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The case filed against Finance Minister Ravi Karunanayake, Deputy Minister Ajith P. Perera, United National Party (UNP) MPs R. Yograjan, Nalin Bandara and two others on charges of trespassing into a Sri Lanka Ports Authority (SLPA) building in Colombo 2 had been referred to the Attorney General for his advice.
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Some United Peoples Freedom Alliance (UPFA) MPs today urged Speaker to allow the No-Confidence Motion against Finance Minister Ravi Karunanayake to be debated on Wednesday (3) without allowing it to lose its value and significance.
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The Chief Operating Officer of the Reconstruction and Development Agency (RADA) Saliya Wickramasooriya and four other suspects were further remanded till June 15, by the Colombo Fort Magistrate today in connection with alleged fraud that took place at RADA in 2006.
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The Commission to Investigate Allegations of Bribery or Corruption has been handling over 3,000 cases since the Presidential Polls and over 90% of the assets cases were against the politicians and state officials of the previous regime.
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The government will run into a serious financial crisis as it has failed to give legal effect to the taxes proposed in the budget to raise revenue for the financial year under review, former External Affairs Minister G.L. Peiris said yesterday.
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Amid uncertainty over the changes in the electoral system which are to comprise the 20th Amendment to the Constitution, the United National Party (UNP), the dominant party in the government, announced its stand yesterday, saying it was opposed to increasing number of parliamentary seats from the present 225.
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Former First Lady Shiranthi Rajapaksa, would appear before the Financial Crimes Investigation Division (FCID) where a statement would be recorded from her with regard to the Siriliya Foundation headed by her, Mrs. Rajapaksa's media coordinator, Anoma Welivita, confirmed.
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State Defence Minister Ruwan Wijewardene, who is in Singapore to participate in the 14th Asia Security Summit - the IISS Shangri-La Dialogue, held series of discussions on defence cooperation with several countries including United Kingdom and India.
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While rejecting allegations that his government had misappropriated some Rs. 28b at the Highway ministry, former President Mahinda Rajapaksa today charged that the current government is engaging in a smear campaign against him and an attempt to belittle the solid achievements of his government in infrastructure development.
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The National Freedom Front (NFF) today charged that the government has violated Sri Lankan law and Foreign Policy by voting against a proposal to stop the United Nations extending staff benefits to all same-sex couples at the UN General Assembly budget committee in March.
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About 4000 Indian fishermen on Saturday set out to sea at the end of a 48-day ban, imposed to enable fish breeding, even as Sri Lankan Navy deployed its vessels along the International Maritime Boundary Line (IMBL) to prevent them from crossing over into their waters.
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UPFA Parliamentarian Bandula Gunawardane today challenged Finance Minister Ravi Karunanayake or Policy Planning and Economic Development deputy minister Harsha de Silva for a debate on any television channel over the current economic crisis in the country.
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A no-confidence motion against Prime Minister Ranil Wickremesinghe would have no impact to the enactment of the 20A because the President could appoint a new Prime Minister, who had the majority support in Parliament after the motion, UPFA Parliamentarian G.L. Peiris said today.