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For children of Samurdhi beneficiary families:
Rs 5,000 university admission grant
*Quality education for future generation:
*Poverty should be no bar to education:
Children of Samurdhi beneficiary families, who
gain entry to universities will receive a Rs 5,000 financial
donation from next year to meet their basic needs at the time of
entry, according to a Presidential directive. President Mahinda
Rajapaksa while presenting Sipdora scholarships to eligible students
at Temple Trees yesterday,
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India welcomes relaxed restrictions on IDPs
India has welcomed the initial steps taken by
the Sri Lankan Government to relax movement and travel restriction
on IDPs. It also expressed the hope that the IDPs would resume their
livelihood and return to a life of normality. This observation was
contained in a joint press statement on the visit of a high level
Sri Lankan delegation to India on December 9 and 10.
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JVP bankrupt today:
UNP, JVP pledges of democracy a mirage - Media Minister
UNP killed 60,000 JVPers in 1989:
Mass Media and Information and Investment
Promotion Minister Anura Priyadarshana Yapa yesterday described of
democracy by the UNP and the JVP as a mere mirage. The Minister made
this statement at a press briefing to inform Cabinet decisions, at
the Information Department.
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Opposition plans destabilization
There is a conspiracy to destabilize the country
with the backing of certain international forces during the
Presidential Election campaign, Environment and Natural Resources
Minister Patali Champika Ranawaka said.
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