Former LTTE
official recounts last stages of
war:
LTTE did not consider age for
combat
Children forced
to front with just one day’s
training:
The LTTE holed up
in the ever-diminishing territory in
northern Sri Lanka forcibly
recruited children to take part in
final defences against government
troops, according to a former senior
LTTE official, the British
newspaper, The Independent reported
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Nelum Pokuna
Mahinda Rajapaksa Theatre:
President launches website
President
Mahinda Rajapaksa launched the
website of the Nelum Pokuna (Lotus
Pond) Mahinda Rajapaksa Theatre (www.lotuspond.lk),
at an event at Temple Trees
yesterday. The Performing Arts
Theatre in Colombo, equipped with
the state-of-the-art facilities for
performers, will be ceremonially
opened by President Rajapaksa on
Thursday.
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Vendors must comply - Minister
The government
yesterday insisted that the decision
to use plastic crates for the
transport of vegetables was taken by
the government in agreement with the
vendors with the aim of avoiding
wastage.
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Medical team to Pakistan: envoy
thanks Lanka
Pakistan
High Commissioner Seema Baloch
thanked President Mahinda Rajapaksa
for making arrangements to send a
special medical team to Pakistan at
short notice to control the dengue
outbreak reported from Punjab. Sri
Lanka sent two medical teams to
Pakistan on two occasions to control
dengue.
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PARLIAMENT
‘Plans must be formulated to
conserve archaeological sites’
Speaker Chamal
Rajapaksa presided, when Parliament
met at 9.30 am yesterday. After the
presentation of papers and oral
questions, the House took up the
Finance Heads of the National
Heritage and Fisheries and Aquatic
Resources Development, during the
committee stage debate on the
Appropriation Bill 2012.
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