OF 219 STATE CONCERNS ONLY 4
LOSE HEAVILY - COPE
*219 state institutions
investigated in 2012
*“Internationally accepted methods
when preparing reports”
Of the 219 state
institutions, only four have
recorded losses of over 95 per cent,
and only 11 are running at a loss,
Chairman of the Parliamentary
Watchdog, Committee on Public
Enterprises (COPE) and Human
Resources Senior Minister D.E.W.
Gunasekera said. Senior Minister
Gunasekera was speaking at the
presentation of the Annual Report
2012 of the Finance and Planning
Ministry,
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‘Voluntary tax compliance
essential to enhance government
revenue’
President
Mahinda Rajapaksa said voluntary tax
compliance of citizens is essential
to enhance government revenue.
President Rajapaksa was addressing a
ceremony in Colombo yesterday to
launch the Annual Report 2012 of the
Finance and Planning Ministry. The
President stressed that
professionals and entrepreneurs have
a key role to play in the country’s
development drive,
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Visiting Indian
delegation tells President:
Sri Lanka’s unity not negotiable
An Indian
delegation headed by the Deputy
Leader of the Opposition of the
Rajya Sabha Ravi Shankar Prasad,
called on President Mahinda
Rajapaksa at Temple Trees last
afternoon, states a release from the
Presidential Spokesman and
International Media Unit. “During
the conversation, Mr. Prasad told
the President that “Sri Lanka’s
unity and integrity are not
negotiable.”
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Some journalists lack
professionalism, ethics - Mohan
Samaranayake
Veteran media
personality, Mohan Samaranayake
observed that lack of
professionalism, ethics and arrogant
behaviour of some journalists was
hurting the media in Sri Lanka. He
was of the view that if such issues
are allowed to prevail, journalists
and media may suffer from a decline
in public trust.
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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. 
