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Never worked with
US representatives:
No state hand in so-called
accountability resolution
The Sri Lankan
government or its permanent mission
to the UN in Geneva, has no hand in
the formulation of a reportedly US-
crafted resolution on accountability
issues in Sri Lanka, which is
expected to be presented to the
upcoming UNHRC sessions, a letter
sent by the Sri Lankan mission to
UNHRC member states and other
sections of the world community
says.
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To counter
machinations of international
forces:
Clarion call for national unity
Duty to shield
leadership and Tri-Forces personnel:
Islandwide
protest on February 27:
The government
yesterday urged the public to line
up as one country to counter local
and international challenges
directed towards the country ahead
of the United Nations Human Rights
Council (UNHRC) Summit in Geneva. It
stressed the need to be united to
shield the country at this crucial
hour disregarding party politics,
ethnic and religious differences.
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Opposition Leader working
towards secret agenda - Chief
Govt Whip
“The country
knows that the leader of the
Opposition works on a secret agenda
to vilify the government. But in
doing so, he in effect is tarnishing
the image of Sri Lanka in the eyes
of the international community”,
Chief Government Whip Dinesh
Gunawardena told Parliament
yesterday.
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‘Subsidies worth Rs.140 b
granted to various sectors’
The government
is spending Rs140 billion annually
for subsidies for various sectors of
the public, said acting Mass Media
and Information Minister and
Economic Development Deputy Minister
Lakshman Yapa Abeywardena.
Addressing the weekly Cabinet press
briefing held at the Information
Department yesterday,
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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. 
