTI/2020/46 28 Hiring of a Three Wheeler for Chenkalady Water Supply Scheme at Batticaloa 2,000/-+VAT Rs. 4,500/- Firms having experience in similar contracts Regional Support Centre (East), NWSDB, No. 48A/1, Kandy Road, 17/03/2021 Region Maddikali, Trincomalee 10.00 hours Contract No : RSC(E)/DGM/O&M/THREE WHEELER/CHENKALADY/ Tele: 026-2222519 Fax: 026-2225225 BATTI/2020/47 29 Hiring of a Three Wheeler for Araiyampathy Water Supply Scheme at 2,000/-+VAT Rs. 4,500/- Firms having experience in similar contracts Regional Support Centre (East), NWSDB, No. 48A/1, Kandy Road, 17/03/2021 Batticaloa Region Maddikali, Trincomalee 10.00 hours Contract No : RSC(E)/DGM/O&M/THREE WHEELER/ARAYAMPATHY/ Tele: 026-2222519 Fax: 026-2225225 BATTI/2020/48 TOPOGRAPHICAL SURVEYING WORKS 30 Supply of Soft Copies of GIS Data Base Map Prepared by Survey Department 6,000/-+VAT Rs. 80,000/- As per the document and Registration of the contract as per the Kandy North Pathadumbara Water Supply Project, NWSDB, 25/03/2021 and Contour Plan, Ls & Flat Plan Surveying Work for Transmission Main for ** Act No.3 of 1987 with the registrar of public contract PahalaKondadeniya, Katugastota 14.00 hours Kandy East Water Supply Project Tele: 081-2492287 Fax:081-2492286 Contract No :NWSDB/C/CP/A4-11/GOSL/2021/03 SOIL INVESTIGATION 31 Conducting Soil Investigation for Service Reservoirs and Pump House Sites of 4,000/-+VAT Rs. 45,000/- Soil Investigation firms of Sri Lanka having experience of soil Kandy North Pathadumbara Water Supply Project, NWSDB, 24/03/2021 Zone 02 investigation for Engineering work PahalaKondadeniya, Katugastota 14.00 hours Contract No.: NWSDB/C/CP/A4-11/GOSL/2021/02 Tele: 081-2492287 Fax:081-2492286

Please register on line www.drc.gov.lk of Registrar of Companies to get PCA 3 form (only for tenders marked as “**”). Further please use gmail for registration. Bidding documents will be issued on production of a letter of request on a business letterhead together with the payment receipt of non-refundable tender fee during 09.00 hours to 15.00 hours on normal working days up to day before the closing date. Bidding documents may be inspected free of charge at the place of issuing documents during normal working hours. Bids will be opened soon after closing in the presence of the bidders' authorized representatives who choose to attend. Late bids will be returned unopened. Chairman, National Water Supply and Drainage Board WEDNESDAY, MARCH 3, 2021 ADVERTISEMENTS page 27 DN LAND ACQUISITION PUBLIC NOTICE OF REVOCATION OF INCORPORATION OF A (AMENDMENT) ACT NO. 28 OF POWER OF ATTORNEY COMPANY 1964 (CHAPTER 460) Sri Lanka Sustainable Energy Authority I, Savithri Priyantha Madukanda (NIC No. 625022649V) NOTICE is hereby given in of No. 388/53, Harischandra Mawatha, Anuradhapura terms of Section 9 (1) of the NOTICE UNDER SECTION 7 Companies Act No. 7 of 2007 in the District of Anuradhapura in the North Central that the undermentioned Land Ministry’s Ref No.: 4/3/5/2018/HA/156 (State Ministry of Solar, Wind and Hydro Power Generation Province do hereby wish to inform the Government company was incorporated My Ref. No: 9/3/5/40 Projects Development) of the Democratic Socialist Republic of Sri Lanka and on 17th February 2021. the General Public that, the special Power of Attorney, Name of Company : It has been decided to acquire the land described bearing No. 8144, dated 20.10.2017 attested by Mrs. INCHCAPE MACKINNON in the following schedule, to the State for a public Invitation for Bids S.K. Nadee Aakash Kurera Notary Public in the High MACKENZIE SHIPPING purpose. Please see the Gazette Extraordinary Court Zone of Anuradhapura on 01.04.2017 granted by (PRIVATE) LIMITED No. 2212/11 Dated 2021.01.25 of the Democratic Office Space for Sri Lanka Sustainable Energy Authority me to Rambukkana Maddumage Dilan Mahesh Kumara Company No : Socialist Republic of Sri Lanka for more details. PV 00235035 (NIC No. 932612259V) of Kalpitiya Road, Pulachchena, Date of Incorporation : The Sri Lanka Sustainable Energy Authority (SLSEA) is looking for a suitable office building in Norochcholai, is hereby cancelled and revoked and 17th February 2021 Province : Central Colombo 07 with the following facilities. made nullifi ed and henceforth, I shall not be held Registered Offi ce : District : Matale responsible for any Act or deed or transaction done or No 117, Sir Chittampalam 1. Extend Office Space : Minimum 15,000 sq.ft. A Gardiner Mawatha, Divisional Secretary’s entered in to by the said attorney for or on my behalf 2. Parking space for ast least 40 vehicles Colombo 2. Division : Yatawatta under the said Power of Attorney. By order of the Board 3. Pipe-borne water, electricity and telephone facilities Savithri Priyantha Madukanda Name of 4. Sanitary facilities for the staff and the visitors Keells Consultants Village : Yatawatte Watta No. 388/53, Harischandra Mawatha, Anuradhapura. (Private) Limited 5. A boundary wall, a security gate 03.03.2021 Name of 6. Security facilities (optional) Secretary to the Company Land : Yatawatte Watta This Procurement will be conducted through National Competitive Bidding procedure. Plan No.(Preliminary Plan) : P.P. v£ 1831 The sealed Bids should be deposited in the Tender Box provided at the Reception of SLSEA before 10th March 2021 at 1000 hrs. Please indicate "Office space for Sri Lanka Sustainable D.R.K. Hennayake, Energy Authority" on the top left hand corner of the cover. Late Bids will be rejected. Bids Divisional Secretary, will be opened soon after closing time in the presence of the Bidders' representatives. Yatawatta. Bids shall be valid up to 15th September 2021 and bid should be accompanied by a Bid Security At Divisional Secretariat, of LKR 100,000/= valid till 30th September 2021. Yatawatta. Further details may be obtained by calling on telephone mentioned below during the office 23.02.2021 hours. Bids should be made by only the owners of the property. Chairman Department Procurement Committee Sri Lanka Sustainable Energy Authority Block 5, 1st Floor, BMICH, INVITATION Bauddhaloka Mw., Colombo 07. FOR BIDS TP : 011-2677445 Fax : 011-2682534 Email : [email protected] Web : www.energy.gov.lk MINISTRY OF ENERGY 02nd March 2021 CEYLON PETROLEUM CORPORATION SUPPLY OF UNIFORM REQUIREMENT FOR THE YEAR 2021 (T-Shirts) B/17/2021 The Chairman, Departmental Procurement Committee, Ceylon Petroleum Corporation will receive sealed Bids from reputed Suppliers for the supply of following Uniform Requirements. 1. 335 Nos. T-Shirt - Light Grey (Short Sleeves) INVITATION FOR BIDS Color & Sleeve end in Dark Gray 2. 70 Nos. T-Shirt - White (Short Sleeves) Color & Sleeve end in Blue MINISTRY OF HEALTH, INDIGENOUS MEDICINE, SOCIAL WELFARE, PROBATION AND CHILDCARE SERVICES 3. 42 Nos. T-Shirt - White (Short Sleeves) Color & Sleeve end in Red 4. 42 Nos. T-Shirt - Light Gray (Long Sleeves) CENTRAL PROVINCIAL DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH SERVICES Color & Sleeve end in Dark Grey with Long Zipper instead of Buttons Bidding documents can be obtained after payment of non-refundable fee of Rs. 1,000/= (i.e. Rs. Office of the Regional Director of Health Services, Kandy 925.93 + 8% VAT) to CPC on working days between 0900 hrs and 1500 hrs up to 23.03.2021 from the Office of Manager (Procurement & Stores), YEAR 2021 Ceylon Petroleum Corporation, 1st Floor, No. 609, Dr Danister De Silva Mawatha, Colombo 09. PRIMARY HEALTHCARE SYSTEM STRENGTHENING PROJECT The Bid will be closed at 1400 hrs on 24.03.2021 and opened immediately thereafter at the Office of Manager (Procurement & Stores). Bids are invited under the National Competitive Bidding Procedure by the Chairman, Procurement Committee of the Office of the Regional Director of Health Services, Kandy from Clarifications (If any) shall be sought from Manager qualified contractors for the constructions and repairs listed below. (Procurement & Stores), over the Telephone No. 5455330 or Facsimile No. 5455424. 01 Date, Time and Place of Bid documents may be obtained from the Office of the Regional Director of Health Services, Ehelepola Kumarihamy Mawatha, Bogambara, Kandy between Due to the Covid-19 Pandemic, the Bidders Issuing Bid Documents 9.00 a.m. and 3.00 p.m. on working days from 02.03.2021 until 22.03.2021 and the bid documents may be inspected at the above office during this period. can download the bidding document from CPC 02 Last Date and Time of May either be sent by Registered Post or deposited in the Bid Box kept at the Accounts Division to receive at or before 10.00 a.m. on 23.03.2021 Website, i.e. - www.ceypetco.gov.lk and all the payment can be made to the Account No. Receiving Perfected Bids 004100110208633 of Ceylon Petroleum Corporation 03 Time of Opening of Bids Bids will be opened immediately after closing of bids on 23.03.2021 and the bidder or his authorized representative may be present at the time of opening of People's Bank (Head Office). Please submit the of bids. original of the bank receipt along with the bid. Chairman 04 Bid Security All bids should be accompanied by a bid security to the value mentioned in the schedule below which may be paid in cash to the Office of the Regional Departmental Procurement Committee Director of Health Services, Kandy and the receipt obtained for the bid security issued by a commercial bank approved by the Central Bank of Sri Lanka C/o Manager (Procurement & Stores) or the Construction Guarantee Fund or by an Insurance Company approved by the Insurance Board in favour of the Regional Director of Health Services, Ceylon Petroleum Corporation, Kandy. 1st Floor, No. 609, 05 Place of Receiving Office of the Regional Director of Health Services, P.O. Box No. 56, Ehelepola Kumarihamy Mawatha, Bogambara, Kandy Dr Danister De Silva Mawatha, Perfected Bids Colombo 09. Tele : 5455331 06 Submission of Bids Bids in duplicate marked as Original and Duplicate inserted in separate sealed covers should be reinserted in a single cover and submitted. Name of the Fax : 5455424 Work and the Contract No. should be mentioned on the left hand top corner of the envelope containing the bid. 07 For obtaining details z Accountant or the Officer in Charge of Construction of the Office of the Regional Director of Health Services, Kandy. Telephone Nos. 081-2236452 relevant to the bid / 081-2232456 z Tel. Nos. of Deputy Director of Engineering Services Department or District Engineer (Health Buildings) 081-2201624 / 081-2203611 08 Others z Every bid will be referred to the Evaluation Committee z Procurement Committee reserves the right to take the final decision regarding awarding the bid PROCUREMENT Engineering Value of Bid Security (Rs.) Non Validity NOTICE BOQ Amount CIDA Grade Refundable Period of Bid (without VAT) If not in MINISTRY OF ENERGY Constructions and Repairs Fee (Rs.) In Cash Security (Rs.) Cash CEYLON PETROLEUM 1 Repairing the Male Ward and the Staff Rest Room of the Divisional C8, C7, C6, C5 3,392,211.85 3,000.00 68,000.00 34,000.00 20.06.2021 CORPORATION Hospital, Kadugannawa BID FOR THE "SUPPLY OF 05 NOS. 2 Repairing the Clinic Building of the Jambugahapitiya Divisional Hospital C8, C7, C6, C5 2,287,929.36 3,000.00 46,000.00 23,000.00 20.06.2021 INTRINSICALLY SAFETY TORCH" 3 Improvements to the Dental Unit and Access Road to the Staff Quarters of C9, C8, C7, C6, C5 1,219,562.50 2,000.00 25,000.00 12,500.00 06.06.2021 B/21/2021 the Talatu Oya Divisional Hospital The Departmental Procurement Committee of 4 Repairing the Mulgama Clinic Centre of the Doluwa Health Medical C7, C6, C5 4,535,477.65 3,000.00 91,000.00 45,500.00 04.07.2021 Ceylon Petroleum Corporation invites National Competitive Bids from eligible Bidders for the Division "Supply of 05 Nos. Intrinscically Safety Torch" 5 Construction of the Sewerage System and the Septic Tank of the Uduwela C9, C8, C7, C6, C5 1,621,565.88 2,000.00 33,000.00 16,500.00 06.06.2021 Bidding documents can be obtained between 0900 Divisional Hospital hrs and 1500 hrs up to 23.03.2021 from the 6 Construction of the Ambulance Garage and the Rest Room of the C8, C7, C6, C5 3,319,932.97 3,000.00 67,000.00 33,500.00 20.06.2021 Office of Manager (Procurement & Stores), Ceylon Petroleum Corporation, 1st Floor, Procurement & Thiththapajjala Divisional Hospital Stores Function, No. 609, Dr Danister De Silva 7 Repairing the Female Ward and the Emergency Treatment Unit of the C8, C7, C6, C5 3,324,071.70 3,000.00 67,000.00 33,500.00 20.06.2021 Mawatha, Colombo 09 on a written request and Kotaligoda Divisional Hospital payment of non-refundable fee of Rs. 500.00 (i.e. 462.96 + 8% VAT) per set. 8 Repairing the Mailapitiya Primary Medical Unit C7, C6, C5 5,830,428.24 3,000.00 117,000.00 58,500.00 04.07.2021 The Bid will be closed at 1400 hrs on 24.03.2021 9 Improvements to the Outdoor Patients Division and the Access Road to the C8, C7, C6, C5 2,647,941.60 3,000.00 53,000.00 26,500.00 20.06.2021 and opened at the Office of Manager (Procurement Suva Divi Clinic of the Kotaligoda Divisional Hospital & Stores) at the above address, immediately after closing time of the Bid. Bidders or their authorized 10 Improvements to the Security of the Ward and the Ambulance Garage at C8, C7, C6, C5 2,409,500.00 3,000.00 49,000.00 24,500.00 representatives will be permitted to be present at the Katugastota Divisional Hospital 20.06.2021 the opening of Bid. 11 Repairing the Outdoor Patients Division of the Sangarajapura Divisional C8, C7, C6, C5 1,741,410.30 2,000.00 35,000.00 17,500.00 20.06.2021 Bids may be sent by post under registered cover Hospital or may be deposited in the Tender Box kept in the Office of Manager (Procurement & Stores) at the 12 Improvements to the Dental Unit of the Menikhinna Divisional Hospital C9, C8, C7, C6, C5 434,377.50 1,000.00 9,000.00 4,500.00 06.06.2021 above address. 13 Improvements to the Dental Unit of the Katugastota Divisional Hospital C9, C8, C7, C6, C5 784,724.90 1,000.00 16,000.00 8,000.00 06.06.2021 Bidding documents may be inspected at the same address between 0900 hrs and 1500 hrs up to 14 Repairing the Male and Female Wards, Children’s Ward and the Kitchen of C7, C6, C5 8,165,423.13 3,000.00 164,000.00 82,000.00 04.07.2021 23.03.2021. Clarification if any shall be sought the Hatharaliyedda Divisional Hospital from Manager (Procurement & Stores) on Tele. No. 5455330, Facsimile : 5455424. 15 Construction of the Waiting Room of the Central Clinic of the Office of the C8, C7, C6, C5 2,886,849.30 3,000.00 58,000.00 29,000.00 20.06.2021 Medical Officer Health, Kundasale Due to the Covid-19 Pandemic, the Bidders can download the bidding document from CPC 16 Construction of the Toilet Complex for the Outdoor Patients Division C9, C8, C7, C6, C5 1,643,889.45 2,000.00 33,000.00 16,500.00 06.06.2021 Website, i.e. - www.ceypetco.gov.lk and all Pussellawa Divisional Hospital the payment can be made to the Account No. 004100110208633 of Ceylon Petroleum Corporation 17 Repairing the Sewerage System of the Kurunduwatta Divisional Hospital C9, C8, C7, C6, C5 1,184,898.25 2,000.00 24,000.00 12,000.00 06.06.2021 of People's Bank (Head Office). Please submit the original of the bank receipt along with the bid. 18 Repairing the Access Road of the Kurunduwatta Divisional Hospital C9, C8, C7, C6, C5 614,468.40 1,000.00 13,000.00 6,500.00 06.06.2021 19 Repairing the Male and Female Wards of the Yakgahapitiya Divisional C8, C7, C6, C5 2,986,160.43 3,000.00 60,000.00 30,000.00 20.06.2021 Chairman Hospital Departmental Procurement Committee C/o Manager (Procurement & Stores) 20 Repairing the Outdoor Patients Division of the Ulapane Divisional Hospital C7, C6, C5 4,969,375.46 3,000.00 100,000.00 50,000.00 04.07.2021 Procurement & Stores Function, Ceylon Petroleum Corporation, Chairman 1st Floor, No. 609, Procurement Committee Dr Danister De Silva Mawatha, Office of the Regional Director of Health Services Colombo 09. Kandy DN page 28 ADVERTISEMENTS WEDNESDAY, MARCH 3, 2021

In pursuit of our objective of improving the quality of supply and service to the consumers, intends to attend to construction, rehabilitation and maintenance works in the localities listed below. As a result, the electricity supply would be interrupted to those areas on the dates/times mentioned. We regret any inconvenience caused to the consumers in these areas as a result of these interruptions to our services. Ceylon Electricity Board would take all steps to restore the electricity supplies as soon as the planned works are completed. NORTH WESTERN PROVINCE - MARCH 2021

KULIYAPITIYA AREA 2021 March 21 09.00-17.00 2021 March 22 08.30-16.30 Godellayaya, Wilathttawa, Thalgaspitiya Auction Land, Thalgaspitiya Auction Udanagama, Madawa, MadawaUdumulla II, K.H.M.C. Oil Mill. Kuliyapitiya CSC Land 2,Pothana Area, Asoka Coir Mill, Thalgahapitiya, Weehena Farm (Pvt) 2021 March 27 08.30-16.00 2021 March 13 08.30-16.30 Ltd., Water Treatment Plant, Devagiri Temple,Waththegama, IhalaKalugamuwa, RathmalwalaWellarawa, Waththegama New, Kaduruwewa, Kaduruwewa Thuruliyagama, Hangawa, Peelawatta II , I, Mohoththawa, Ranawana, Kithalawa, Windrose, Kosolidated, Tasty Biscut, Hiththaragama 11, Coaltec, New,Kahawala, Wellarawa 1, HiriwewaHiruwalpola, Green producers (Pvt) Ltd. Wattegedara, Meddegama, Babar watta, Silvergate Auction Land, Maraluwawa, Kumbukkotuwa, Beminigolla, Wahumuwa, Beminigalla, Ariyarathna Rice Mill, – Kaduruwewa, Hiran Farms (Pvt) Ltd., Urapoththa, Wellangiriya, Molaelapitiya, Atamune, Mehiella, Wadugedarawatta, Hijra Mawatha, SirikulamWatta, Jayalath Rice Mill, R.P.Nisansala, Anukkane. Divisional Irrigation – Molaeliya, Bogodayaagama, Brahmanayagama, Alakoladeniya, ., Samanpura, Yaggapitiya 2021 March 14 08.30-16.30 Ottupallama, PahalaGalwewa, Ranabima Estate (Pvt) Ltd., Wellangiriya New, Badagamuwa CTB., Onelta Real Estate (Pvt) Ltd, Dimo Engineering Galwewa Tissogama, K.D. Erbat& Sons Holdin (Pvt) Ltd., Molaeliya Acres 100, Degalla Oil Mill, DeegallaSanasa, Deegalla Vidyalaya. Agro Coco Tec (Pvt) Ltd., Royal Ice Factory, Jayampathi Lanka. Moleliya Ruwaneliya, Bingiriya Tile Factory, Bingiriya Police, Nico Battery, 2021 March 14,21 08.30-16.30 Telephone Exchange, Medical Faculty, Green Estate, RanawewaSanasa Bank, Pothuhere CSC Kochchikanaththa Ranawewa, Wathupola Farm, subasinghepura, Theiyandaluwa, Ranjith Fiber Mill, Kirigahapitiya Fiber Mill, Wassaulla New, Wassaulla, Subasinghapura Kendagasyaya. 2021 March 14,21 08.30-16.00 Ilukhena, CIC Farm, Ilukhena Junction, GalpolaKiriwewa, PahalaGalpola, IlukhebaAmunuwela Farm, Gaiyala Junction. 2021 March 21 09.00-17.00 Redland Watta, DambakandaWatta, Elwatta, DoratiyawaWeherabenda, IalagamaWilbawa, Nelliya, Boyagane Bogamuwa Rd, Malpitiya, Kuriyanpola 2021 March 16 08.30-16.30 Hardy Export Company (Pvt) Ltd., Hiruwalpola, Metpol (pvt) Ltd, ShakilaPaultry - Thiragama, Kuriyanpola Udupitiya Water Project, Udupitiya Thalandapitiya, Farm, Koiralive Exports (Pvt) Ltd, Koongahagedra, Koongahagedara Fiber Mill, Thummodara, Kolanka Coir Mahagama, Pathragala Colony, Kudumbuwa Hewadiwala, Malagane Product, Delana, Yayegedra, Kirindawa 1, Kirindawa. 2021 March 22 08.30-16.30 Bulugolla, Nakalagamuwa Kohilegedara, Katupitiya, Kosgolla, Walpolakanda, Indulgodakanda, Handurukanda, Moratenna Estate, Watagoda, Thiragama, 2021 March 20 08.30-16.30 Ponnankanniya New, Walahena School Junction, WalahenaKeenagaswala Nawinna Industries, Summer Gardens, Bogamuwa, Bodhigama Ranaliyawatta, Fiber Mill, Thambagalla, Thambagalla Oil Mill, Indigaswela, Miriswatta, Haggamuwa, Galahiriyawa New, RathmaleWatta, Girakethikumbura, Thorawathura, Mediyawela, Rathgalla Village, HalparaOgodapolaBoyagane, Nankadawara, Kohombawatta New, SenanayakaWatta. Hettiwatta – Thambagalla, PahalaIguruwatta, Madarawatta, Diyadora. Diddeniya Watta 1, Malpitiya Diddeniya Watta 2, Kurundukumbura, Katuwapitiya ThambagallaWatta, ThambagallaWatta New, M.T.T. Antenna Site. New, The Dias Rathnayaka, Malpitiya Halpara, Madatiyawa. 2021 March 27 08.00-17.00 2021 March 23 08.30-16.30 Boyagane Mill, Army Camp, Dangaspitiya Industrial, Hoti Coir ltd., Dangaspitiya IhalaAnnaruwa, New Anthonie’s Farm, Henegedara New, Ravi Beeders Farm. Deduru Oya Water Supply, MunneshwaramTissogama, Thiththakade Pearl Industrial New, Coir Dust Prasing Factory, Auto World Ltd., Neluka Panduwasnuwara CSC View Plant, Thiththakade, Manuwangamuwa, Manuwangamuwa New, Crusher, Richard manufactury, Ceylon buiscut Ltd., Jayampathi Fiber Mill, Manuwangamuwa East Water Supply. Central Coppara Stores, Changer Motors. 2021 March 12 08.30-16.30 2021 March 26 08.30-16.30 2021 March 17 08.30-16.30 Wetakoluwewa, Leekolawewa, Assedduma, Hathalawa New, Braluwewa, Panagamuwa - Ambahera, Wewelpola, Ambahera – Rekawagama, Hathalawa, Wilegama. Ariyagama, Nariyagama, Nariyagama Tube Well. KottagasHandiya, Uhumeeya, Clovis Watta, Uhumeeya New, Weherabenda 2021 March 12,14 09.00-17.00 Madampe CSC Colony, Hambar, MoragollaPahala Rd, Sandagala, Rathmale, RathmalUyana, Piduruwella, Godawita, Kanumale, Ranjanagama, GantheraAsapuwa, Gepallawa Maneesha Factory, MaunawaWatta, Palugama, Rukaththana Colony, Kadigamuwa 2021 March 13,18 09.00-17.00 New, Heenapannawa. Oil Mill, New Malkaduwawa, Kumbalpola, Kumbalpola Water Project, Ethungahakotuwa, Kekunawala, Kodayay, Ethungahakotuwa New, Diurumpola, Pinnawalapitiya, Uhumeeya Kahatagolla Watta. 2021 March 16 09.00-17.00 Thakwa Mawatha Podipalliya, Yagamwela Fiber Mill, Yagamwela, Mandakondana, Jinadasa Brothers Garment, Sathuta Builders, N.M.K. Oil Mill, Nawarath Hamannapahuwa New, Koonkadawala, B & R, Arunaloka Farm, Koonkadawala, Bulankanda Colony, JasinthaMalaniYagamwela, J.R. Jayawardhana School, Garment, Forest Department, Wayamba Development, K.D.A. Weerasinghe, Uswewa New, Uswewa, Ganegoda, Ranketha, Koonkadawala 1, Koongahagedara, Thunthota, Shiromani Oil Mill, Akeem Lanka. Prime Site (Pvt) Ltd., K.N.M. Jayatunga, Sputnic Education Center, Ethugalpura Moragolla, Pihimbiya New. 2021 March 31 08.30-16.30 National School, Penguin Polimers Ltd.. 2021 March 16 08.30-16.30 Silver Garden Auction Land, Lignocel Ltd., Tharana Sahana Uyana, Mugunuwatawana, 2021 March 27 14.00-16.00 Ashan Fiber Product-Tharana, Mellawagara, Madampe Water Pump. Koswatta, W.A.S. Enterprises, Ganegoda Rd, Habawewa, G.C.W. Metal Crusher, Melwatta, Pothuhera. G.C.W. Metal Crusher 1, Bulugahagedara, Barampola 01, Hanthihawa, Mapagama, 2021 March 13 08.30-16.30 Rideegama CSC Rathmale, Melwatta, Barampola 2, Maholawa, Udagama, Porawewa, Pallegama, Devinda White Fiber, Sembukuliya, Devinda Fiber Mill, Uraliya, Carbon Factory, Kuratihena, Athumulla, Ehetuwewa, Galkanda, Rittadeniya, Girathalana, Altra Crab (Pvt) Ltd.- Pothuwila, Maheshi Lanka Fiber Mill, Kudirippuwa DC Mill, 2021 March16 08.30-16.30 Girathalana 2, K.M.G. Animals, Diddeniya, Sunandapura, Hunnelembuwa, Galmuruwa Hospital, Pallekele, Kachchakaduwa, Mahagedara, Egal Today Botting Rambukandana, Warakawehera, Dalukwatta, Bollegala, Hangurankotuwa, Millawa New, Ranjith Fiber Mill, Wadumunna, Karawilahena, Hunnelembuwa Factory, Dummalasooriya, J.R. Jayawardhana School, Yagamwela, Diurumpola, Morathiha. New, Madaina, Akurana Hudupitiya. Ethungahakotuwa, H.D.R.C. Appuhamy, Kattimahana Church, Lanka Coco Fiber Abimansala III. Mill, Orit Apperal, Yagamwela Fiber Mill, Mandakondana, EhelaLanda colony, 2021 March 21 08.30-16.30 Bulankanda Colony, Gurumudunkele, Akeem Lanka, Kekunawala, Shanthigama, 2021 March 18 08.30-16.30 Ehetumulla, Ehetumulla New. Thunthota, Karukkuwatawana, Pothuwila Area, Thakwa Mawatha Podipalliya, Kudaoya Bridge, Lihiniwehara, Lihiniwehara New, Goluwahena, Dodamgaslanda, Silver Garden Auction Land, Ape KedellaKithuSevana Church, Kachchakaduwa Udaththapola, Servista Rice Mill, Alawathumulla, Korossa Temple Junction, 2021 March 21 08.30-16.30 New, LiyagamuwaWatta, Forway Junction, R.K.C. RajapakshaKarukkuwatawana Ginihiriya, Thalakolahena, Pallehorombuwa, Dabarayaya, Udakahahena, Demaladora. Rd, Yagamweal, Altra Crab Pothuwila, Semukuliya New, Iranawila New, Udahorombuwa, Lihiniwehera Colony, Thelambugala, Jankure, RadagodaWatta, Kachchakaduwa New 1, Ethungahakotuwa, Kirimetioya, Tharana Junction, CRI, Thelambugalla New, KattakaduwaBalawattala. 2021 March 27 08.30-17.00 RathmalAgara, Spring Field Watta Fiber Mill, Hettiyakotuwa, HoragasAgara, Galahena Temple, Aselro Holding,Bogahakotuwa,Dematawa,Mayakadawara,Ne Dharmakeerthi Oil Mill, Kristoper DC & Oil Mill, Bernard Newakada, Nankadawara, National Water Supply, Samson Silva, Nawarayaya Estate. libewa,MaweeEla,Kanupothuhera, Damunawa,Hemachandra Fiber Mill,Mawee Bernard Prawn Farm, German Estate – Dummlasooriya, Palugamuwa, Bunnehepola, 2021 March 19 08.30-16.30 Ela New, GonnawaWeliwehera,Udugampolagedara, Kirimatiyawa,Adukkane Palugamuwa, Bunnehepola Saw Mill, Kattimahana Junction, Newakada Kithulwala, Delwita, Malmeewala, Kalugahathenna, Bambaragahakanda, Water Project,Thoranegedara,Muwanhela Hospital,Kanogama,Ananda Metal Junction, KadurugasHandiya, IhalaWeerakodiyana, Marakkalamulla, Koulwewa, Dunumawa 1,11, Pallekanda, Kiribathgalla, Goraka Ela, Kandegama Ruppe. Crusher,Radaliyagoda, Nagulmunna, AmbagollaHangolla, Demaladora, Thalkatuwa, KandayayaWatta, Madugasagara, KeranWatta, Thalkatuwa Auction Dangolla. Land, Royal Pipe Industries (Pvt) Ltd., Kattimahana Church New, Nankadawara 2021 March 20 08.30-16.30 School Junction, Kebellagara, KeranwattaUraliya Rd, Chandradasa Oil Mill, Rideegama - Kudaoya, Rideegama Town, Wijayapura, CTB, RideeViharaya, 2021 March 27 08.30-16.30 HeenAgara, Panirendawa, Kandayaya. Devala Junction, Madithiyawa, Katupilagolla, Rambukandana, Rideegama New, Sunshine Enterprises, Tropical Feat, Sahabandu Fiber Mill, Ambagahagedara, Dambakanda. Nagollagoda, Nagollagoda New, Kurundupotha, Nikawatta 1, 11, KURUNEGALA AREA Hamannapahuwa1,11, Koonkadawala,BNR Coir Mill, Moragolla,Pihimbiya, Rambadagalla New, Rambadagalla, Panagamuwa, Panagamuwa New. Kurunegala Town CSC Kadurugahamulla,Arunaloka Fiber Mill, Uswewa, Ganegoda, Ranketha, Multipurpose Building, Telecom. Koonkadawala 1, Wellawa Telecom, WellawaTemple, WellawaCemetry, 2021 March 20 09.00-17.00 WellawaTank, WellawaT Junction, Katupilagara,WellawaFourwayJunction, WARIYAPOLA AREA Wellawa New. Navinna Builders Wariyapola CSC Pannala CSC 2021 March 27 09.00-14.00 Kachcheriya Junction, ACM Sub, Main Rd – Perakumba Street, Main Road New, 2021 March 13 08.30-17.00 2021 March 06 08.30-17.00 Mahaveediya, Jayasundara Building. Munamale School Junction, Debiliyadda, Wanduressapitiya, Randeniya Jayagama, Uthurawala, C &Y Export, People’s Bank, Perakumba Street. Ganthiriyawa, Rio Coco Lanka Ltd.. 2021 March 12,27,30 08.30-17.00 Gokarella CSC 2021 March 18,25 08.30-17.00 Thalammehera, Kohombapola. Ranorawa, Kanaththewewa Gallehepitiya, Kolambagama, Kudagala Auction 2021 March 14 09.30-17.00 Land. 2021 March 13 08.30-17.00 Imihaminegama New, Imihaminegama, Nauyana Temple Rd, Madithiyagolla – 202March 26 09.30-17.00 Welpalla D.C. Mill, Ediminna, Bamunugama, Welpalla, Ravita North, Waguruwela Katupilalanda, Carstle Royal,Batuyaya, DummeeyaNapuraSewana, Nikawehera - Oil Mill, KandanegedaraAkkara 30, NagamaRaddalana, Koralampoththa, Dombagamuwa, Kattamberiya, Bambaragalayaya, MahapitiyaBamabaragalayaya, Rambe Maeliya, Delmo Breeders Ltd., Kandubodagama, Wagolla Maeliya, Koralampoththa New, Muthugalayagama Janahithagama, Nabiriththankadawara, Pansiyagama. Maeliya, Siri Perakum Sanasa Bank, Maeliya Egodagama, Weeragolla Nabiriththankadawara Uthurawala. Welipitiya, Halmillagolla, Dambahera New, Polkatuwa, Diggalawatta II, Narampola, Yaya 17 Maeliya, Rawa Ela, Egodagama Palagama, Rekaula Arepola, DombagamuwaParanagama, Kosgahaela, Agarayaya, MadahapolaAlipallama, Arehepolayaya, Elagamuwa 1, Elagamuwa 11, Siyambalawewa, Aladeniyawa, 2021 March 14 08.30-17.00 Diulagala, Moroththa, Welipitiya, HenawaGatapulayaya, Henawa , Madugahamulla, Dagama Egodahena Junction, Balagolla, Susilagama Korawewa. Slim Line Garment 1,Slim Line Garment 11,Slim Line Garment 111, Slim ThambuwaUthuruwella, Makulpotha, IhalaMudugamuwa. MAHO AREA Line Houses, Damro, DR Home Appliance (Pvt) Ltd., Elabadagama, Adamjee Umandawa Temple. Export (Pvt) , Eco World Product, Thippapoththa, Benawatta, Elabadagama Maho CSC Sham Plastic, Palliyawatta, Hunuwila Industries, Wanasinghe Holdings, 2021 March 20 09.30-17.00 ElabadagamaHunuwila, Elabadagama MOH, ElebadagamaSamagi Village, Madahapola Hapangamuwa, Thewella Madahapola, Dambahera, Madahapola 2021 March 14,27 09.30-17.00 Horawadunna New, Dalupothamulla, ElabadagamaBammanna, Bammanna Rd, Weherayaya, Madahapola Siyambalangamuwa, Delmo Breeders (Pvt) Ltd., Delmo Breeders (Pvt) Ltd., Ranamukgama, Thennakoongama, Rakwana, Horawadunna, Kudalupoththa, New Delmo Farm, Wanasinghe Oil Mill, Nandana Diatary (Pvt) Ltd. Borawewa Moragollagama, Borawewa, Nipunagama Pothanegama, Oil Mill, Meththagama, Yakwila, Fena Mill, GovijanaKendraya, Photo Album, Thalandapitiya. Paragammana Oil Mill, SavindaPerera Oil Mill, Alawgedara, U.H.P.C. Fernando Kurunegala Town/Mallawapitiya CSC Oil Mill, Thelambugammana, Yataththawala, HegawaHenyaya, Iriyagolla, 2021 March 15 08.30-16.30 2021 March21 09.00-16.00 IriyagollaWalakumbura. Kaduruwewa Thalpathwewa, Mobitel Tower, Wadupolayagama Niyadawanaya. Navinna Hospital, M.C. Oil Mill, Henamulla 2021 March 14 8.30-17.00 Wennoruwa Water Pump 2021 March 19 08.30-16.30 Hundirapola, Urban Agree, Lihiriyagama, Hettirippuwa, Mukalangamuwa, Moragaswewa, MahawaNevy Camp, Beligahayaya, Hulugallewa, Nebadewa, Eliwila, Wayamba DC, AC Coir Export. Mohomadiya Oil Mill, , Mallawapitiya New, Doratiyawa, Aselro Holding (Pvt) Ltd., Manel Ouluwa , Senarath Engineering, Manikkadeniya, Hewapola, Idulgoda IhalaEmbogama, IhalaEmbogama New, Athgamugama, Walattewa, 2021 March 20 09.00-17.00 Kanda, Koonpola Temple, Rockway Watta, Edward Watta, National Oil Mill, Prime MahagallaWatta, Koragaswewa, Kumbukwatawana, Mahakumbukkadawala. BotnicoirLanaka, Botnicoir Lanaka New. Auction Land, Maga Redimix (Pvt) Ltd., Wennoruwa Water Pump, Henamulla. 2021 March 20 09.30-17.00 2021 March 21 09.00-17.00 Mallawapitiya CSC Naween Rice Mill, Yaddeegama, Kohombakadawala, Bakmeegahawatta, Thambarayagama Kohombakadawala, ThalangedaraIhalagama, Ihalagama PBM Makandura, Wayamba University 1,11, Makandura 1, Library & Shopping 2021 March12 08.30-16.30 Pahalagama, Iribissawa. Complex, NalawalanaAsirigama, NalawalanaMediriwila, ArunasiriRendawatta, Peelawatta II , I Jayamanna Metal Crusher,Nalawalana New, Netherland Welcome Village,W 2021 March 23 08.30-16.30 ilagedara,HendiyagalaGalagedara, Hendiyagala, HendiyagalaThambakanda, 2021 March 21 09.30-16.30 Rideebendiella, Rideebendiella New, Gajaniggama, Deduru Oya Pahala Yaya, Hemudawa, Botnic Lanka New,Madurugama, Gonulla, Gonulla Donar Estate Deduru Oya Project, Ella Pothuwewa, Katuwannawa, Walpaluwa, Thimbiriwewa. New,SingakkuliyaWatta, Irabadagama, IrabadagamaEtambagahawatta, Dialog Youth Campus, Severage Plant, Print Pack (PVT) Ltd., Nippon PVC Holdings Telecom, Mellawa, Singakkuliya Junction, MakanduraWatta, Pheonix Industries (Pvt) Ltd., Timex 11, Industrial Park, Slim Line, Timex 1, Cashua line, Foundation 2021 March 24 08.30-16.30 1, Pheonix Industries 11, Omega Line, Makandura Town, Sandalankawa, Hospital, Garment, Eco Aperal Ltd., Pergason Garment, United Tubeco Processing. Ranamukgama, Thennakoongama, Rakwana, Borawewa Moragollagama, KoraleWatta, Sandalankawa Co-operative, Shopping Complex, Industrial Plastic. Mawathagama Town Borawewa, Nipunagama Pothanegama, Delmo Breeders (Pvt) Ltd., Thalandapitiya. CHILAW AREA 2021 March 21 08.30-16.30 Chilaw CSC Mallawapitiya C.S.C., Millawa, Manel Watta Oil Mill, Wayamba Advertising, Galgamuwa CSC Dialog Base, Pilessa, Hewapola, Millawa, Thampana, Presure Filter Plant, 2021 March 04 08.30-14.00 2021 March 19 08.30-16.30 Pilikada, Green Mount, K.N.M.C. Oil Mill, Madawa, Udahengama, Maswewa, Suduwella Area, Chilaw City Hotel – Suduwella. Pilessa Horse Motors, Khagolla, Galwala Junction, Mawathagma Town, Wayamba Development Animal Farm. Star Garment, Sampath Bank, Mawathagama Oil Mill, S.S.H. Auto Mobile, 2021 March 04 08.30-16.30 2021 March 20 09.00-17.00 Kotikapola, Ilukwela, Ceramic Cooperation, Asia Plastic. Siyambalewa, Siyambalewa Andarabedda. KumarakattuaMandalana,MandalanaPallama, Elivitaya Niwahalpura, Youth Campus, Severage Plant, Print Pack (PVT) Ltd., Nippon PVC Holdings Gurumiithenna Junction, Elivitaya Water Pump, Elivitaya, Kumarakattuwa, (Pvt) Ltd., Timex 11, Industrial Park, Slim Line, Timex 1, Cashua line, Foundation 2021 March 16 08.30-16.30 Thukkiniyagama, VeehenaAgro Product, Thammana Podidelpotha, Mandalana Garment, Eco Aperal Ltd., Pergason Garment, United Tubeco Processing. Amunukole Jayalanda, Jayalanda Mahagalkadawala, Lassanagama Diyawara, Podidelpotha, The Leaf comp. (Pvt) Ltd, Yodhayakele Ibbangamuwa. A.S.B., Redimix Ltd., Mawathagama Water Board, Nippon Helmets. Liyanagama. WEDNESDAY, MARCH 3, 2021 ADVERTISEMENTS page 29 DN

2021 March 17 09.30-17.00 2021 March 27 09.00-17.00 P.A.D. Janet Rupika - Sethapola, Lakvijaya Power Station - Norochcholei, Koonwewa, Galgamuwa Hospital Water Supply, Jusewaspura, Devagiripura. Ammanamulla. Cool man Ice Factory, Jubile Mawatha, G.P.H. Jayapalan, Sethapola, Hiran Food Product, Kajuwatta New, Pulidiyawayal New, Sammattiwadi 2021 March 18 08.30-17.00 2021 March 30 08.30-16.30 Koonwewa, Devagiripura, Jusevaspura, Galgamuwa Hospital, Hospital, Irrigation New, Ital Lanka Import & Export (Pvt) Ltd., Koofanagar, Seththuwadiya, Maranda, Star Fiber Mill, Halpanwila New, Marandawella. Ofce, Paddy Stores, Irrigation Training Center. Pudukudirippuwa Area, VelaidahamPoobalarasa - Kalpitiya Road, Navalady Residencies (Pvt) Ltd., Thaladiya, Main Street - Norochcholei, Rajarata 2021 March 24 08.30-16.30 PUTTALAM AREA Stores, Palliwaslthuri - Wellankare III, Panniaddiya New, Pulachchena Bulnewa, Poroththukadawala, Embalegama, KadadekaWatta, Rolawa. Madurankuliya CSC School, Andankanni New, Valampuri Resort - Kalpitiya, Nawakkaduwa I, 2021 March 25 08.30-16.30 Sembukulama New, Minniya Road, 6 th Mile Post New, KandakuliyaKudawa Uduruwanagama, Bandaragama, WeeragollaKep Ela, UsgalaKep Ela, 2021 March 18 09.00 - 13.00 New, Kalkudawa Junction, Araliya Retreat - Wannimundalama, Kite UsgalaSiyambalangamuwa, Walagambapura, Usgala. Buddhigaminipura, Air Force Camp I, Buddhigaminipura 1,SadikkaWatta, Tube Beach Villas - Kalpitiya, Kappaladi Area, Uhupura, Eththalei - Thihaliya, Well CementCo-operation, Air Force Camp II, Air Force Camp III, Air Force Nayakkarsena, EchchomkaduThottamKandakuliya, Nirmalapura - Mampuri, 2021 March 25 08.30-16.30 Camp IV, JP poultry Product, Buddhi Chethana Village, KalladiIndrustril Park, Musapille Estate - Thiladiya, Lakvijaya Power Station New, Erumbukudalla Giribawa 2, Lokuhettigama, Nirawiya. Asian Polymers, Lihini Stee (Pvt) Ltd., Superemo Petro Lanka, Lanka AAC, Beach, Gelani Aqua Farm, Sembukulama New, The Wind Beach Resorts (Pvt) 2021 March 26 08.30-16.30 Bodhirajapura Temple Junction, CementCorp Housing Scheam, Envi Lanka Ltd., Jumiya Junior Cultivation Committee, Palliwasalthure New, Akkara 90 Perakumpura 1, Perakumpura 11, Bambare, Bambare Sub 5, Jayanthipura, (Pvt) Ltd., Bodhirajapura, Attawilluwa New, Attawilluwa, Attawilluwa- Central, New, Palliwaslthure I, Weerathode New, Mampuri I, Ilanthadiya IV, Ilanthadiya Solewewa Jayanthipura. Asirigama, Cement Corp Circute Bangalow. V, Palakuda New, Ilanthadiya VI, Power Gen Wind Power, Nirmalapura Wind 2021 March 29 08.30-16.30 Power, Pawandanavi Wind Power, Daily Life (Pvt) Ltd., Norochcholai, Senok Thekkawatta, Senarathgama, Medagama Government Animal Farm, Katupothana, 2021 March 21 09.00 – 17.00 Wind Power, Tang Dynasty. Thammennawa Temple, Medagama, Ethiniwetunugala. Thalgaskanda, Poththuwilluwa, Supra Aquatic, Nagwilluwa Old, Dave Aqua, Nagwilluwa New Sea Camp, Pothwilluwa, Amakuliya, Priyasad Company, NARAMMALA AREA 2021 March 29 08.30-16.30 CamilasVendalan Farm, Karikattiya, RMA Aqua Farm, Aquatic Export, Pahala Pothanegama, Reswehera. DandawangalaMerketing (Pvt) Ltd., Weerapura Area, Wajirawatta, Children’s Narammala CSC Nikaweratiya CSC Home, Madurankuliya New Sembetta, New Shopping Complex, Madurankuliya, 2021 March 12 08.30-16.30 Wayamba Lanka, Crystal Aqva Farm, DASP, Thumsim Farm, Welcome Clutcher, 2021 March 07 08.30-17.00 Nallandaluwa Water Pump, M.A.A. Hafeel Coco Lanka, Kadayamottai New, Rammuthugala, Ranawatta Rd – SeelawathiPirivena, Cargills Food City, Elawaka, Alfa Garment, CTB Depot, NLDB Farm, Halambewa Kumbukwewa, Kanamulla, Kanamula New, Mihirajapura, Sameeragama, Kadayamottai Fiber Mill, Narammala Hospital. Halmillewa, Randenigama, Wadupolawewa, OsuUyana, Katagamuwa, Kadayamottai Fiber Mill New, Palasole 04, Kachchimaduwa, Palasole Pre School OthotaDiullewa, Manapaya, Diullegoda, Diullegoda Wanduressegama. 2021 March 16 09.00-17.00 1, Palasole 2 Nimal Shop, SajanStors, PalasoleRedbana 3, MudaliaraPuludiwail Ihalakadadunna, Kaludeniya, RanwalaGedara, Panagamuwa, 2021 March 16 08.30-17.00 School, Kelamaduchena New, Kelamaduchena, Kiilamaduchena Water Pump, Kurakkanhenegedara, WalgamuwaPanagamuwa, Kotadeniyawa Colony, Hengamuwa New, Gurugoda Mawathagama, Jif Product (Pvt) Ltd., Jif Product Marina Estate, Sadal International, Mukkuthoduwawa, DaluwaKajuwatta, Swarnavimana Auction Land, Medagama Aludeniya, Serenko Trading. (Pvt) Ltd. 11, Thelahera Niyarawalpitiya. Kajuwatta New, Water Supply, Ceylon Crab Agriculthere. Alawwa CSC WENNAPPUWA AREA Norochchole CSC 2021 March 14 08.30-16.30 Wennappuwa CSC 2021 March 13 09.00 – 16.30 Hangawatta, Halpandeniya, Poramadala, Bambaragala, Mahamewuna 2021 March 16 09.00-17.00 KoiyawadiArfa Town, Samadhipura. Asapuwa Polgahawela, Waduwewa, Udumulla, Ihala Kanda Pahala Kanda, Yatigaloluwa . Herbal Uyana, St.Anapura School, Anthoni Sub. 2021 March 27 08.30 – 16.30 2021 March 15 08.30-16.30 2021 March 21 09.00-17.00 Suprime Garment-Karambewatte, Pachchanodi-Karambe, CEB Housing Thampana. Mottuwa Junction, Welmankare, Malith Hachary. Complex I, Dave Aqua Product, Mampuri, ShanthaBenadic Farm, Sethapola, 2021 March 18 09.00-17.00 Bolawatta CSC MelcolonySethapola, G.P.P.N. Perera Factory, St. Anns Factory Daluwa, Housing Complex II, Daluwa Church, NilmarapuraKajuwatta, Daluwa - Galgamuwa. 2021 March 12 08.30-16.30 Nirmalapura, RE Site Housing Complex, Minniya Village, Nawakkadu, 2021 March 21 08.30-17.00 Ihalawewa Fiber Mill, Thulawala, IhalaWewa, Kahatawila Rubber Estate, Mampuri, Mampuriya Colony, Mampuriya Beach, Narakkalliya, Coal Pothuwatawana, Hundirapola, Mahayaya Watta. Kosgahamada, Welikare, Galgamuwa Matiyagane. Power Project, Cole Power Camp Site - 1, Coal Power Project Narakkalli, 2021 March 12 08.30-16.30 NorochcholeiMobitel Tower, Paniadiya, Pulachchena , Ilanthadiya Beach, 2021 March 23 09.00-17.00 Namala Tile Mill, Sindathriya. Agriculture Center (Norochcholi Fair), Norochcholei Town, Water Pump at Galwarama Junction, Alawwa Giriulla Rd. Pulachchena, Ilanthadiya Church Road, KeiyamwadiArfarNagr, Koiyawadiya, 2021 March 14 08.30-16.30 2021 March 27 09.00-17.00 Alankuda, Madinapura - Masoor Nagar, Alankuda New, Sembukulama Mabopitiya New. Cargills Cemetry Estate, Jayakodi Mill, Madurawala, Dutch Lanka, Water Supply , Alankudawa Water Supply , Ethale RE, Thigali, Thigaliya JayawinWatta, Honkon Knitters, ErangaCators, IhalaDummalakotuwaIsuru Oil 2021 March 30 09.00-17.00 Mill, Wasana Publishers, Laklane Porcelain, Malpiyali Bookshop, Nara Coco Water Pump, Ruwala Resort (Pvt) Ltd., Palakuda, Kale Palliya, Palakudawa Land, Mohottimulla Temple, DankotuwaInsustrial Zone, Dhanalkshmi Fiber Mill, Colony, Thalawila School, Thalwila , Thalwila Church, ThalwilaCemetry, Hangawatta, Halpandeniya, Poramadala, Bambaragala, Mahamewuna Hemas Manufacutres. EthaleJubili Mawatha Baykariya, Erumbukudalla, Ethale Colony Mosque, Asapuwa Polgahawela, Waduwewa, Udumulla, Ihala Kanda Pahala Kanda, Yatigaloluwa . Nattandiya CSC Kandakuda, Akkara 90 , Akkara 90 Water Pump, Mudalappali, Mudalappali Water Supply I, AmmanotamPalliwasalthurei, Musalpitiya, Palliwasalthure Giriulla CSC 2021 March 13, 14, 18, 21 08.30-17.00 - Wellankare, Paliyawasalthurei Red Bana, Periyakadaisandi W/P, Akkara Nattandiya Textile, Monaragala Paper Mills, Hirana, Prasara Washing Plant, 10, Sammattawadiya, Kuringahapitiya New, Lanka Ice Factory, Lihini Ice 2021 March 13 9.00-17.00 Thabbowa, Honsu Company, Erabadugaswata, LechchamiWatta, MahagedaraWatta, Factory , Kuringahapitiya Junction, Kuringipitiya Agriculture Village, Kudawa Halwella, Dampelessa Rice Mill, Kiwulegedara, Rajapaksha Auction Land, Coconut Development Board, Dunkannawa Timber Co-operation, Jacobi, Road, Community Centre, Thetupitiya - Thiladiya, Kandakuliya Church, Giranakanda - Medagamuwa, Halwella Temple, Weerakkodi Bio Fuel (Pvt) Bandaranayakapura, Wathupahamulla, Sampath Watta, Dunkan City, Jaya Uyana, Ltd., Dampellessa, Darshana Granite &Marbel (Pvt) Ltd., Herath Oil Mill, Rebeco Fence, Prime Carbon, DunkannawaSavera, Dunkannawa Una Pandura, Kandakuliya , Ichchankaduwa Fisheries Village, Kandakuliya Water Pump Godakuruwa,Thalagolla Junction, Wilgamuwa, Central Highway Project. Thuththiripitiya Junction, Gurugodella, Maningala, Earth Scape Ltd., Thorawetiya, House, SeaguardTraning-Kandakuliya, S.M.T.M.L.A. Khan Kandakuda, Ashokapura, Chutiduwa Farm, Volanka Ltd., Yatakalana, Niramisiya Colony, Buddist Center - Kalpitiya, U.M.U. Road, MohamadiaKulama, Almanar 2021 March 14 12.00-17.00 Helan Board Wathugahamulla, Tiserapura, Medagoda, Water Board, Janadhipathi Kalpitiya (Mandala), U.M.U. Junction, Telephone Kalpitiya, Kalpitiya CEB, S.G.M.D.R.Samarathunga, Wattegedara, Deekirikewa, Kanugala New, Ravi School Lane, Menara Shopping Complex, Nattandiya Town, Dhammissara Collage, Breeder’s Farm (Pvt) Ltd., Tribiyo International (Pvt) Ltd. Ceylon Glass Factory 1,11, Weerahena Fiber Mill, Maranda MedaNattandiya, Kalpitiya New Church, Kalpitiya Ice Factory, Wannimundalama (Hospital Rd.), Mavila, Venis Park, LudsMawila, Maranda Star Fiber Mill, Halpanvila New, Kalpitiya Navy Camp , PeriyaKudirippu Road, Fishery Harbour-II, Fishery 2021 March 14 09.00-17.00 Marandawella, Elbat F. Pieris Mawatha, Marawila Farm, Telecom, Court Complex, Harbour-I (Market), Lihini Ice Factory-Kalpitiya, Bus Stand, DevalaHandiya Mohoththawa, Medikele – Kelaniyamulla, T.G. Gunapala Filling Station. Jaya Farm, Marawila Super Market, M.A.D.A Athula, Vocational Training Center, - Kalpitiya, Nara, AnawasalJanasawipura, Pulachchena Colony, Koiyansena, Cargills Ceylon, Orit Apperal, Sampath Bank, Horagolla Fernando Mw., Marawila 2021 March 14 08.30-17.00 Co-oparative, DC Mills, Thalawila Ice Factory, Haththiniya, St.Anthony Fiber New Gaskade, Nachchikalliya, Paniaddiya Colony I, MohomadiyaAqva Mill, Thalawila Junction, Priyangika Timber Mill, Halpanwila, Thalawila Church, Farm, Musalpitiya Agri Land ii, Aqva Culture Processing (Pvt) Ltd., Jawad Screen Line Emblishers, Bammanna 111, Bammanna 1, Bammannagara, Classic Terous, Bogahard, ThalawilaElamba, Club Farm Bey Hotel, Olenka International (Pvt) Ltd., Kandakuliya, Kudawa, Welakkani Church Road, Bammanna 1, Narangoda School, Narangoda, Dodampothha, Ethpanthiya, Sun Shine Beach Hotel, Deshan Milroy Association, Modarawella, Omega Line Ethale New, 6 th Mile Post, Mohoththuwarama, Ilanthadiya Fishery Village, Iscooppawatta, Ingaradaula, Mohoththawa, Dadanpoththa – Girana, Medikele Housing Project, ThalawilaWella, Weralugaha Rd, Dr. Anton, Pettric Loch Oil Mill, Kajuwaththa, SLNS Vijaya - Navy Camp II, Samadipura, Nirmalapura New, Kelaniyamulla, Kandayaya, Bammanna iv, T.A.I. 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THE GOVERNMENT OF THE DEMOCRATIC SOCIALIST REPUBLIC OF SRI LANKA MINISTRY OF WATER SUPPLY MINISTRY OF WATER SUPPLY Breaking NATIONAL WATER SUPPLY AND DRAINAGE BOARD boundaries NATIONAL WATER SUPPLY AND DRAINAGE BOARD CONTRACT No.: RMWWDP/Ph2-St1/SN/AFD/2020/01 EXTENSION OF THE BIDS Phase 2 - Stage 1 of Ratmalana/Moratuwa Wastewater SUPPLY AND DELIVERY OF VOLUMETRIC DISPLACEMENT TYPE 15 MM (1/2”) DOMESTIC WATER METERS FOR Disposal Project WESTERN REGION, NORTHERN/CENTRAL, MAIN STORES AND Bid for Expansion of Sewer Collection Network for SOUTHERN/EASTERN REGION Ratmalana/Moratuwa area CONTRACT NOS: The Country’s DGM/M&E/WM/15/2020/08(W) largest CORRECTION OF BID NOTICE DGM/M&E/WM/15/2020/10(NC) recruitment DGM/M&E/WM/15/2020/11(S) database This has reference to the Invitation for Bids published on 24th February 2021. DGM/M&E/WM/15/2020/09(SE) Following clauses of the above bid notice should be amended as follows. Reference to the advertisement dated 16th December 2020 and 24th February 2021. A complete set of Bidding Documents may be purchased between 9.30 and 14.30 hrs (local Please note that the closing date of the following tenders have been extended as follows. time) on working days, up to 04th May 2021 by interested Bidders on the submission of a written application on the applicant’s letterhead to No. Description Extended Date Supply and Delivery of 22,500 Nos. Volumetric Displacement Type 15 Mm (1/2”) Assistant General Manager (Tenders & Contracts) 16th March 2021 01 Domestic Water Meters for Western Region Tenders and Contracts Branch, at 10.00 am CONTRACT NO.: DGM/M&E/WM/15/2020/08(W) National Water Supply and Drainage Board, Supply and Delivery of 22,500 Nos. Volumetric Displacement Type 15 Mm (1/2”) Galle Road, Ratmalana, 16th March 2021 For 02 Domestic Water Meters for Northern/Central Region SRI LANKA. at 10.00 am jobseekers CONTRACT NO.: DGM/M&E/WM/15/2020/10(NC) Telephone / Facsimile No. : +94-(0)-11-2635885 Supply and Delivery of 22,500 Nos. Volumetric Displacement Type 15 Mm (1/2”) 16th March 2021 Electronic mail address : [email protected] / [email protected] 03 Domestic Water Meters for Main Stores at 10.00 am and upon payment of a non-refundable fee of US$ 300.00 or LKR.60,000.00 plus the CONTRACT NO.: DGM/M&E/WM/15/2020/11(S) applicable Value Added Tax (VAT) in the form of cash in Sri Lanka Rupees or Demand Supply and Delivery of 22,500 Nos. Volumetric Displacement Type 15 Mm (1/2”) 16th March 2021 04 Domestic Water Meters for Southern/Eastern Region Draft in favour of the National Water Supply and Drainage Board or by Banker’s certified at 10.00 am cheque, countersigned by a Bank operating in Sri Lanka. CONTRACT NO.: DGM/M&E/WM/15/2020/09(SE) www. observerjobs. The Chairman, Chairman, lk National Water Supply and Drainage Board NATIONAL WATER SUPPLY AND DRAINAGE BOARD DN page 30 ADVERTISEMENTS WEDNESDAY, MARCH 3, 2021

NATIONAL SAVINGS BANK TENDER AND OTHER ADVERTISEMENTS INVITATION FOR BIDS (NCB) TENDER No. NSB/PT/2021/03 SUPPLY OF EMV DUAL INTERFACE DEBIT - STORED INVITATION FOR BID (2021/03) VALUE CARDS - JCB / LANKAPAY CO - BRANDED Sealed tenders are hereby invited from reputed Principal Manufacturers/ Suppliers or their Accredited Local Agents in Sri Lanka for the supply of Emv Dual Interface Debit - DEPARTMENT OF EDUCATION, NORTHERN PROVINCE Stored Value Cards - Jcb / Lankapay Co - Branded.

1. The Chairman, Department Procurement Committee,on behalf of the Department of Education,Northern Province invites sealed bids Description of the Procurement 40,000 Nos. plastic cards from eligible and qualified bidders for the Construction work described in the table below. Method of Procurement National Competitive Bidding (NCB) 2. Bidding will be conducted through National Competitive Bidding Procedure (NCB). Applicable Non-refundable Tender Fee Rs. 5,000/= 3. To be eligible for contract award, the successful bidder shall not have been blacklisted and shall have been registered with the Value of the Bid Bond to be submitted Rs. 140,000/= Construction Industry Development Authority (CIDA) in the field of building construction for grade mentioned in the table below. Last date & time of issuing Bid Documents 23.03.2021 at 3.00 p.m. 4. Qualification requirements are indicated in Section 4 of the Bidding document. Additional details are provided in the Bidding Data and Contract Data(Section 5). Date & time of closing Tender 24.03.2021 at 10.00 a.m. 5. Interested bidders may obtain further information from address given below in 6, and inspect the bidding documents at the same place Date & Time Pre-Bid Meeting 15.03.2021 at 2.00 p.m. at the Head Offi ce on any working day from 9.00 a.m. to 4.00 p.m. of the Bank 6. A complete set of Bidding Documents in English language may be purchased by interested bidders on the submission of a written 1. It is mandatory for any person who acts as an agent or sub agent, representative application to the Provincial Department of Education, Northern Province, Chemmany Road, Nallur. (T.P: 021 224 2806/021 222 or nominee for or on behalf of any tenderer to register himself before applying for 2219, Fax: 021 224 1383/021 222 2219) from 9.00 a.m. to 3.00 p.m. during the period mentioned in the table upon payment of non- tender, and the contract after the tender is awarded. refundable fees as mentioned in the table. The method of payment should be by cash. 2. Bid Documents could be obtained from the Supplies Manager, Supplies Division, 7. Bids (Original, Duplicate) shall be delivered or sent by registered post to the Chairman, Department Procurement Committee, Department of Education, Northern Province, Chemmany Road, Nallur on or before 10.30 a.m. on the date mentioned in the table. National Savings Bank, No. 255, Galle Road, Colombo 03. Tender forms will be Bid number must be written on the left-hand upper corner of envelope. Late Bids will be rejected. Bids will be opened soon after closing issued from 03.03.2021 between 8.30 a.m. and 3.00 p.m. on working days till in the presence of the Bidders' representatives who choose to attend. 23.03.2021 on submission of a written request. 8. Pre-Bid Conference will be held at Provincial Department of Education, Northern Province, Chemmany Road, Nallur commencing at 3. Perfected Bidding Documents should be accompanied by a Bank Guarantee/ Bid 10.30 a.m. on the date mentioned in the table. Bond acceptable to the National Savings Bank, for the value relevant to the tender as 9. Bids shall be accompanied by a Bid security as per the information given in the Table. indicated above and issued by a commercial bank and valid for a minimum period of 105 calendar days from the date of opening of the Tender. Document Issuing/Purchasing Period from 03.03.2021 until 16.03.2021 4. Bids will be opened immediately after closing at 10.00 a.m. on the date and the bids CATEGORY 1 Pre-Bid Conference at 10.30 a.m. on 09.03.2021 received after 10.00 a.m. will be rejected and returned unopened. Closing and Opening of Bids at 10.30 a.m. on 17.03.2021 5. National Savings Bank reserves the right of rejecting any or all bids and the right of Estimated Non Required Bid Security accepting any portion of a bid without adducing any reason. Cost /(Rs in Contract Required Refundable Bid No. Description of Work Security Millions) Period Grade Fees Valid Period Further details could be obtained from the [email protected] Amount Chairman-Corporate Procurement Committee - Major NP/B/JA/01(2021) Construction of Classroom National Savings Bank, Building with 50x25x2 at J/ C6 or C5 Till 13.26 154 Days 5,000.00 133,000.00 Colombothurai Thuraiyappah (Buildings) 29.06.2021 No. 255, Galle Road, Vidyalayam Colombo 03. NP/B/JA/02(2021) Construction of Classroom C6 or C5 Till Building 70x25x2 at J/ 17.22 175 Days 5,000.00 173,000.00 (Buildings) 29.06.2021 Pandatharippu Girls High School NP/B/KI/05(2021) Construction of Classroom C6 or C5 Till Building 70x25x2 at Kn/ 19.00 182 Days 5,000.00 190,000.00 (Buildings) 29.06.2021 Vaddakachchi Primary School NP/B/KI/06(2021) Construction of Classroom Building with Science Lab C6 or C5 Till 15.20 161 Days 5,000.00 152,000.00 120x25 at Kn/Punnai Neeravi (Buildings) 29.06.2021 GTMS NP/B/MU/02(2021) Construction of Classroom C6 or C5 Till building 120x25 at Mu/Thimpily 13.89 154 Days 5,000.00 139,000.00 (Buildings) 29.06.2021 Primary School NP/B/MU/03(2021) Construction of Classroom building with Science Lab C6 or C5 Till 13.89 154 Days 5,000.00 139,000.00 120x25 at Mu/Kaiveli Ganesha (Buildings) 29.06.2021 Vidyalayam NP/B/MU/04(2021) Construction of Classroom Building or C6 C5 Till 100x25 at 12.60 147 Days 5,000.00 126,000.00 (Buildings) 29.06.2021 Mu/Panankamam Moonrumurippu GTMS NP/B/VA/01(2021) Construction of Classroom Building with Principal’s Office or C6 C5 Till 13.85 154 Days 5,000.00 139,000.00 Room 120x30 at V/ (Buildings) 29.06.2021 Puliyankulam Primary School NP/B/VA/02(2021) Construction of Classroom or C6 C5 Till Building 100x25 at V/ 11.99 147 Days 5,000.00 120,000.00 Vigneswara Maha Vidyalayam, (Buildings) 29.06.2021 Sinna Poovarasankulam NP/B/VA/03(2021) Construction of Classroom 140 Days C6 or C5 Till Building 100x25 at V/ 11.20 (Buildings) 5,000.00 112,000.00 29.06.2021 Thavasiyakulam GTMS NP/B/VA/04(2021) Construction of Classroom Building C6 or C5 Till 10.68 140 Days 5,000.00 107,000.00 100X25 at V/Sinnadampan (Buildings) 29.06.2021 Barathy Vidyalayam NP/B/MN/01(2021) Construction of 100x25 Class Room Building at Mn/ C6 or C5 Till 12.04 147 Days 5,000.00 121,000.00 Sooriyakaddaikadu RCTMS (Buildings) 29.06.2021 School NP/B/MN/02(2021) Construction of Classroom with C6 or C5 Till Secondary Science Lab 100x25 12.04 147 Days 5,000.00 121,000.00 (Buildings) 29.06.2021 at Mn/Eachchalawakai GTMS Document Issuing/Purchasing Period from 03.03.2021 until 23.03.2021 CATEGORY 2 Pre-Bid Conference at 10.30 a.m. on 12.03.2021 Closing and Opening of Bids at 10.30 a.m. on 24.03.2021 Estimated Non Required Bid Security Cost /(Rs in Contract Required Refundable Bid No. Description of Work Security Millions) Period Grade Fees Valid Period Amount NP/B/JA/03(2021) Construction of Classroom 196 Days C6 or C5 Till Building 90x25x2 at 21.90 (Buildings) 5,000.00 219,000.00 06.07.2021 J/Alvai North RCTMS NP/B/JA/04(2021) Construction of Classroom building 110x25x2 at J/ C5 or C4 Till 27.50 217 Days 10,000.00 275,000.00 Nainathivu Sri Ganesha Kanista (Buildings) 20.07.2021 MV NP/B/KI/07(2021) Construction of Classroom C5 or C4 Till Building 110x25x2 at Kn/ 25.85 217 Days 10,000.00 259,000.00 Vivekananda (Buildings) 20.07.2021 Vidyalayam NP/B/KI/08(2021) Construction of Classroom C6 or C5 Till Building 90x25x2 at Kn/ 22.50 203 Days 5,000.00 225,000.00 (Buildings) 06.07.2021 Kanagapuram Maha Vidyalayam NP/B/MU/05(2021) Construction of Classroom C5 or C4 Till building 110x25x2 at Mu/ 25.46 217 Days 10,000.00 255,000.00 (Buildings) 20.07.2021 Chemmalai Maha Vidyalayam

“Bidding will be conducted through National Competitive Bidding (NCB). Since the Estimated Value of Work to be performed under this procurement (excluding VAT and other taxes) is below Rs. 50 Mn., regional preference and CIDA grade preference shall apply as stipulated in Public Finance Circular No. 04/2016 (iii)” and Public Finance Circulars No. 03/2020 and 03/2020(i) dated 09.10.2020 and 11.01.2021 respectively will also be adopted. Chairman Department Procurement Committee Provincial Department of Education, Northern Province WEDNESDAY, MARCH 3, 2021 ADVERTISEMENTS page 31 DN DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH SERVICES - PROCUREMENT NOTICE STERILIZATION OF DOGS - 2021 Bids are invited for Sterilization of Dogs, both in the Badulla and Moneragala Districts in the Uva Province.

Non Serial No. of Dogs to Bid Security District Refundable No. be Sterilized in Cash Bid Form Fee 01 For Badulla / Breaking 2000 Rs. 20,000.00 Rs. 1500.00 boundaries 02 Moneragala Districts Bid applications will be issued by the Uva Provincial Department of Health Services by submitting the receipt obtained after paying the Bid Form Fee in cash as mentioned in the column above to Finance Assistant of the Provincial Department of Health Services. Bid documents will be issued on working days of the week from 02.03.2021 up to 3.30 p.m. on 23.03.2021 and cash payments will be accepted on working days of the week only between 9.00 a.m. and 3.00 p.m. The value of the Bid Security will be twice the amount mentioned above if it is paid by a Bank Guarantee. > Institutions or persons registered at the Veterinary Surgeons Association and possessing a service experience of two years are able to submit applications. The Country’s > All payments will be accepted only in cash. Bid documents will be issued in two largest copies and they should be duly completed similarly. The two Bid Forms as original and recruitment duplicate should be enclosed in separate envelopes and sealed and thereafter, these database should be inserted in a single envelope and marked with the words "Sterilization of Dogs - 2021" on the top left-hand corner of this envelope and the name and address of the applicant should be marked below this. > Sealed Bids should be inserted in the Bid Box kept in the Uva Provincial Department of Health Services to be received before 10.30 a.m. on 24.03.2021 or they should be sent by registered post to the Chairman, Departmental Procurement Board, Uva Provincial Department of Health Services, No. 301, R.H. Gunawardena Mawatha, Badulla, to be received before the specified time. Incomplete applications and Bids received after the specified date and time will be rejected. > All Bids received will be opened on 24.03.2021, immediately after closing of accepting Bids in the presence of the Procurement Board of the Uva Provincial Department of For Helath Services. The Bidder or his representative with written approval could be jobseekers present on this occasion after proving his identity. > Bid documents could be inspected during office hours on working days of the week and the right of the decision of accepting or rejecting any Bids lies with Procurement Board. Chairman, Departmental Procurement Board, Uva Provincial Department of Health Services, 3rd Floor, No. 301, R.H. Gunawardena Mawatha, Badulla. www. Tel. No. 055-2231981 Fax No : 055-2223098 observerjobs. lk

SOUTH EASTERN UNIVERSITY OF THE DEMOCRATIC SOCIALIST REPUBLIC OF SRI LANKA SRI LANKA MINISTRY OF IRRIGATION REQUEST FOR PROPOSALS (RFP) IRRIGATION DEPARTMENT SELECTION OF STRUCTURAL INVITATION FOR BIDS DESIGN CONSULTANCY SERVICES Procurement of Providing Janitorial Services to The Chairman, Department Procurement Committee, on behalf of the Irrigation Headquarters & Other Buildings South Eastern University of Sri Lanka invites technical and finacial proposals from reputed and experienced chartered consultants in Contract No: ID /HO/CT/Jan.Ser/NCB/2021/01 providing structural design consultancy services for the following project. 01. The Director General of Irrigation, invites sealed bids from eligible bidders for the following service. Table 01 Project Name: The Extension Work to the Administrative Secretariat Bid should Bid Security Building at the South Eastern University of Sri Lanka, Oluvil Bid Security Contract No. Name of Work be valid up should be (LKR) Eligibility Criteria to valid up to „ Consultant shall be a Registered Consultancy Firm or ID/HO/CT/ Jan. Procurement of Providing 09.06.2021 150,000.00 07.07.2021 Chartered Engineer registered in the Institution of Ser/NCB/2021/01 Janitorial Services to Irrigation Engineers, Sri Lanka (IESL) / in The Engineering Council, Headquarters Complex & Other Buildings Sri Lanka (ECSL). „ Consultant shall possess at least 05 years experience in 02. Bidding documents can be purchased from the office of Director of Irrigation (Contract & Procurement), Room No. 216, 02nd Floor, Irrigation Department, No. 230, Bauddhaloka, the field of structural consultancy services. Mawatha, Colombo07 on a written request made on a company letterhead (Original) and by rd rd „ Consultant shall not have been blacklisted previously. paying a non-refundable fee of Rs.5,000.00 from 3 March 2021 to 23 March 2021 on working days from 09:00 hrs. to14.30 hrs. RFP document Particulars 03. Interested bidders may inspect Bidding Document free of charge prior to the purchase and obtain „ Issuing period : 03.03.2021 – 16.03.2021 further information from Director of Irrigation (Contract & Procurement); T.P.011-2582897/ 011- 2583305 „ Pre Proposal conference : 17.03.2021 at 11.00 am at Board Room, SEUSL 04. Pre-bid meeting and Site Visit will be held as mentioned in the table below. Prospective bidders are requested to inspect the sites with the assistance of the relevant officers. „ Proposal closing date & time : 23.03.2021 before 11.00 am Table 02 „ Proposal opening date & time : 23.03.2021 at 11.05 am Divisional Irrigation Date/Time and Date/Time and Venue of „ Name of Work Engineer Assisting the Commencing venue Proposal validity period : 60 days from the date of the Pre-Bid Meeting opening of proposal Site Visit of the Site Visit Procurement of Divisional Irrigation 10.03.2021 at 10.00 10.03.2021 at 11.00 a.m. at Terms & Conditions Providing Janitorial Engineer (Building & a.m. at the Office of the Office Room of Director „ Prospective consultants who fulfill the above criteria can Services to Irrigation Building Services) the Divisional of Irrigation (WG & BS), collect the RFP document with TOR on submission of a written Headquarters & T.P. 011-2581802 Irrigation Engineer Room No. 318, Irrigation Other Buildings (Building & Building Department, Bauddaloka request along with supportive document for eligibility, from Services Mawatha, Colombo 07 the Deputy Registrar/Capital Works & Planning, SEUSL, Oluvil. The RFP documents can also be obtained via email by 05. Bid must be accompanied by a Bid Security for the value mentioned in Bidding Document. Any Bid sending an email request to [email protected] without a valid Bid Security will be considered as non-responsive and rejected without any query. 06. All pages of the Bidding Documents shall be signed by the bidder and affixed his seal. „ Further information may be obtained from the Deputy Registrar/Capital Works & Planning or Works Engineer, SEUSL. 07. Completed Bids shall either be deposited in the Tender Box kept for this purpose in the Room No: 311 (Room of Chief Financial Officer), 03rd Floor, Irrigation Department, No. 230, Bauddhaloka Telephone Nos. 0672255147/067225535 Mawatha, Colombo 07 or sent under registered post to The Chairman, Departmental „ Late proposals shall be returned unopened. Procurement Committee of the above address to reach him on or before 10:00 hrs. (10.00 a.m.) on 24th March 2021. Bids shall be closed at 10:00 hrs. (10.00 a.m.) on 24th March 2021 and opened „ The final decision in this regard shall be with the SEUSL. immediately. Late bids will be rejected. Please write the Description of Procurement and Bid No. „ Sealed Technical and Financial proposals together shall be (IFB No.) on top of left hand corner of the envelope. deposited in the tender box kept in the office of the Registrar 08. The Bids will be opened in the presence of the bidders or their representatives who wish to attend. or sent by registered post to the Vice Chancellor, South Eastern If the office happens to be closed on the bid closing date specified above, the bid closing date will be the immediate next working day and will be opened at the same time and venue. University of Sri Lanka to reach him before 11.00 am on 23rd March 2021. Please indicate “Selection of Structural Design 09. The decision of the Department Procurement Committee is final and conclusive. The Department Procurement Committee is empowered to reject single, any or all bids at its own discretion. Consultant” on the top left hand corner of the sealed envelope. Eng. K.D.N. Siriwardana Chairman Director General of Irrigation, Irrigation Department, Department Procurement Committee No. 230, Bauddaloka Mawatha, South Eastern University of Sri Lanka Colombo 07. Oluvil. Date: 03.03.2021 DN page 32 ADVERTISEMENTS WEDNESDAY, MARCH 3, 2021 NOTICE UNDER SECTION 7 OF THE LAND PROCUREMENT NOTICE ACQUISITION ACT (CHAPTER 460) AS AMENDED BY THE LAND ACQUISITION INVITATION (AMENDED) ACT NO 28 OF 1964 FOR BIDS N-68 DEPARTMENT OF GOVERNMENT PRINTING Reference No: 3/3/6/3/12 MINISTRY OF ENERGY Ministry of Land Reference No: 4-3/7/2012/HW/03 CEYLON PETROLEUM The Chairman, Procurement Committee, Department of Government Printing, Sri Lanka, invites bids from suppliers in Sri Lanka and Government intends to acquire the land which is described in CORPORATION their authorized agents for the supply of following Item. the schedule mentioned below. For further particulars, see the Extra Ordinary Gazette Notice No. 2203/31, Part III of Democratic Supply of Materials & Stitching 1. Item - 3 phase in/single phase out Socialist Republic of Sri Lanka, published on 2020.11.26. of Uniforms for Aviation Function, Uninterrupted Power Supply 15 Katunayake, Rathmalana & Mattala KVA Schedule for the Year 2021 District : Matale Quantity Required - 02 Units B/22/2021 Closing Date of Bid: 24.03.2021 - 2.00 p.m. Divisional Secretary’s The Chairman, Departmental Procurement Division : Ukuwela Committee, Ceylon Petroleum Corporation will Bid Reference No: SCP04/UPS 15 KVA/NCB06/2021-03 receive sealed Bids from reputed Suppliers for the Village : Halangoda supply of following Uniform Requirements. Bidding documents relevant to this notice will be issued on Situation : Situated at Halangoda Village in Grama Niladhari 1. 186 Nos. Gray Shirt offi cial working days from 9.00 a.m. to 3.00 p.m. by the Supplies Division of Halangoda of Divisional Secretariat 2. 440 Nos. White Shirt Division, Department of Government Printing, 118, Dr. Danister Ukuwela in the District of Matale. 3. 45 Nos. Blue Shirt de Silva Mawatha, Colombo 08 on written application along 4. 258 Nos. Gray Trouser Name of Land : Hettiyale Watta, Kadurugammanayalage Watta, with a non refundable fee of Rs 1500/= per each Bid. Bidding 5. 198 Nos. Dark Blue Trouser documents will be issued by the Supplies Division itself before Gedara Watta, Korahe Watta, Kohonviharaya, 6. 90 Nos. Black Trouser Bogahamula Watta, Kore Watta, Leemagahamula 7. 09 Nos. Blue Trouser 2.00 p.m. on the day prior to the closing date given above. Hena, Udugoda Vidanelage Gedara Watta, Karuppa Bidding documents can be obtained after payment Further particulars could be obtained from my offi ce during Watta, Hapugahamula Watta, Nagahathanne of non-refundable fee of Rs. 1,000/= (i.e. Rs. working days from 8.30 a.m. to 4.15 p.m. Vidanalage Gedara Watta, Land No. 48, 925.93 + 8% VAT) to CPC on working days between 0900 hrs and 1500 hrs up to 23.03.2021 Gangani Liyanage Udawalawwe Watta, Walaw Watta , Arambe Watta, from the Office of Manager (Procurement & Stores), Aththenagedara Watta, Aththakgedara Watta, Ceylon Petroleum Corporation, 1st Floor, No. 609, Chairman, Procurement Committee Kiriya Watta, Liyanaralage Watta, Pansalthanna Dr Danister De Silva Mawatha, Colombo 09. Watta, Kandapahala Watta, Balithiyannalage Watta, The Bid will be closed at 1400 hrs on 24.03.2021 Department of Government Printing, Balithiyannalage Watta, Maussa Watta, Kappetigolla and opened immediately thereafter at the Office of 118, Dr Danister de Silva Mawatha, Watta, Maussa Watta, Paula Watta, Maragahamula Manager (Procurement & Stores). Colombo 08. Hena, Paula Watta, Madage Watta, Alawatta, Clarifications (if any) shall be sought from Manager Telephone/Fax 011-2694898 Madage Watta, Batukotuwe Hena, Ela Ihala Watta, (Procurement & Stores), over the Telephone No. 5455330 or Facsimile No. 5455424. Website:- www.documents.gov.lk Ela Ihala Hena, Batukotuwa, Pansalthanna. Due to the Covid-19 Pandemic, the Bidders 22.02.2021 Plan No. and can download the bidding document from CPC Lot No. : Ma 1664 Lot No. Website, i.e. - www.ceypetco.gov.lk and all the payment can be made to the Account No. 04> 05> 06> 07> 08> 09> 11> 12> 14> 16> 17> 18> 19> 004100110208633 of Ceylon Petroleum Corporation 20> 21> 22> 23> 24> 27> 28> 30> 31> 32> 33> 34> 35> of People's Bank (Head Office). Please submit the 36> 37> 38> 39> 40> 41> 45> 46> 47> 49> 50> 51> 52> original of the bank receipt along with the bid. 53> 54> 55> 56> 57> 58> 59> 60> 61> 62> 63> 64> 65> Chairman 66> 67> 68> 69> 70> 73> 74> 75> 76> 77> 78> 80> 81> Departmental Procurement Committee 82> 83> 84> 85> 86> 87> 88> 89> 90> 93> 94> 95> 96> C/o Manager (Procurement & Stores) 97> 98> 99> 100> 101> 102> 103> 104> 105> 106> 107> Ceylon Petroleum Corporation, 108> 109> 110> 114> 115> 116> 117> 118> 119> 120> 1st Floor, No. 609, 121> 122> 123> 124> 125> 126> 127> 128> 129> 130> Dr Danister De Silva Mawatha, 131> 132> 133> 134> 135> 139> 140> 141> 142> 143> Colombo 09. 146> 147> 148> 149> 151> 156> 157> 158> 159> 160> Tele : 5455331 161> 162> 163> 164> 165> 168 Fax : 5455424 S.N.K Serasinghe, Divisional Secretary, Ukuwela. Ukuwela Divisional Secretary’s Office. 23.02.2021. NATIONAL POLICE COMMISSION INVITATION FOR APPLICATIONS TO FILL VACANCIES

Applications are invited by the National Police Commission from retired offi cers possessing relevant qualifi cations for the posts mentioned below. 1. Western Provincial Director - 01 Post 2. North Western Provincial Director - 01 Post 3. Southern Provincial Director - 01 Post 4. Sabaragamuwa Provincial Director - 01 Post 5. Central Provincial Director - 01 Post Expression of Interest 6. Uva Provincial Director - 01 Post 2. Relevant qualifi cations:- State Ministry of Urban Development, Coast Conservation, i. Should be a retired offi cer of an all-island service in Waste Disposal and Community Cleanliness Grade I or special grade ii. Age should not have exceeded 67 years on the date Condominium Management Authority (CMA) of recruitment Obtaining Consultancy Services iii. Knowledge of English/Tamil apart from the Sinhala language will be considered as an additional Applications are hereby invited to obtain consultancy services, qualifi cation. for the Condominium Management Authority (CMA), from a Chartered Town Planner and from an Attorney-at-Law with iv. Experience in investigation activities will be a following qualifi cations and experience in carrying out such special qualifi cation. services of consultancies. v. Will be appointed on contract basis for a period of one year. 1. Qualifi cations to be fulfi lled by a Chartered Town Planner vi. Reference will be given to applicants who are permanent residents of the area applied for Should have completed minimum of 20 (twenty) years of experience in the services of the fi eld of condominium vii. An all inclusive allowance of Rs. 60,000/- will be property development and planning and of the regulations paid. of planning of the Urban Development Authority (UDA), 3. Interested applicants should submit applications as a Chartered Town Planner in the private sector or of containing the Bio-data by registered post addressed to the Government Sector. the Secretary, National Police Commission, Block No. 2. Qualifi cations to be fulfi lled by an Attorney-at-Law 09, BMICH Premises, Colombo 07 to be received at or before 20.03.2021. The name of the post applied for Should have LLB Degree (Bachelor of Laws), obtained should be marked on the top left-hand corner of the from a Recognized University, with over ten (10) years envelope containing the applications. experience as an Attorney-at-Law and out of which over 05 (fi ve) years should be of service experience in Secretary, the enactment of the activation of the Condominium National Police Commission, Management Authority Act in addition to this, preference Block No. 09, (special consideration) will be given to the applicants BMICH Premises, having service experience in the fi elds of housing and Colombo 07. property management. Interested consultants should have to send an application with complete bio-data (CV), inclusive of all the information, stating that they are having required qualifi cations, to carry out the above mentioned services. Short-listed, qualifi ed applicants / candidates, based on the above given qualifi cations and experience will be called for an interview: Selected successful candidates will have to be responsible to report to the Chairman, of the Condominium Management Authority (CMA), and shall have to work for a full-time assignment of service (Twenty Four hours, per week). Professionals, having required qualifi cations, should send an application, with their complete bio-data (CV), including their educational, academic and professional qualifi cations and experience and marked with caption to the effect “Obtaining Consultancy Services for the Condominium Management Authority (CMA)” on the top left-hand corner of the envelope containing applications to the following address by registered post, to receive on or before 15.03.2021. Widest reach for your Chairman, employment advertisement Condominium Management Authority (CMA) Email : [email protected] Hotline: 1949 1st Floor, National Housing Department (NHD) Building, Sir Chittampalam A. Gardiner Mawatha, For more information Colombo 02. 0777270012 / 0112429314

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