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Registrations to
exact accountability:
Govt acts against website abuses
The government
while stressing that the privacy of
individuals should not be violated
by the use of technology, yesterday
reiterated that the people’s right
to expression and media freedom has
been promoted and protected.
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D. A. Rajapaksa remembered
The 44th
commemoration of renowned politician
D.A. Rajapaksa, a pioneer in the
formation of the Sri Lanka Freedom
Party and father of President
Mahinda Rajapaksa, was held in
Tangalle yesterday.
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Foundation of
Victimized Judges says :
Parliament can probe ex-CJ
The Foundation of
Victimized Judges said yesterday
that the claim that appointing of a
Parliamentary Select Committee to
probe allegations against a former
Chief Justice is irregular, was
misleading and a misinterpretation
of the law.
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Minister nails canard regarding
proposed law
The government
has no plan whatsoever to take over
private sector enterprises or
businesses of foreign investors. It
only wants to take over state land
obtained illegally at undervalued
prices due to private or political
connections and unutilized state
land given to the private sector
through bank loans, said Higher
Education Minister S B Dissanayake.
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SAARC Summit in
Maldives:
President to leave for Male this
week
President Mahinda
Rajapaksa, leading the Sri Lankan
delegation, will leave for Male,
Maldives this week to attend the
17th SAARC summit to be held from
November 10 to 11 at Hithadhoo
Convention Centre in Addu.
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Walallawita Pradeshiya Sabha Chairman Udeni Atukorala was arrested by Bribery Commission officials for allegedly soliciting a Rs 1.5 million bribe from the Bentara Paradeshiya Sabha chairman. It is reported that he had accepted the bribe to provide a permit to transport soil. 
