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The former Chief Operating Officer of the Reconstruction and Development Agency (RADA) Saliya Wickremasuriya was arrested by the Police Financial Crimes Investigations Division (FCID) today for allegedly misappropriation of some Rs.130 million in the tsunami funds, police said.
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The Government should announce an election if it was not going to extend the term of local government bodies without transferring their powers to a special commissioner or a Secretary, UPFA MP Dullas Alahapperuma said.
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UPFA parliamentarian Bandula Gunawardane today said they would lodge a complaint with the Inter-parliamentary Union (IPU) in Geneva within next two weeks against the harassment faced by certain UPFA MPs due to the growing influence of the ‘state police’ concept.
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The language problem in Sri Lanka was one of the main reasons for the 30-year war, and Sinhalese and Tamils should learn each other’s language to build co-existence between the two races, State Minister of Defence Ruwan Wijewardene said today.
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A BJP team from Tamil Nadu on a Track II diplomatic mission has urged the Sri Lankan government to expedite democratic reforms under the 13th amendment to ensure devolution of powers to Tamil provinces and grant of equal rights to Tamils.
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Colombo Chief Magistrate Gihan Pilapitiya today ordered the CID to arrest the suspects and and produce them in court on July 13 on charges of having maligned the National Flag by displaying a distorted version during a protest opposite the Bribery Commission on April 20.