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Police acting on a Court order yesterday dispersed the graduates trained under the Tharuna Aruna programme who launched a sit-in protest on the road near Lake House. Earlier, the police held a meeting with the protestors in a bid to come to a settlement to get them off the roads which they had been occupying since the previous day, causing heavy traffic jams and inconvenience to people in and around Colombo. Police read the Fort Magistrate’s order to the protestors. They however refused to leave and Police, in line with the Court order, were compelled to fire tear gas to disperse them. The graduates were demanding permanent employment. Picture by Iresha Waduge

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THE Government yesterday warned the Sri Lanka Monitoring Mission (SLMM) that it will not hesitate to subject the monitors to security checks if they continue to misuse their immunity in a manner prejudicial to Sri Lanka’s sovereignty.

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THE 6th session of the United Nations Human Rights Council was concluded in Geneva without any resolution on Sri Lanka despite dire criticism regarding human rights violations in Sri Lanka by some local and foreign NGOs, the Opposition, LTTE and some newspapers and websites, Secretary General of the Secretariat for Coordinating the Peace Process, Prof. Rajiva Wijesinha said.

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THE Ministry of Education has taken steps to absorb to the Government service all Tharuna Aruna graduates who have successfully undergone the training programme conducted by the Ministry of Education.

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