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JHU leader Ven Dr. Omalpe Sobhitha Thera making a point with Defence Secretary Gotabaya Rajapaksa at the launch of the JHU provincial polls campaign with the participation of its Colombo district candidates, ex-provincial councillor Minister Udaya Gammanpila and JHU spokesman Nishantha Warnasinghe. Pix by Kithsiri De Mel
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Defence Secretary Gotabaya Rajapaksa today said that with the Geneva sessions coming up in March, the forthcoming Western and Southern Provincial Council polls was a good opportunity for the people to show that they were still with the government and President Mahinda Rajapaksa
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Eksath Janatha Peramuna Leader and its General Secretary Sirimasiri Hapuarachchi who is contesting the Western Provincial Council Election from the UNP, arrives in his trishaw for the meeting held at the Election Secretariat this morning Pix by Pradeep Pathirana
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UNP General Secretary Tissa Attanayake said today that the Elections Commissioner has agreed to provide more vote counting officers for the upcoming provincial council elections to ensure transparency and credibility of the vote counting process
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India’s External Affairs Minister Salman Kurshid today urged the Sri Lankan leadership to look at “possible ways to avoid an hostile attitude towards people and countries that matter,” in the light of a likely US-sponsored resolution on Sri Lanka at the UNHRC sessions in March
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SLFP General Secretary of the SLFP, Health Minister Maithripala Sirisena seen in a jovial mood at today’s media briefing at the SLFP head office at T.B. Jayah Mawatha. Ministers Nimal Siriripala De Silva and John Seneviratne were also present. Pix by Pradeep Pathirana.
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The Janatha Vimukthi Peramuna (JVP) said today the Bribery Commission had acted in an arbitrary manner and in violation of natural justice when it dismissed the complaint against the Bribery Commissioner Jagath De Silva Balapatabendi.
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Amid numerous financial and other difficulties, M.K. Somaratne and his wife Alan Kotlin are seen at their home at Ambagamuwa in Ginigathhena taking care of three grown-up sons, who are disabled. They stand out as an example of selfless service in today’s comercialised society. Pix by Ranjith Rajapaksa