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Petition with million signatures to strip land and police powers to PCs handed over to Sri Lankan President
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.
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Sri Lanka nationalist party introduces bill to abolish PC system
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.
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No cadmium in rice grown in Sri Lanka
June 18 (CP) Colombo- Analysis of rice samples from various fields in Sri Lanka have shown that rice grown locally in Sri Lanka does not contain any abnormal levels of cadmium, the Minister of Agriculture Mahinda Yapa Abeywardena assured today.
The Minister said rice samples obtained from various parts of the island have been analyzed at home and abroad.
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Construction expedited on the new railway line from Kurunegala to Habarana in Sri Lanka:
June 18 (CP) Colombo- Sri Lanka Minister of Economic Development Basil Rajapaksa has ordered the officials to accelerate the preparatory work to build the railway line from Kurunegala to Habarana.
The proposed 81-km railway line will run across the commercial towns of Dambulla and Sigiriya in the North Central Province.
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Massive protest rally by teachers on Wednesday
June 18 (DM) The Principals’ and teachers’ trade union collective will stage a massive protest rally on Wednesday, at the Liptons Circus, to urge the government to ensure that action is taken against the North Western Provincial Councillor Ananda Sarath Kumara who is alleged to have verbally abused a female teacher and forced her to kneel in the presence of teachers and students.
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Coalition party of Sri Lankan government warns of outcome of Northern PC election
June 17 (CP) Colombo- The Sinhala Buddhist coalition party of the Sri Lankan government Jathika Hela Urumaya (JHU) today warned of a possible outcome detrimental to the country's unity from the Northern Provincial Council election.
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Sri Lanka's struggle over the 13th Amendment would lead to a separatist state, opposition warns
June 17 (CP) Colombo- The ongoing tussle among political forces in Sri Lanka on the 13th Amendment to the Constitution resulting in the arousal of communalism would automatically lead to a separate state, the main opposition United National Party (UNP) warned today.
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Sri Lankan President reviews progress of development projects in the North Western and Central Provinces
June 17 (CP) Colombo- Sri Lankan President Mahinda Rajapaksa Monday met the ruling United People's Freedom Alliance (UPFA) councilors of North Western and Central Provinces at the Temple Trees to review the progress of ongoing projects and the projects that have been completed in the two provinces.
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Sri Lanka briefs Germany on current developments, urges to watch LTTE activities in that country
June 17 (CP) Colombo- Sri Lanka, while informing Germany about the current developments in the country, urged the German authorities to keep a close watch on the unlawful activities of the members of Tamil Tiger terrorist group Liberation Tigers of Tamil Eelam (LTTE) in that country.
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Sri Lanka to introduce new Technology subject stream for GCE A/L in 200 schools
June 17 (CP) Colombo- Sri Lanka's Education Ministry is making arrangements to introduce the new Subject Stream of Technology to the General Certificate of Education (GCE) Advanced Level curriculum initially in 200 schools island wide, the government said.
The new Technology stream will be introduced in 200 selected Secondary Schools equipped with Mahindodaya Technological Laboratories.
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India working for all communities to find place in Sri Lanka: PM
June 17 (IANS) Chennai— Prime Minister Manmohan Singh has said that India was working towards finding the rightful place for all communities in Sri Lanka.
In a letter to DMK president M. Karunanidhi dated June 11 - a copy of which was released to the media Monday - Singh said: "The government of India has consistently worked for all communities in Sri Lanka, including Sri Lankan Tamils to find their rightful place and live in harmony in that country."
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Govt.a training centre for goons: UNP
June 17 (DM) The opposition United National Party today said the government had become a training centre for goons.
It was referring to the incident in which a UNPFA member of the North Western Provincial Council had allegedly forced a female teacher to kneel down for advising his daughter on Friday.
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Sri Lanka President tells legislators no foreign tours from next month, focus on elections
June 18 (CP) 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.
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Sri Lanka parliament passes bill to ensure voting rights of displaced people
June 18 (CP) Colombo- Sri Lanka parliament today passed a bill to ensure the voting rights of the displaced people in the North.
The legislature passed with amendment the Registration of Electors (Special Provisions) Bill tabled by the Justice Minister Rauf Hakeem in parliament earlier this month.
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New High Commissioner of India to Sri Lanka arrives in Colombo
June 18 (CP) Colombo- India's new High Commissioner to Sri Lanka Yashvardhan Kumar Sinha arrived in Colombo on Tuesday, the High Commission of India in Colombo announced today.
Sinha is a seasoned diplomat and during his career of 32 years, has handled several important assignments at the Ministry of External Affairs, New Delhi...
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Provincial, Presidential polls UNP to form broad political alliance
June 18 (Island) The UNP Working Committee yesterday decided to form the broadest possible alliance, with other political parties, in the run up to 2014, with strong speculation that President Mahinda Rajapaksa would call an early Presidential Election.
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PM frowns on land and police powers to pcs
June 18 (DN) The 13th Amendment to the Constitution has opened up a dialogue in the media and the public space. It is a characteristic of democracy. Some say the 13th Amendment is needed; some say it is not required. However, Police powers and Land powers referenced in the Amendment are not required at this juncture, Prime Minister and Buddhasasana and Religious Affairs Minister D.M. Jayaratne said.
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Paramedical service trade unions of Sri Lanka suspend trade union action
June 17 (CP) Colombo- The paramedical service trade union of Sri Lanka's state sector has cancelled the work-to-rule campaign that was scheduled to begin tomorrow, the general secretary of the union Saman Jayasekara said.
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Main opposition party of Sri Lanka sacks key party rebels
June 17 (CP) Colombo- The working committee of Sri Lanka's main opposition United National Party (UNP) has met today and decided to terminate the membership of 210 party activists who rebel against the leadership of the party, UNP sources said.
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Official website for 2013 Commonwealth Meeting launched in Sri Lanka
June 17 (CP) Colombo- Sri Lanka's Ministry of External Affairs Monday launched the official website of the 2013 Commonwealth Heads of Government Meeting (CHOGM) to be held in Colombo in November this year.
The website www.chogm2013.lk, launched at a function held today with Minister of External Affairs Prof. G.L. Peiris presiding, will provide information relating to the CHOGM 2013.
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Sri Lankan awarded the highest award of Russia for foreign citizens
June 17 (CP) Colombo- Dr. Saman Weerasinghe, Chairman of the Board of Directors of Mos-Lanka Holdings Group of Companies and an Advisor to Sri Lankan President Mahinda Rajapakse was awarded the 'Order of Honor of the Russian Federation' on the 12th of June 2013 in Colombo at a ceremony held on the occasion of the National Day of the Russian Federation.
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Injured Sri Lanka ruling party MP to return to parliament after 18 months of absence
June 17 (CP) Colombo- Sri Lanka ruling party parliamentarian Dumindha Silva, who was seriously injured in a shootout in October 2011, will resume his parliamentary duties from tomorrow (June 18), the government sources said.
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Lack of funds halts heart surgery at Sri J’pura
June 17 (Island) Lack of funds has brought heart surgeries to a halt at the Sri Jayewardenepura hospital. This has been the case since April this year, according to hospital sources.
The cardio thoracic unit of the hospital is said to have incurred a loss of Rs.100 million last year as the Health ministry provided only Rs. 500 million for the bypass operations performed there. The Ministry owed the hospital a further Rs. 500 million, sources said.
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From Highway of Death to Highway of Prosperity
June 17 (DN) President Mahinda Rajapaksa on Saturday opened the renovated A-9 highway (Jaffna-Kandy). The official function took place at the Kilinochchi town.
From being described as the Highway of Death during the 30-year-old conflict, today A-9 has become the Highway to Prosperity in the North.
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