PBJ can hold public office

Ex-Treasury Secretary Dr. P. B. Jayasundera relieved of affidavit:

The specially constituted Bench of seven Supreme Court Judges yesterday in a dissenting order allowed an application by former Treasury Secretary Dr. P.B. Jayasundera relieving him of an affidavit filed by him in the court,to resume office of the Treasury Secretary.

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Country on the road to development after war - President

President Mahinda Rajapaksa told a public gathering in Hakmana he was happy that the country is free from the clutches of LTTE terrorism which was dragging over three decades. As President he can be satisfied with the triumph on the war front. Now the country is marching towards development, President Rajapaksa said.

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Northern resettlement:

Infrastructure, first priority

It is not possible to re-locate IDPs in their villages without providing proper infrastructure facilities in their villages, Media and Information Minister Anura Priyadarshana Yapa told the Cabinet press briefing yesterday. “To date we have re-settled 40,000 people. We have facilitated another 60,000 people to find their relatives to settle down with them,” he said.

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