EPF INVESTMENTS JUST FINE, EPF
SUP’TD. CONVINCES PAC
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Superintendent EPF convinces Public
Accounts Committee on viability of
EPF investments
* Harsha de
Silva flummoxed
The majority of
the members of the Public Accounts
Committee (PAC) which sat in
Parliament yesterday, were convinced
of the viability and long-term value
of the Employees’ Provident Fund’s
(EPF’s) diversified investment
portfolios due to a brilliant
presentation at the Public Account
Committee (PAC) by Superintendent
EPF, Mrs. Kalyani Gunathilake. Mrs.
Gunathilake gave an exhaustive
account of the EPF’s functions as
well as its investment
decision-making process.
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THERA’S MURDER:
Deputy Mayor in protective
custody
The Moratuwa
Urban Council Deputy Mayor, arrested
in connection with the alleged
murder of the Chief Incumbent of
Sunanda Upananda Viharaya Ven
Metighatenne Vimalawansa Thera, was
ordered to be kept in protective
custody until February 14 by the
Moratuwa magistrate. Ven
Metigahathenne Wimalavansa Thera was
hacked to death in the temple
premises on Sunday.
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Petition
challenging Chief Justice’s
appointment:
It is CJ who can decide on Bench
- SC
A three Judge
Bench of the Supreme Court yesterday
declared that under the Constitution
the petition filed by the Centre for
Policy Alternatives against the
appointment of Chief Justice Mohan
Peiris should be referred under
section 132 (3) (11) of the 1978
Constitution to the Chief Justice
for the purpose of determining
whether to appoint a full Bench or
for the appointment of the Judges
which is to constitute such a Bench.
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Inclusion of SL
in CMAG agenda :
C’WEALTH RULES violated – GL
External Affairs
Minister Prof G L Peiris made a
strong case against the inclusion of
Sri Lanka as an agenda item at the
meeting of the Commonwealth
Ministerial Action Group (CMAG)
which is scheduled to be held in
London in April. The minister said
such a course of action is contrary
to the decisions taken by the
Commonwealth Heads of Government at
their meeting in Perth,
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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. 
