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No point in objecting – Minister Tissa Vitharana |
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2010 | 09 | 02 | 11.15 AM |
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LSSP member and Minister Prof. Tissa Vitharana has said there was no point in objecting to the constitutional amendments since it would receive more than a two-thirds majority in parliament and because the number of Left party members in parliament amount only to five. |
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President gets vehicles worth Rs. 2,410 million |
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2010 | 09 | 02 | 11.15 AM |
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The value of the vehicles belonging to the President of the Socialist Democratic Republic of Sri Lanka in 2005 when President Mahinda Rajapaksa assumed office stood at Rs. 30,910,000. By the end of 2009, the value had increased to Rs. 2,410,346,000. Therefore, within the last four years, the President has maintained a vehicle convoy worth Rs. 2,379,436,000. |
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Police Special Task Force shoots and kills underworld leader Olcott |
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2010 | 09 | 02 | 11.15 AM |
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An underworld leader in Colombo, Olcott, who was arrested by the police Special Task Force (STF) in the Wehera area in Kurunegala, had been shot and killed on Tuesday (31) night. |
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Sangakkara at fault for no ball |
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2010 | 09 | 02 | 11.15 AM |
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Suraj Randeev had bowled a no ball to prevent Virendra Shwag from receiving a century at the recently concluded tri nation series following request by team captain Kumar Sangakkara, Lanka News Web learns.
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Thilekaratne Dilshan banned from entering Zimbabwe |
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2010 | 09 | 01 | 12.40 PM |
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The Zimbabwe government has banned Sri Lankan cricketer Thilekaratne Dilshan from entering the country, sources from Zimbabwe said. |
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President’s gets disciplinary report favorable to Mervyn |
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2010 | 09 | 01 | 12.40 PM |
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The disciplinary committee inquiring into the incident where former deputy minister Mervyn Silva had tied a Samurdhi officer to a tree handed over the final report to the President on Tuesday (31) and the according to sources from the SLFP, the report had been prepared according to Presidential direction to find Mervyn not guilty. |
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LSSP decides not to support the constitutional amendments |
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2010 | 09 | 01 | 12.40 PM |
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The politburo of the Lanka Sama Samaja Party (LSSP) had decided on the 30th not to support the constitutional amendments presented by President Mahinda Rajapaksa. LSSP politburo members Lal Wijenayake said the two LSSP members in parliament would abstain from voting for the constitutional amendments. |
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UNP seniors oppose President’s constitutional amendments
Final decision after Working Committee meeting |
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2010 | 09 | 01 | 12.40 PM |
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The UNP has summoned a Working Committee meeting at 10 a.m. today (1) following a decision by the party seniors on the 30th to oppose the government’s proposed constitutional amendments. |
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Namal Rajapaksa get request for old iron? |
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2010 | 09 | 01 | 12.40 PM |
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Parliamentarian Namal Rajapaksa has taken steps to hand over a load of scrap iron in the East to two members of the Nil Balakaya. About 10,000 tons of iron has therefore been brought down to Colombo to be sold. |
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Saudi maids 'harassed' for talking to BBC |
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2010 | 08 | 01 | 11.15 AM |
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Sri Lankan housemaids say hundreds of them in a transit villa in the Sri Lankan embassy in Saudi Arabia had been harassed by embassy officials after complaining of their plight to the BBC. |
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2010 | 08 | 01 | 11.15 AM |
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The Indian government has once again assured the internally displaced Tamil people (IDP) in northern Sri Lanka of the country's "continuous commitment" to help them rebuild their lives. |
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Proposed amendments 'undemocratic' |
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2010 | 08 | 01 | 11.15 AM |
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The proposed amendments to the Sri Lanka constitution is 'undemocratic' and paving the way for a 'dictatorial regime' a group of political parties and civil rights movements have told the Supreme Court. |
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