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Ex-politico's daughter sentenced by Indeewara Thilakarathne A member of a powerful political family was yesterday handed a jail
term after being convicted for ill-treating a child domestic.Bhoopa
Vishaka Weerasinghe, daughter of late Nanda Ellawala, the political giant
of Sabaragamuwa, was sentenced to three years rigorous imprisonment after
being found guilty of torturing 10-year-old Nirosha Ramalingam. She was
also ordered to pay Rs. 105,000 as compensation to the victim by High
Court Judge Sarath Ambepitiya. Parliamentary proceedings: PM calls for expansion of media coverage Prime Minister Ranil Wickremesinghe yesterday called for
expanded media coverage of Parliamentary proceedings, urging Members on
both sides to seriously consider giving the go-ahead for live television
broadcasts of sittings from next year. Attack on student : Three more suspects identified by Sarath Malalasekera Three more students suspects were identified by 13 prosecution
witnesses as those involved in the killing of third year Management
Undergraduate Ovitigala Vithanage Samantha at an identification parade
held by Colombo Additional Magistrate Ajith M. Masinghe. O/L impersonators to get three year ban by Manjula Fernando The four GCE Advanced Level students who were caught impersonating at a
Kandy examination centre in a bid to help their Ordinary Level friends
will face criminal charges. They are to be banned from sitting another
national examination for three years by the Examinations Department. Paramedics strike cripples hospital services by Rashomi Silva and Asanga Warnakulasuriya Hospital services islandwide were partially paralysed yesterday with
the strike launched by paramedics entering its 13th day, while attempts
were being made by senior hospital staff to prevent the total collapse of
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