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The Criminal Investigation Department (CID) has recorded statements from the former Officers-In-Charge of the Kirulapona and Narahenpita Police and another police officer, all of whom had conducted the preliminary investigation into the death of rugby player Wasim Thajudeen.
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Minister of Development Strategies and International Trade Malik Samarawickrama and Minister of Southern Region Development Law and Order Sagala Ratnayake will leave for China today to have a dialogue with their Chinese counterparts and the other Chinese government officials.
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Kurunegala District MP Mahinda Rajapaksa’s elder son Namal Rajapaksa, his brother Basil Rajapaksa, MPs Wimal Weerawansa, Kumara Welgama, and Rohitha Abeygunawardene would be arrested very soon, former President Mahinda Rajapaksa speculated speaking to the media at the Dalada Maligawa in Kandy said today.
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Terming Sri Lanka Cricket President Thilanga Sumathipala’s suggestive remarks 'laughable', former Sri Lankan captain Mahela Jayawardane stated his work with the England centered around player development and not sharing tactical information.
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As there are no signs of release of fishermen languishing in Sri Lankan prisons after they were arrested by Sri Lankan navy and their boats were impounded by the island nation, the fishermen launched an indefinite strike from Friday, and resolved to go ahead with their decision to lay siege to Sri Lankan Deputy High Commission office in Chennai on February 29.
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While claiming that Sri Lankan journey is still unfolding, with many steep hills yet to be climbed and many turns in the road, US Assistant Secretary, Bureau of South and Central Asian Affairs Nisha Biswal said that ‘much of the very hard work of reconciliation and justice still lies ahead’.
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Dismissing speculation that Thursday’s countrywide power failure was an act of sabotage, Power and Renewable Energy Minister Ranjith Siyambalapitiya said yesterday it was triggered by a bolt of lightning striking the main line that transmits electricity from Polpitiya to Kolonnawa.
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National Freedom Front (NFF) Leader MP Wimal Weerawansa today warned that spies representing the Indian Intelligence Agency (RAW) would have free reign to come to Sri Lanka if an Indian Emergency Ambulance Service was allowed to come into the country.
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Chairman of the National Trade Union Centre (NTUC) K.D. Lalkantha stated that they would defeat the government’s move to sign the Indo-Sri Lanka Economic and Technology Cooperation Framework Agreement (ECTA) if it is to be finalized despite opposition from various quarters.