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Rehabilitation of ex-LTTE cadres
Monday, 16 March 2015 20:34A meeting chaired by Prime Minister Ranil Wickremesinghe on March 03 at Temple Trees on the rehabilitation of ex-LTTE cadres review the current position of the rehabilitation of ex-LTTE combatants.
Head of govt. too, is president – Champika
Monday, 16 March 2015 20:31The 19th amendment to the constitution approved by the cabinet yesterday abolishes authoritarian powers of the executive presidency only, says the JHU.
Less women going for foreign jobs!
Monday, 16 March 2015 17:25There was a 6.4 per cent reduction in the number of women going for foreign jobs last year, when compared to the figure in the previous year, said the Bureau of Foreign Employment.
Presidential commission’s missing persons interim report to Maithri
Monday, 16 March 2015 17:11The presidential commission investigating complaints about missing persons will hand over its interim report to president Maithripala Sirisena tomorrow.
New Gandhi statue unveiled in London's Parliament Square
Monday, 16 March 2015 15:24A new statue of Mahatma Gandhi has been unveiled in London’s Parliament Square to mark the 100th anniversary of his return to India to start the struggle for independence from British rule.
Police records statement from Gamini Senarath
Monday, 16 March 2015 15:13The Police Financial Fraud Investigation Division is currently recording a statement from the former President’s Chief of Staff Gamini Senarath over an alleged financial fraud, police say.
Ranil reiterates SL’s right to shoot anyone entering its waters
Monday, 16 March 2015 13:20Sri Lanka and India are working to resolve the fishermen's issue, but the country's navy has the right to shoot anyone who intrudes into their territorial waters, Sri Lankan Prime Minister Ranil Wickremasinghe has told NDTV.
Plan to make Sobhitha Thera the premier
Monday, 16 March 2015 12:23A group of leading SLFP MPs is planning to have a caretaker government and Ven. Maduluwawe Sobhitha Thera as its prime minister without dissolving parliament, in the event the UNP leaves the government with a call to dissolve parliament in April end.