Parliamentarian Namal Rajapaksa visited Achala, at the National Hospital along with External Affairs Minister G.L. Peiris yesterday. MP Namal Rajapaksa said an artificial hand would be provided to Achala, who underwent surgery after physicians came to a conclusion that all nerves in her left hand were lifeless. The government will bear all expenses for the
prosthetic which is to be imported. Responding to a request by Achala that she wants to see her mother who is in Lebanon, External Affairs Minister GL Peiris promised the ministry would take prompt action to bring Achala’s mother to the country. Parliamentarian Namal Rajapaksa said the government will assist her in her higher studies.

NO GUILT CONSCIENCE, NO PROBLEM FACING UNHRC

*Ready to face any challenge

*No hidden agenda

The government is fronting up to Human Rights challenges with full confidence because it does not have a guilty conscience, Mass Media and Information Minister Keheliya Rambukwella said. Addressing the Cabinet press briefing at the ministry auditorium yesterday, the minister said the government is content with the achievements it has made so far, adding that it is ready to meet all challenges coming its way in the post war scenario.

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Australia’s Deputy Leader of Opposition tells President Rajapaksa:

Thumbs up for North and East progress

Australia’s Deputy Leader of Opposition and Shadow Minister of Foreign Affairs Julie Bishop told President Mahinda Rajapaksa that she and other delegation members were impressed from what they saw during a tour of the North and East. “We were impressed by the progress that has been made,” Bishop said during a discussion with President Rajapaksa at Temple Trees yesterday. “Your country is to be congratulated.”

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Iranamadu airstrip to be opened in March

The Iranamadu domestic airport, fully constructed with Sri Lanka Air Force resources and know how, is to be commissioned by early March, Air Force Spokesman Wing Commander Shiraz Jaldeen said yesterday. He stated the project of transforming the onetime LTTE airstrip in the Iranamadu forest commenced 11 months ago and 85 percent of the construction is completed.

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A/L results: Rajapaksa Vidyalaya students shine

R S P Kasun Lakmal and Rusiru Gambheeraarachchi from Rajapaksa Vidyalaya, Weeraketiya topped the island in the GCE Advanced Level exam Biology and Mathematics streams, Examinations Department sources said. Upeksa Sewwandhi and Seshani Gunathilaka of Devi Balika Vidyalaya, Colombo topped the island in Arts and Commerce streams, Examinations Department sources said.

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