Sri Lanka, Feb. 6 -- New Democratic Front (NDF) MP Ravi Karunanayake stated in Parliament yesterday (5) that expanding the port's capacity can increase efficiency and create international competitiveness in the port's operations.

The MP said that this can be formalized through the Container Depot Operators Licencing Act. "For this, some fixed income needs to be received. Through that, this container

operations sector can be developed. An opportunity that Sri Lanka had has been given to Singapore. We need to acquire technology from developed countries. What container depot operators do is not subject to any regulation. They work. They do not pay taxes. The country's money is credited to their accounts. But this regulation enables the gov...