21A To Revoke 13A

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The Jathika Hela Urumaya (JHU), yesterday presented a Private Member's Bill to Parliament to scrap the 13th Amendment to the Constitution.
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TNA Seeks Indian Intervention Over 13th Amendment

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The six-member Tamil National Alliance (TNA) parliamentary delegation, led by R. Sampanthan, has pointed out the need of the Indian Government being diplomatically involved in the devolution of powers to the Northern and Eastern Provinces, through the 13th Amendment to the Constitution. The TNA Parliamentarians had met the Indian External Affairs Minister, Salman Kurshid, in New Delhi yesterday.
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Ekneligoda Abducted By An ‘organized Group’

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UNP Kalutara District MP, Ajith P. Perera, yesterday told Parliament he was informed by the Ministry of Defence there was evidence to prove Prageeth Ekneligoda had been abducted by an organized group. MP Perera, participating in the debate on Parliamentary Scholarship Board (Repeal) Bill, said he was also informed by the ministry that the abductors of Ekneligoda have not been identified yet.
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Call To Regulate Tuition Classes

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The government should introduce a framework to monitor tuition classes to ensure that tutors are qualified in their subject matter and bring in laws to ban tuition classes on Sundays and Poya Days, the Samadhi Vandana Foundation demanded yesterday (18).
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Insufficient Funds Lead To Corruption

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The andlsquo;cancerous spread of corruptionandrsquo; in the schools is a direct result of the governmentandrsquo;s failure to provide adequate funds for these establishments, resulting in the education sector andlsquo;topping the listandrsquo; in the country for the number of complaints filed at the Commission to Investigate Allegations of Bribery or Corruption, the Voice Against Corruption (VAC) charged yesterday.
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Petition with million signatures to strip land and police powers to PCs handed over to Sri Lankan President

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June 18, Colombo: A petition with signatures of million people against holding the Northern Provincial Council election without amending the land and police powers was handed over to the Sri Lankan President today. Read the Full Article

Tense situation in Kinniya as residents throw stones at STF

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A tense situation arose in the Kuttikarachchi area of Kinniya following a clash between the STF and residents this evening (June 18) while police were forced to fire shots into the air to bring the situation under control. MORE.. Read the Full Article

Sri Lanka’s senior police officer arrested for contract killing terminated

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June 18, Colombo: Sri Lanka Police Media Spokesman AP Buddhika Siriwardena said that the arrested Deputy Inspector General of Police (DIG) Vaas Gunawardena has been stripped off of his rank and employment. Read the Full Article

Two Arrested In Connection To Colombo Port Fire

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Two suspects have been arrested by the Colombo Crimes Division in connection to the fire that erupted at the Colombo Port in May, Police Media Spokesperson SP Buddhika Siriwardena told Ceylon Today Online.
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Sri Lanka President tells legislators no foreign tours from next month, focus on elections

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June 18, Colombo: Sri Lankan President Mahinda Rajapaksa has instructed all ministers and MPs of the ruling Sri Lanka Freedom Party (SLFP) to cancel their foreign tours to devote time for the upcoming Provincial Council elections, government sources said. Read the Full Article

Pro-Tamil Outfit Workers Arrested In Ooty

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Some 600 activists belonging to pro-Tamil Eelam outfits were arrested on Tuesday for allegedly attempting to march to the Defence Services Staff College at Wellington, 15 km from Udhagamandalam, where two Sri Lankan defence personnel are undergoing training.
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Probe into Rs. 3.2 m mobile phone bill

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The Colombo Fraud Investigations Bureau (CFIB) had begun an investigation into a fraud committed against a mobile phone company by a subscriber who had set a record by amassing a bill of Rs.3.2 million for using roaming facilities in less than 24 hours
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Heroin Worth 12 M Seized At BIA

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Customs officials at the Bandaranayake International Airport (BIA) have seized a stock of heroin weighing andnbsp;1 andfrac12; Kg worth 12 M from a suspect andnbsp;who landed in the country at around 10.56 this morning after travelling from Chennai to Sri Lanka via flight UL 122, Customs Media Officer,andnbsp;Leslie Gamini told Ceylon Today Online.
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Sri Lanka invests 5.9 percent of GDP in public projects last year

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June 18, Colombo: The Sri Lankan government has spent 5.9 percent of country's GDP as public investment in 2012 to provide major services despite a shortfall in the revenues, the Finance and Planning Ministry said in its 2012 report. Read the Full Article

Ven. Athuraliya Rathana Thera Proposes 21st Amendment

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Ven. Athuraliya Rathana Thera tabled a proposed 21st amendment to the Constitution to strap 13th amendment provisions in the form of a private members Bill.
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Voting Rights Bill For The Displaced Passed

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A draft bill that ensures voting rights to displaced persons in the North was passed in parliament with amendment a short while ago.
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Sri Lanka nationalist party introduces bill to abolish PC system

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June 18, Colombo: An ally of Sri Lanka's governing party, the Jathika Hela Urumaya (JHU) today introduced a bill to abolish the provincial council system enacted by the 13th Amendment to the Constitution in 1987. Read the Full Article

Sluice Gates Opened In Many Reservoirs

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The sluice gates of many reservoirs in the Nuwara- Eliya District have been opened due to the heavy showers experienced in the area.
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Crow Island to see better days

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Steps will be taken to convert Crow Island in Mattakkulya into a public recreational facility under the Metro Colombo Development Project Secretary Defence and Urban Development Mr Gotabaya Rajapaksa the architect behind the beautification and modernization of the city of Colombo visited the proposed site for an inspection visit today 17th June. Read the Full Article

Minister of External Affairs Prof G L Peiris discusses Sri Lankan issues with Foreign Minister of Germany

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External Affairs Minister Professor G L Peiris during his bilateral discussions in Berlin with Dr Guido Westerwelle Minister of Foreign Affairs of the Federal Republic of Germany emphasized that conditions in Sri Lanka today are conducive to significant expansion of trade and investment relations between the two countries. Read the Full Article

Website for Commonwealth Summit launched

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The website www chogm 2013 lk which would provide information relating to the Commonwealth Heads of Government Meeting to be held in Sri Lanka in the month of November was launched at the Ministry of External Affairs under the chairmanship of the Minister of External Affairs Prof G L Peiris this morning. Read the Full Article

Chilcot Inquiry and British cover up of UK role in War on Iraq

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If ever a leader subjected the pride of the mighty British Raj to ridicule it has to be Tony Blair. Read the Full Article

Chinese Embassy official hails Northern economic social revival

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The rapid progress of road infrastructure in the North has helped to hasten economic and social revival in the former conflict battered province Charge d Affaires at the Chinese Embassy in Colombo Ren Faqiang said. Read the Full Article

Troops to be deployed for dengue prevention

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The Health Ministry together with the Ministry of Defence and Urban Development and Colombo Municipal Council has launched a Island wide dengue eradication programme. Read the Full Article

Sri Lanka calls for international action to stem glorification of terrorism

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Sri Lanka s Ambassador to the UN in Geneva Ravinatha Aryasinha has asked that greater attention be paid in the Global Counter Terrorism Strategy to the role of terrorist support networks that take the form of front organizations, the challenge posed by the abuse of Information Communication Technology ICT and the propriety of the use or display of terrorist group emblems insignia and symbols. Read the Full Article