A group of parents of missing persons in the North held a discussion with the Prime Minister’s Secretary Bradman Weerakoon in Colombo yesterday. Senior Advisor to Prime Minister A.S. Kunasingham and Jaffna, Government Agent, Jaffna C. Pathmanathan are also in the picture. Picture by Roland Perera

Dispute Over Committee remains: Differences over SDN will not affect talks 

From Arjuna Ranawana in Thailand

Differences over the Sub-committee on De-escalation and Normalisation remained between the Government and the Liberation Tigers of Tamil Eelam at the end of the third day of the fourth round of peace talks being held in Nakhon Pathom in Thailand.
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PM refers draft of Freedom of Information Act to AG

Prime Minister Ranil Wickremesinghe has referred the draft Freedom of Information Act proposed jointly by the Editors Guild and the Free Media Movement to the Attorney General for his study with a view to introducing a Bill in Parliament shortly to make government open to greater public and press scrutiny.
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