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The Financial Crimes Investigation Division was formed on 26 February 2015 under the purview of Sri Lanka Police Service. FCID is directly responsible in handling the investigations on the corruption charges against the Rajapaksa Administration and the public service that involved in large-scale corruption which led to destabilize the Government revenue.
The Divi Neguma Bill was published in The Sri Lanka Gazette on 27 July 2012. [26] The bill established the Department of Divi Neguma Development by amalgamating the Samurdhi Authority of Sri Lanka, Southern Development Authority of Sri Lanka and the Udarata Development Authority, and created numerous community organisations, banks and banking societies. [27]
Corruption in Sri Lanka is considered a major problem in all levels of society, from the top echelons of political power to minor staff levels.. According to Transparency International's 2023 Corruption Perceptions Index (CPI), Sri Lanka scored a 34 on a scale from 0 ("highly corrupt") to 100 ("very clean").
[17] [18] Sri Lanka's credit was also downgraded as a result of the crisis, [19] [20] while the United States and Japanese governments froze more than a billion US dollars worth of development aid. November saw industrial activity in Sri Lanka slow as a result of the crisis, falling 3.7% from October to November, the largest seen since it began ...
FTZ discontent still exists in parts of Sri Lanka today, and the Sri Lankan government still struggles to from a positive relationship with its FTZ workers. In 2018, workers at a glove factory in Katunayake, the same site of the 2011 protests, began protesting against FTZ unions for alleged labour abuses.
The 18th amendment to the Sri Lankan constitution removed the two-term restriction for the presidency in Sri Lanka, however there was no clause for this to be applied retrospectively. [16] Therefore, in the light of the then president, Mahinda Rajapaksa , contesting presidency for the third time, Kodituwakku filed this Writ Application at the ...
The Public Service Commission (PSC) of Sri Lanka is an independent government commission established under the Constitution of Sri Lanka to manage human resources in the public service. [1] The first Public Service Commission was established in 1946 under the Ceylon (Constitution) Order in Council, with powers over the appointment, transfer ...
criminal cases filed under the penal code and other laws within its jurisdiction. First mortem examinations. Post mortem examinations. Issue of Warrants of Judicial orders to arrest and produce suspected persons. Issue of search warrants. Ordering persons to enter into bonds of good conduct and preventive jurisdiction on public nuisance.