The Sarasaviya Cinema Pelahera, a two-day celebration of cinema, is now being held at the BMICH, Colombo, prior to the Sarasaviya Awards Ceremony tomorrow. Here visitors admire some of the exhibits on display. Picture by Ranjith Jayaweera

Anti-Conversion Bill needs two-thirds majority

by Bharatha Malawaraarachchi and Ranil Wijayapala

Speaker W. J. M. Lokubandara yesterday told Parliament that the Supreme Court has recommended that certain clauses of the Prohibition of Forcible Conversion of Religion Bill violate certain articles of the Constitution and that the Bill in its present form has to be passed by not less than a two thirds majority and approved by the people at a referendum.
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Rs. 5100 m for Gemi Diriya poverty alleviation program

by Uditha Kumarasinghe

President Chandrika Bandaranaike Kumaratunga has reserved Rs.5100 million for the Samurdhi Ministry to implement a special poverty alleviation program named Gemi Diriya to uplift the socio-economic conditions of low income groups in rural areas, Samurdhi and Poverty Alleviation Deputy Minister Jagath Pushpakumara said
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