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President tells policy planners:
Focus on innovation and growth
President Mahinda Rajapaksa on Saturday asserted
that Sri Lanka’s future economic strategies would be based on
“home-grown” policies which would supplement the unique needs of the
country. Addressing new recruits to the national planning service of
the Finance and Planning Ministry at Temple Trees, the President
emphasised that
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No intention to go beyond mandated period :
UPFA believes in ballot, voters’ rights - Minister
The UPFA led by President Mahinda Rajapaksa
firmly believes in the peoples mandate and the freedom of the
voters’ franchise rights. The UPFA has no intention to be in power
beyond the period mandated by the ballot, said Mass Media,
Information and Enterprise Development Minister Anura Priyadharshana
Yapa yesterday.
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Basil tells officials:
Complete developing access road to Madhu shrine before feast
Senior Presidential Advisor and Basil Rajapaksa
MP instructed officials to complete the development of the access
road to the Madhu shrine before the annual Madhu festival.
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Student accused of supporting Tigers loses extradition appeal
A University of Waterloo student has lost his
appeal to avoid extradition to the United States on charges he
supported the Tigers, a declared terrorist group.
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Govt moots IDP forum
The Government is to create a new forum to
discuss IDP protection issues. The forum includes key stakeholders
such as senior public officers, key focal points in the UN system
and representatives of the international and local Non-Governmental
Organizations engaged in providing protection to IDPs.
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