Army deployed against corruption
*Will renovate over 3,000 tanks in
Rajarata
*End to corrupt ‘contract’ system
The Army will be
deployed to rehabilitate and develop
3,200 tanks and reservoirs in the
North Central Province. This follows
a request by North Central Province
Chief Minister S. M. Ranjith.
Samarakoon made to President Mahinda
Rajapaksa and Defence Secretary
Gotabhaya Rajapaksa.
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Anti-national forces using
diversionary tactics - Dy Speaker
*Focus on impeachment, a means of
stalling development
*Silent when LTTE ran separate
courts
Sri Lanka,
although a politically stable
country, has not yet reached its
development potential mainly due to
attempts by anti - national forces
that unnecessarily highlight certain
incidents such as the impeachment of
former Chief Justice Dr Shirani
Bandaranayake to damage the
country’s image and act as the
cats-paw of local and foreign forces
hostile to the country, Deputy
Speaker Chandima Weerakkody said
yesterday.
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Lawyers express solidarity with
new CJ
All lawyers
around the country cordially welcome
newly appointed Chief Justice Mohan
Peiris, Sri Lanka Freedom Party
Lawyers’ Association representatives
stated yesterday. Association’s
President D P Mendis addressing a
press conference at the Mahaweli
Centre stated, that they expect and
look forward to work in unison with
the new CJ in the coming days.
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Hydro power generation nears 80
pc
Hydro power can
be utilised to generate almost 80
percent of the country’s electricity
demands this year since all hydro
reservoirs are filled to capacity
following the recent heavy rains,
Treasury and Finance and Planning
Ministry Secretary Dr P B
Jayasundara said. “As such, diesel
plants will be required to produce
only 20 percent of electricity,
thereby saving a large sum spent on
energy,”
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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. 
