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SAARC ministers
ink deal:
Rapid response to natural
disasters
Ministers sign
three other agreements:
Foreign ministers
of SAARC countries yesterday signed
an agreement on rapid response to
natural disasters in the presence of
Heads of Governments in South Asia
in Addu City, the Maldives
yesterday. Enhancing closer ties
between regional countries, the
Heads of State Meeting of the 17th
South Asian Association for Regional
Cooperation concluded in Addu city,
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‘32 Sevanagala vehicles
transferred to Daya Group’
UPFA
parliamentarian Shantha Bandara
raising a privilege matter in
Parliament yesterday, said that 32
vehicles belonging to the Sevanagala
Sugar Factory have been transferred
to the Daya Group of Companies after
the House passed the Revival of
Underperforming Enterprises and
Underutilized Assets Bill on
Wednesday.
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Jan-Oct, 2011
tourist arrivals surpassed arrivals
in 2010:
Sri Lanka, the favoured tourist
destination
Tourist arrivals
to Sri Lanka from January to October
this year had surpassed the annual
tourist arrivals of 654,476 recorded
in 2010. Accordingly, tourist
arrivals in the first ten months of
2011 rose 34.2 percent to 667,569,
compared to 497,598 tourist arrivals
in the same period last year, the
Sri Lanka Tourism Development
Authority (SLTDA) said.
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Army deserters to be delisted
The government
has decided to delist around 60,000
army deserters in the country due to
the involvement of many army
deserters in serious crimes in the
recent past. A special programme in
this regard has been introduced by
Army Commander Lieutenant General
Jagath Jayasuriya. According to
Military spokesperson Brigadier
Nihal Hapuarachchi, around 60,000
army personnel had deserted the
service since 1982.
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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. 
