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The Court of Appeal today issued notices on the Attorney General and Inspector General of Police to appear in court on June 17 in connection with two writ applications filed by Ven. Elle Gunawansa Thera and Professor Carlo Fonseka seeking an order to suspend the operation of the gazette notification on setting up of the FCID.
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The Attorney General today undertook not to arrest MP Tiran Alles until June 29 in connection with an alleged fraud at the Reconstruction and Development Agency (RADA) when the matter was taken up before a three judge bench of the Supreme Court.
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The Supreme Court yesterday reserved its order on a Fundamental Rights Petition filed by British tourist Naomi Coleman challenging the infringement of her fundamental rights when she was arrested and detained for allegedly displaying a Buddha tattoo on her upper limb at Katunayake last year.
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Former president Mahinda Rajapaksa said the declaration of Colombo as the fastest growing destination city by the MasterCard Global Destination Cities Index for 2015 was an achievement of his government and that it was the responsibility of the present government to maintain what his government had achieved.
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Prime Minister Ranil Wickremesinghe today said the Mahinda Rajapaksa government that was defeated at the January 8 election had no mandate in the present Parliament and that if they were attempting to change the Prime Minister in this Parliament, it would be a betrayal of the people's mandate.
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The Ministry of Foreign Affairs was planning to host a festival of Diaspora by the end of the year in a bid to facilitate meaningful interactions between the government and the Diaspora communities to move forward reconciliation and development efforts.
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President Maithripala Sirisena was attempting to protect Prime Minister Ranil Wickremesinghe from the no- confidence motion because the United National Party (UNP) votes were procured by Mr. Wickremesinghe for the victory of the President, the National Freedom Front (NFF) charged today.
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The Northern Provincial Council (NPC) today passed a resolution calling for the removal of Vavuniya District Secretary B. Harishchandra on the grounds that he was disrespectful to NPC members inclusive of ministers and of having failed to carry out his duties.