Sri Lanka, July 14 -- The Committee on Public Enterprises (COPE) recently recommended that legal steps be taken to take over the Sri Lanka Institute of Information Technology (SLIIT), which previously belonged to the Mahapola Trust Fund as an institution administered by the Mahapola Trust Fund, citing that its transformation into a fully private entity was carried out unlawfully.

Accordingly, COPE Chair (Dr.) Nishantha Samaraweera made this recommendation to the Secretary to the Ministry of Trade, Commerce, Food Security and Cooperative Development, K.A. Vimalenthirarajah, and the Chairperson of the Mahapola Trust Fund, former Justice Vijith Malalgoda.

This recommendation was made during the meeting of the Committee on Public Enterprise...