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Supreme Court rules :

Presidential Poll this year
 

THE Supreme Court yesterday ended the controversy surrounding the date of the next Presidential Election, ruling that it should be held this year. The Five - Judge Bench of the Supreme Court allowing the Fundamental Rights application of the Jathika Hela Urumaya directed the first respondent Elections Commissioner to take steps to hold the election in the current year in terms of the Article 31 (3) of the Constitution and the applicable law.

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Warm welcome in House for Presidential candidates
 

THE Presidential candidates in the forthcoming election, Prime Minister Mahinda Rajapakse and Opposition Leader Ranil Wickremesinghe were given a warm welcome by their Parliamentary colleagues yesterday as Chief Government Whip Minister Jeyaraj Fernandopulle conveyed the Supreme Court decision to Parliament.

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The Airline’s CEO and some of the houses being constructed in Balapitiya

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Qatar Airways to build 100 houses for tsunami victims


Qatar Airways which operates 14 scheduled flights a week between Doha, capital of the State of Qatar, and the Sri Lankan capital Colombo, has decided to construct 100 houses for the tsunami affected families. "Twenty five houses would be handed over to families next month," said CEO Akbas Al Baker.

 

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history making rajapakse bros. Pix-Indrajith perera

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Three Rajapakse bros. in Thomian XV

HISTORY will be created in the Lady Jayatillake Shield rugby series when three brothers - Namal, Yoshitha and Rohitha Rajapakse, turn out for S. Thomas' against St. Joseph's at Havelock Park this evening. What is even more significant is that all three of them would play in the Thomian 'pack'.

  

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A ceremony to mark the establishment of the Aesthetics University was held at the President’s House last evening. Here President Chandrika Bandaranaike Kumaratunga in conversation with the University’s Chancellor Dr. Lester James Peries and Mrs. Sumithra Peries.
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SriLankan NEGC Golf in Nuwara Eliya on August 27

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