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With reference to the No-confidence motion against Minister Patali Champika Ranawaka, his media secretary Danushka Ramanayake said yesterday that his minister has not been named as the accused in the hit and run accident either by the courts or the police.
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Iceland’s embattled prime minister, Sigmundur Davíð Gunnlaugsson, has tendered his resignation in the wake of a mounting political crisis over his family’s offshore investments, local media have reported, but his departure has yet to be agreed by either his coalition partners of the country’s president.
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Former Sri Lanka captain and Minister Arjuna Ranatunga today said he was dissatisfied with the Sports Minister’s decision to appoint Veteran Sri Lankan batsman and former cricket captain Kumar Sangakkara as a member to the National Selection Committee, so early after his retirement.
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Colombo Chief Magistrate Gihan Pilapitiya yesterday ordered National Hospital Director Dr. Anil Jasinghe to conduct a full inquiry comprising a group of eminent medical experts on the failure to conduct a proper autopsy into the death of late Ven. Maduluwawe Sobitha Thera and to submit a comprehensive report to court soon.
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A massive leak of 11.5 million documents has exposed the secret offshore dealings of late father of British Prime Minister David Cameron, world leaders and celebrities including Barcelona’s Lionel Messi, India’s Amitabh Bachchan and his daughter-in-law Aishwarya Rai Bachchan .
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Ports and Shipping Minister Arjuna Ranatunga today urged President Maithripala Sirisena and Prime Minister Ranil Wickremesinghe to dissolve the Cricket Board (CB) with immediate effect and appoint an Interim Committee under him.
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The Government Medical Officers' Association (GMOA) today filed a complaint with the Bribery and Corruption Commission against the Health Ministry for allowing students of South Asian Institute of Technology and Medicine (SAITM) in Malabe to undergo clinical training at government hospitals.