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At Dikkowita
Fisheries Harbour opening...:
PEOPLE REJECTED PSEUDO SPRING -
President
Patriotic masses
defeated elements with vested
interests who were waiting for the
dawn of an ‘Arab Spring’, as in
Libya and many other Arab countries,
to overthrow the UPFA government,
said President Mahinda Rajapaksa. He
said people in their thousands took
to the streets in support of the
government, when a handful of
conspirators tried to overthrow it
by calling for an ‘Arab Spring’
style uprising.
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Foreign influences on SL driven
by misinformation -Defence
Secretary
Inimical foreign
influences are inevitable for any
country with a leadership that loves
the country and thinks locally,
Defence and Urban Development
Ministry Secretary Gotabaya
Rajapaksa said. Speaking at the
Entrepreneurship Management
Certificate Course certificate
awarding ceremony in Colombo
organized by the National Chamber of
Commerce (NCC) and Colombo
University Human Resources
Advancement Institute (HRAI)
yesterday,
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Divi Neguma boosts rural economy
- Minister
The Divi Neguma
Act passed by Parliament is a
victory for the government, while
defeating several forces and
overcoming a number of challenges.
The Divi Neguma programme aims to
uplift the rural economy, Public
Administration and Home Affairs
Minister W D J Seneviratne said. The
minister was addressing a special
ceremony at Sri Wickremasinghe
Abhayathilakaramaya, Kuruwita.
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GL meets
counterpart in Dubai:
SL, UAE trade poised for
significant growth
The Foreign
Ministers of Sri Lanka and the
United Arab Emirates agreed at their
bilateral discussions at the
Ministry of Foreign Affairs in Abu
Dhabi on Thursday that the
achievement of peace and stability
in Sri Lanka, consequent on the
eradication of terrorism, made
enhanced co-operation, especially in
the economic sphere, timely and
appropriate.
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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. 
