Price slash on three essentials
The Government has taken action to reduce the
prices of three main essential food items, dhal, sugar and canned
fish, Trade Marketing Development Co-operatives and Consumer Affairs
Minister Bandula Gunawardena said.
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US Report: Government response after Committee findings
President Mahinda Rajapaksa yesterday appointed
a high profile committee headed by President Counsel D.S. Wijesinghe
to look into the US State Department report on Incidents During the
Recent Conflict in Sri Lanka, Minister Mahinda Samarasinghe said.
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UN: 90,000 displaced return home
About a third of those displaced during the
conflict in Sri Lanka have returned home over the past three months,
the UN refugee agency said yesterday.
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Rajaratnam’s $100 m bail remains
A federal judge refused to lower the $100 million
bail for Raj Rajaratnam, the billionaire hedge fund manager accused
of heading an insider-trading ring. US Magistrate Judge Theodore
Katz did agree to defense lawyers’ request to ease travel
restrictions for the Sri Lanka native
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