The Public Service Commission (PSC) has responded to the Attorney General’s recommendation that disciplinary action be taken against Deputy Solicitor General Azard Navavi and State Counsel Malik Azeez, who were entrusted with the file on National Thowheed Jamaat (NTJ) and its leader Zahran Hashim, for lapses in handling the case, the Presidential Commission of Inquiry (PCoI) investigating Easter Sunday attacks was informed yesterday.
This was revealed when Attorney General (AG) Dappula de Livera’s Coordinating Officer, State Counsel, Nishara Jayaratne appeared before the PCoI.
The commission prevented the counsel disclosing the PSC decision.
A request by Shavindra Fernando, PC, who appeared for Navavi, to declare Jayaratne guilty of contempt of PCoI was rejected by a majority of the Commissioners.
By Saman Indrajith
The Samagi Jana Balavegaya (SJB) yesterday said that the proposed handing over of the Colombo Port’s East Container Terminal to India’s Adani Group contravened the government’s repeated pledge to give priority to Sri Lankan firms.
Chief Opposition Whip and Kandy District SJB MP Lakshman Kiriella said that the Adani Group was facing allegations of serious malpractices and the government should explain to the nation the criteria it had adopted in giving that company the contract to operate the ECT. “The question is whether there is no local investor who can invest USD 500 million. This government came to power promising to promote the local companies and entrepreneurs but it is now handing over the vital terminal to foreign companies. In that case, too, they cannot find companies with clean records.”
The Ghana Association of University Administrators (GAUA) has called on Parliament to discontinue the passage of the Public Universities Bill.
According to a press release issued by (GAUA), the Association bemoaned events surrounding the bill.
“The Ghana Association of University Administrators (GAUA) is very disturbed about the recent rhetorics and public discourse on the Public Universities Bill from the Minister of Education and some members of Parliament and the subsequent media reportage on the issue.
GAUA has been part of the stakeholders who submitted memoranda and eventually met the Parliamentary Select Committee on Education on the Bill. However, if the recent rhetorics and the document we have sighted as having been laid before Parliament for consideration is anything to go by, then it will not be wrong on our part to conclude that the position of GAUA on the draft Bill has not been considered as any useful input.
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The Ghana Association of University Administrators (GAUA) has called for the discontinuation of the consideration and the passage of the Public University Bill currently before Parliament. We strongly state that the consideration and the passage of the bill must be discontinued,” it said.
A statement signed and issued by the President and the General Secretary of GAUA, Messrs Kwabena Antwi Konadu and Felix Adu-Poku, respectively, said the association was disturbed about the recent rhetorics and public discourse on the bill by the Education Minister, Dr Mathew Opoku Prempeh, some members of Parliament and a section of the media.
By Ifham Nizam
Nalinda Illangakoon, who assumed duties as the Vice Chairman of the Ceylon Electricity Board, recently, said he would strive to achieve President Gotabaya Rajapaksa’s of goal promoting renewable energy and providing electricity at a minimal cost.
Power and Energy Minister Dullas Allhaperuma said that the newly appoint CEB Vice Chairman’s professional experience and leadership skills gained through in various fields would be a great strength to the National Power Development Programme being carried out by the Ministry of Power and Energy.
Illangakoon is an alumnus of St. Mary’s College, Matugama and Bandaranaike College, Gampaha. He also served as Chairman of the National Youth Corps as well as the Skills Development Fund, Director of the Dangerous Drugs Administration and a Senior Manager of the Associated Newspapers. He is currently the Chairman of the Complex Business Group and its owner.