President tells Central Province Education
officials:
Education, top priority
The Government never neglected the Education
sector in spite of the heavy defence expenditure involved in a
costly war. In fact more and more funds were allocated for the
development of the education sector by the Government, President
Mahinda Rajapaksa said.
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Copper scrap scam at Yard
The Customs is seeking Criminal Investigations
Department (CID) assistance to trace the missing Rs 70 million
valued copper scraps packed in four containers at the Customs D.
Branch yard at Orugodawatta. The four containers were earlier
forfeited by Customs Branch and put for sale.
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Lanka mired in UNP’s debt trap - Minister
Sri Lanka is still mired in the debt trap set by
the UNP Government of J.R. Jayewardene. Colossal sums obtained as
foreign debt is still being paid. One clear example is the loan
obtained for the accelerated Mahaweli River Diversion Scheme,
Environment and Natural Resources Minister Patali Champika Ranawaka
said at the UPFA press conference.
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