Cabinet directs to prepare Bill to amend Customs Ordinance | Daily FT

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Thursday Jul 30, 2026 Wednesday, 10 June 2026 05:47 - - {{hitsCtrl.values.hits}} Cabinet Spokesman and Minister Dr.

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What happened

Thursday Jul 30, 2026 Wednesday, 10 June 2026 05:47 - - {{hitsCtrl.values.hits}} Cabinet Spokesman and Minister Dr.

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Nalinda Jayatissa The Cabinet of Ministers has approved directing the Legal Draftsman to prepare a Bill to amend the Customs Ordinance based on recommendations made by a Steering Committee on Customs Affairs.

Common ground

On 26 May 2025, the Cabinet approved establishment of the Revenue Administration Reforms and Modernisation Bureau and the appointment of separate Steering Committees for Sri Lanka Customs, Inland Revenue Department (IRD) and Excise Department under it, with…

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Follow-up questions

What new context would change how readers understand this Government Reform story?
What evidence would most clearly confirm or weaken the claim that the Cabinet approved the proposal submitted by President Anura Kumara Dissanayake, to instruct the Legal Draftsman to prepare a draft Bill to amend the Customs Ordinance?
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open_in_new Read the original article: https://www.ft.lk/news/Cabinet-directs-to-prepare-Bill-to-amend-Customs-Ordinanc…

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Claim 1: “the Cabinet approved the proposal submitted by President Anura Kumara Dissanayake, to instruct the Legal Draftsman to prepare a draft Bill to amend the Customs Ordinance.”

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While the amendment to the Customs Ordinance is corroborated, the specific detail that the proposal was submitted by President Anura Kumara Dissanayake is only explicitly linked in the context of the Daily FT report and general mentions of the President's strategies, but not corroborated by a second independent source specifically linking him to the submission of this particular proposal.

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web search NEUTRAL — Aug 27, 2025 ... President Anura Kumara Disanayake has approved the establishment of dedicated anti-corruption investigation units within provincial councils and ...
https://www.facebook.com/newswireLK/posts/president-anura-ku…

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web search NEUTRAL — 16 hours ago ... President Anura Kumara Dissanayake yesterday set out an ambitious strategy to lift Sri Lanka's economic growth to 7-8% over the coming years, ...
https://www.instagram.com/p/DbXGU8-DN_C/

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web search NEUTRAL — Jun 10, 2026 ... Nalinda Jayatissa said at the weekly post-Cabinet meeting media briefing yesterday. He said based on the recommendations of the report, the ...
https://www.ft.lk/news/Cabinet-directs-to-prepare-Bill-to-am…

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Claim 2: “The Cabinet of Ministers has approved directing the Legal Draftsman to prepare a Bill to amend the Customs Ordinance based on recommendations made by a Steering Committee on Customs Affairs.”

CORROBORATED

Three independent news sources (EconomyNext, The Island, and Daily FT) all report that the Cabinet approved directing the Legal Draftsman to prepare a Bill to amend the Customs Ordinance based on a steering committee's recommendations.

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wikipedia NEUTRAL — On 21 April 2019, Easter Sunday, three churches in Sri Lanka and three luxury hotels in the commercial capital, Colombo, were targeted in a series of coordinated IS-related terrorist suicide bombings.…
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/2019_Sri_Lanka_Easter_bombings

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wikipedia NEUTRAL — The 2022 Sri Lankan protests, also known as the Aragalaya (Sinhala: අරගලය, lit. 'The Struggle'), were a series of mass protests that began in March 2022 against the government of Sri Lanka. The govern…
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/2022_Sri_Lankan_protests

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wikipedia NEUTRAL — Local elections were held in Sri Lanka on 6 May 2025 According to the Election Commission of Sri Lanka, of the 17,296,330 registered voters nationwide, 17,156,338 were eligible to vote in this electio…
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/2025_Sri_Lankan_local_election…

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Claim 3: “the Customs Ordinance Review Committee has been appointed under the chairmanship of the retired Additional Solicitor General Milin de Gunathilaka, PC”

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Two independent news sources (Daily FT and The Island) confirm that the Customs Ordinance Review Committee was appointed under the chairmanship of retired Additional Solicitor General Milin (or Milinda) de Gunathilaka, PC.

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web search NEUTRAL — Accordingly, the Customs Ordinance Review Committee has been appointed under the chairmanship of the retired Additional Solicitor General Milin de Gunathilaka, PC, representing all relevant sectors.
https://www.ft.lk/news/Cabinet-directs-to-prepare-Bill-to-am…

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web search NEUTRAL — May 10, 2026 ... Free Lawyers organization alleges parliamentary committee report shields key figures in US$ 2.5 million cyber heist Read more:...
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web search NEUTRAL — Accordingly, the Customs Ordinance Review Committee has been appointed under the chairmanship of the President’s Counsel, Retired Additional Solicitor General Milinda Gunathilaka, representing all rel…
https://island.lk/cabinet-nod-to-amend-the-customs-ordinance…

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Claim 4: “On 26 May 2025, the Cabinet approved establishment of the Revenue Administration Reforms and Modernisation Bureau”

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A press briefing of Cabinet Decisions specifically dated 2025-05-26 confirms the establishment of the Revenue Administration Reform and Modernization Bureau.

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wikipedia NEUTRAL — The Sri Lanka Podujana Peramuna (SLPP; Sinhala: ශ්‍රී ලංකා පොදුජන පෙරමුණ, romanised: Śrī Laṃkā Podujana Peramuna; Tamil: இலங்கை பொதுஜன முன்னணி, romanised: Ilaṅkai Potujaṉa Muṉṉaṇi; lit. 'Sri Lanka Peo…
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sri_Lanka_Podujana_Peramuna

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Claim 5: “Cabinet Spokesman and Minister Dr. Nalinda Jayatissa said at the weekly post-Cabinet meeting media briefing yesterday”

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Multiple cross-references and web search results identify Dr. Nalinda Jayatissa as the Cabinet Spokesman and Minister.

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wikipedia NEUTRAL — Ranil Wickremesinghe (Sinhala: රනිල් වික්‍රමසිංහ; Tamil: ரணில் விக்கிரமசிங்க; born 24 March 1949) is a Sri Lankan politician who served as the ninth president of Sri Lanka from 2022 to 2024. He has al…
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ranil_Wickremesinghe

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wikipedia NEUTRAL — Percy Mahendra Rajapaksa (born 18 November 1945) is a Sri Lankan politician. He served as the sixth president of Sri Lanka from 2005 to 2015; the Prime Minister of Sri Lanka from 2004 to 2005, 2018, a…
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mahinda_Rajapaksa

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wikipedia NEUTRAL — Presidential elections were held in Sri Lanka on 21 September 2024. Incumbent president Ranil Wickremesinghe ran for re-election as an independent candidate, making him the first sitting president to …
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/2024_Sri_Lankan_presidential_e…

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Claim 6: “the appointment of separate Steering Committees for Sri Lanka Customs, Inland Revenue Department (IRD) and Excise Department under it”

VERIFIED BY REFERENCE

While there is evidence of the Bureau's establishment and a Customs Ordinance Review Committee, the provided evidence does not explicitly confirm the appointment of separate steering committees for the IRD and Excise Department under this specific Bureau.

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wikipedia NEUTRAL — The Asia/Pacific Group on Money Laundering (APG) is a FATF-style regional inter-governmental (international) body, the members of which are committed to effectively implementing the international sta…
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Asia/Pacific_Group_on_Money_La…

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wikipedia NEUTRAL — The Customs Surveillance Service (Spanish: Servicio de Vigilancia Aduanera, SVA), officially Deputy Directorate for Customs Surveillance (Spanish: Dirección Adjunta de Vigilancia Aduanera, DAVA), is a…
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Customs_Surveillance_Service

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wikipedia NEUTRAL — Mohun Bagan Super Giant, commonly referred to as Mohun Bagan (Bengali: [moɦɔn baɡan]), is an Indian professional football club based in Kolkata, West Bengal. Founded in 1889, it is one of the oldest f…
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mohun_Bagan_Super_Giant

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